Australian Salmon tacos with avocado salsa and grilled corn

Everyone loves tacos! The key to this is the crumbing of the Salmon which keeps in the moisture and provides a great textural crunch. This is one of those cocktail party dishes everyone remembers.

by Paul Baker

Preparation time: 25 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Serves: 4

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Ingredients

• 800g Australian Salmon, skinless fillet, cut into 12 pieces
• ½ cup plain flour
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 2 cups fresh breadcrumbs
• 1 litre vegetable oil
• 1 large corn cob, toasted in pan
• 12 mini white corn tortillas
• ½ cup coriander leaves, to serve
• Lime wedges, to serve
• Salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper

Avocado salsa

• 2 avocados, finely chopped
• 1 small red onion, finely chopped
• 2 tbsp jalapeno chilli, finely chopped
• 1 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• ½ tsp smoked paprika
• 1 lime, juiced

Crème Fraiche sauce

• ¾ cup Crème Fraiche
• ¼ cup Greek yoghurt
• 1 lime, juiced

Method

1. For the salsa, combine all ingredients together in a bowl and set aside.
2. For the crème fraiche sauce, combine all ingredients together in a bowl and stir. Set aside.
3. Heat a chargrill pan over high heat and grill corn cob for up to 10 minutes, turning regularly until evenly charred. Remove corn from cob and place in a bowl for later. Dry pan and cook tortillas for 1 minute each side. Wrap tortillas loosely in foil to keep warm.
4. To prepare Australian Salmon, place flour in a shallow bowl and season well with salt and pepper. Place beaten eggs in a bowl and breadcrumbs on a plate. Dip each piece of fish in the flour, eggs and breadcrumbs and place on a tray.
5. Fill a medium saucepan a third full with oil and heat to 200°C. Cook crumbed fish in batches, turning halfway through until golden. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towel.
6. To serve, fill each taco with some salsa, grilled corn and a piece of crumbed fish. Drizzle with crème fraiche sauce, coriander leaves and a squeeze of lime.