Boasting a mild flavor and dense meat-like texture, thresher shark is a great alternative to chicken tacos. Recipe courtesy Sam Zien aka Sam the Cooking Guy. Makes 2 tacos.
Ingredients:
- 4 green onions, white & light green parts only, sliced lengthwise into thin shreds
- 1/4 cup jicama, sliced into thin shreds
- 3 tablespoons Hoisin sauce
- 1/2 tablespoons Asian chili paste
- Peanut oil
- 1/4 pound shark fillet without the skin, cut into small pieces
- 2 corn tortillas
How to Prepare:
- Combine green onions and jicama into a “slaw” and set aside
- Mix hoisin and chili paste in a small bowl and set aside
- Preheat a skillet or wok well on fairly high heat – also preheat a nonstick skillet to heat the tortillas
- Add 2 teaspoons peanut oil to the wok, then the shark and cook quickly until still a bit moist inside, about 3 minutes
- At the same time, heat the tortillas in the nonstick skillet
- Spread some sauce on the each tortilla, top with shark and slaw
- Serve
