Cook your catch: Sheepshead perfect for fish tacos

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Zack's Fresh

Fish Tacos

This recipe will make about six to eight tacos:

Ingredients

1 pound fresh fish (snapper, sheepshead or any flaky white fish)

24 ounce beer (Z Grille owner Zack Gross prefers the darker stuff, Dos XX amber is nice)

1 1/2 cups tempura flour

2 tbsp hot smoked paprika (to flavor the flour)

Additional ingredients

Flour tortillas, six to eight

Diced tomatoes, 1 cup

Shredded cabbage, like that used in coleslaw. One bag or 16 ounces

Cheese, 1 cup

Avocado, 2 each

Cilantro, 1 bunch

Lime, 2 each

Directions

Step 1: Mix beer, flour and paprika to make batter. Remember to reserve some flour to dust fish, which will help keep batter on the fish.

Step 2: Cut fish into chunks, 1 inch by 1 inch

Step 3: Place fish in flour then into the beer batter

Step 4: Put battered fish into fryer oil at 375 degrees for about two minutes

Step 5: Assemble tacos, cabbage, cheese, fish, tomatoes, avocado and chopped cilantro squeeze of lime. Add some salsa and sour cream for the ultimate fish taco

Step 6: Call all your friends

Step 7: Serve with cold beer

To buy some premade:

Zurritos

269 Central Ave.

St. Petersburg

(727) 896-3101

zurritos.com

Two for $8.95