Soft Fish Tacos

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour 
• 0.3 cup crema mexicana 
• 1 cup beer dark room temperature
• 0.5 teaspoon pepper 
• 3.3 pounds pacific halibut filets cut into 5x3/4-inch strips
• 0.3 cup catsup 
• 1  lime halved
• 6 servings lime wedges 
• 0.3 cup mayonnaise 
• 6 servings hot sauce hot
• 1.5 cups cabbage shredded red
• 1 teaspoon sea salt fine
• 2 large tomatoes chopped
• 6 servings vegetable oil for deep-frying
• 12  corn tortillas white

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• baking sheet
• oven
• whisk
• kitchen thermometer
• aluminum foil

Directions

1. Mix all ingredients in bowl; season with salt and pepper.
2. Whisk flour, salt, and pepper in bowl; pour in beer, whisking until batter is smooth.
3. Let stand 15 minutes.
4. Sprinkle fish with salt and pepper. Squeeze some lime juice over each strip.
5. Let stand 15 minutes.
6. Mix fish into batter.
7. Preheat oven to 200°F.
8. Heat skillet over medium heat. Stack 2 tortillas.
9. Sprinkle top with water.
10. Place in skillet, wet side down.
11. Heat 1 minute.
12. Sprinkle top with water. Turn stack over; heat 1 minute.
13. Transfer stack to large sheet of heavy-duty foil. Repeat. Enclose tortillas in foil.
14. Place in oven.
15. Pour oil into medium skillet to reach depth of 1 inch. Attach deep-fry thermometer; heat oil to 350°F. Slide 4 fish strips into oil. Fry until golden, about 4 minutes.
16. Transfer fish to paper-towel-lined baking sheet; place in oven. Repeat.
17. Fill each warm tortilla with 2 fish strips. Top with sauce, cabbage, tomato, squeeze of lime, and dash of hot pepper sauce.
18. *Cultured Mexican cream with a slightly nutty flavor and consistency of thin sour cream.