Ingredients

• 4 walleye fillets
• 16 Ritz crackers
• ⅔ cup panko breadcrumbs
• ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp. blackened seasoning
• 2 cups shredded green cabbage
• 3 tbsp. mayonnaise
• 2 tbsp. lime juice
• Pinch of salt
• ⅛ tsp. celery seed
• Frying oil
• Stack of taco-size flour tortillas
• Sliced ripe avocado
• Fresh cilantro
• Pickled sliced jalapeños
• Hot sauce or salsa

Why I chose to make Fish Tacos

I chose to make fish tacos because I already have a lot of walleye in the freezer that is ready to be eaten.  Walleye is one of my favourite things to eat and is super healthy. This is the main species of fish that I target when I fish because they are easy to fillet and have white meat. I caught these fish in the South Saskatchewan River near the Saskatchewan Landing and Duncairn Dam. The MeatEater website stood out to me because it is an outdoor lifestyle company. MeatEater has a show on Netflix that has six seasons that I found interesting to watch. Overall this website just stood out to me.

What I learned

In a bowl I combined coleslaw (instead of shredded cabbage) with mayo lime juice, salt and celery seed. I got coleslaw instead just because of personal preference. This was a pretty simple step to making fish tacos so I didn’t have any problems with it. The next step was to get crackers in a ziplock bag and crush it. I’ve never used crackers so this was definitely an interesting step. I’ve done this with chips so it wasn’t too big of a learning curve. I then added this to panko breadcrumbs and blackened seasoning. In another bowl I beat eggs and in a third bowl I had flour. The next part was to “In a frying pan, heat 1 inch of oil to 325°F. To bread the walleye, first lightly coat with flour, then dip in the egg wash, and finish in the Ritz mixture, gently pressing the coating into the meat.”. I usually deep fry my fish so this was a little bit different but still had the same idea. Other than that the process of what I know when cooking fish was similar. After both sides of the walleye was golden I had a plate with paper towel on it to put the fish on.The next step was to break the fish in small pieces and put on the tortillas with the rest of the ingredients then eat.

Results

Overall the fish tacos were good. I’m usually not a big fan of spicy foods but every once in a while it is okay. This recipe gave me a different fish batter that I could use. I still prefer the one I usually use but this is still good. I really like the website that I did get this recipe from. It is not only a place to get recipes but also order ingredients, equipment, etc. I think I’ll keep this website in my back pocket. I also am friends with a bunch of people that hunt and fish and will recommend this website to them.