In Which We Attempt to Make a Wahoo's Fish Taco

We did not, I might add, precisely succeed.  It's not that the fish was bad.  It just wasn't right. 

I went to Whole Foods and bought a gigantic piece of fish.  Halibut, to be completely accurate.  There were four people in front of me at the fish counter, and every single one of them bought a big piece of salmon.  I hate salmon.  Anyway, salmon doesn't make a very good fish taco.  Now, because I bought the fish at WF, you can imagine it cost me an arm and a leg.  If we failed at this, you understand, it would be a very expensive failure.

We've never cooked fish here.  Fish is scary, I think.  It's hard to cook a piece of whitefish well, and S really has only branched out into fish eating recently, so we just never tried.  I ate fish in restaurants, and it was fine.  But then S went to CA and discovered Wahoo's, and their mastery of the taco filled with fish.  Also, we had a sample experience at WF with a piece of halibut and some marinade, and liked it very much.  At which point, I came home and scouted recipes for halibut.  I found a yummy-sounding prosciutto-roasted halibut recipe, and was all set to pick up the fish on the way home and cook it, when I realized I don't have a skillet that can go in the oven.  When I called S to inform him of the problem, he said, well, why don't we make fish tacos?  On Thursday.  So.  Here we are.

We picked up taco stuff--guac and salsa from WF, sour cream, cheese for him, lettuce for me, corn tortillas--and then I investigated the best way to cook fish.  I decided on grilling, which seemed like the best taco option.  I found a very, very basic recipe--brush the fish with a mixture of canola oil and lime juice, salt and pepper, and voila! grill.  Which might have been the problem.  We needed more flavor.  S wants to try to find some sort of marinade like we tried at WF, but aimed towards the taco.  I think we might be able to use some sort of spice mix/rub, but I'm not sure what. 

I do know that we're going to try this again, and we're going to buy less fish next time.  It was waaaay too much for us, and getting less will cost us less.  I would like to try roasting as well, just to see.  I'll keep posting updates as we cook more fish.

Now, I'm going to sit on my couch and molt.  At least I don't have to work tomorrow.

Comments

[Greg Thow]

I too have tried to recreate the Wahoo Taco... it works much better if you go with the blackened seasoning, which is available at any supermarket...