Tequila Mahi Mahi Fajitas
There’s a restaurant chain in the Kansas City area (JosevPepper’s) that has the best grilled mahi mahi tacos and mahi mahivfajitas…actually, I love most of the food that they offer. Grilled mahi mahivfillets are the star of both dishes. The fajitas are served with traditionalvfajita toppings and the taco is topped with a spicy sauce, feta cheese, avocadovand cabbage. I love them both equally but I also love recreating my favoritevdishes at home.
When I stumbled upon a package of frozen mahi mahi chunks at Trader Joe’s last week I snatched them up and knew exactly what I’d do with them. Not only did Ivhave some excellent fish for these fajitas but I had some fresh organic produce to use from Door to Door Organics. My box last week, among many wonderful fruits and veggies included fresh cilantro, tomatoes, red pepper and avocado and they were a great addition…It was all incredible produce but I think the red peppers were the best red peppers I’ve ever had. They were perfectly sweet and crisp. My mouth is watering as I type this right now!
Tequila Mahi Mahi Fajitas Recipe
Ingredients:
Fajita Marinade
Juice and zest of 1 lime
1 clove garlic, grated
1 Tbs. tequila
2 Tbs. fresh cilantro
1/2 Tbs. chili powder
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 tsp. cumin
1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp. sea salt
1/2 tsp. black pepper
1 red pepper, julienned
1/2 yellow onion, sliced
1 lb. mahi mahi chunks or filets (or other mild, flaky white fish)
Avocado Cream
2 Hass avocados
1/4 cup light sour cream
Juice of 1 lime
1 Tbs. fresh cilantro 1 clove garlic, minced
1 tomato, diced
2 tsp. cumin
1 tsp. onion powder
Salt and pepper to taste
Extras
2 tsp. olive oil
4-6 flour tortillas (depending on size)
1/2 cup cheese (I like feta with these)
1/2 cup diced tomatoes
2 Tbs. fresh cilantro, diced
1 whole avocado, sliced
Prep:
Combine all marinade ingredients in a large bowl. Add the fish and stir well.Allow the fish to marinate for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
Meanwhile, mash the avocado in a medium bowl. Add the sour cream, lime juice,garlic, tomato, cumin and onion powder and mix well. Add salt and pepper to taste and refrigerate until ready to serve.
To cook the fish, heat 2 teaspoons of olive oil in a large non-stick skillet on high heat. Add the fish, peppers and onions along with the marinade and cook for 5-6 minutes until the fish is flaky-tender and the peppers are fragrant.
Serve with warmed tortillas, avocado cream and cheese. Garnish with extra diced tomato and cilantro if desired.
I love JP's mahi mahi tacos! But these sound amazing!!! I love creative takes on fajitas. 🙂 Definitely bookmarking this one.
Delicious! I love fish tacos (at least I did before I developed an allergy to seafood). What a GREAT marinade! I bet I could use this with chicken.
I just love when you get a CSA box and it's wonderful!
These look delicious especially with that avocado cream sauce! Sounds like a great dinner. Thanks for the tip on using Trader Joe's frozen mahi mahi. I'll have to try some next time I go!
I could mahi mahi the crap out of those tacos.
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You had me at tequila. Heh. These sound delicious Cassie!
Tequila in Fajitas?… Sound good to me 😀
Fish tacos have been my new thing – I really enjoy it. Adding tequila sounds good!!!! I'm sure these tacos are winner when I make it for a party. =) Thanks for sharing this recipe Cassie.
What a fabulous recipe! And extra delicious with your fresh produce 🙂
Cassie…you always come up with the most fascinating recipes! Hope TJ's has mahi mahi this weekend! Love fish tacos and fajitas!
What a great recipe! I am not a fan of fish, but with everything else here, I just might like it!
I miss trader Joe's. They have the best stuff, don't they? Those tacos sound great!
Ooooh! I love fish tacos, burritos, fajitas, all of that! This sounds super delicious with the feta. I never know what kind of cheese to pair with the fish so I normally don't. Good call 🙂
yummm tequila and mahi mahi two of my favorite things!
I love fish tacos! These sound so amazing!!!
That sounds great. I haven't made fajitas in so long.
LOVE that you used tequila!
Oh these just look amazing!! I love that you used the tequila…one shot for the cook and one shot for the mahi haha 😉
Cassie, these fajitas sound awesome! I love the marinade. Btw, I wanted to let you know I added you to my blogroll. I hope that's okay!
ohh i love mahi-mahi and fajitas so this sounds awesome!! what a great recipe to end the summer!!!
this sounds soooo good! mexican + fish initially sounded terrible to me, but once i tried it i couldn't get enough!!!
That marinade sounds amazing! I keep forcing fall to hurry up here in Phoenix, when there's still time to enjoy awesome summery Mexican meals like this. Clearly I just need a new mindset…and some tequila 🙂
The fish fajitas looks so delish with feta and avocado cream!
These sound so good! What a wonderful combo of flavors!
Yum! I wouldn't have thought to crumble feta in tacos–LOVE the idea!
These really sound phenomenal. Yay for Trader Joe's and I'd say your version gives the restaurant version a run for their money!
My mouth is watering too! These sound completely fantastic!
Mahi Mahi – used to have that in Hawaii. Love the avocado cream. Have a lovely weekend, Cassie.
These fish fajitas sound amazing! I tried to convince handsome recently to experiment a little with fish tacos but it didn't go so well. Can I come over the next time you are serving these???
These look delicious and healthy. I love the idea of avocado with feta, how decadent! Looking forward to making these:-)
These are SO good! I had 2 pds of mahi and doubled the marinade recipe but was way too spicy. My only advice is to not double the spices and maybe add more lime juice or some other kind of liquid. They are really good!!! 🙂