Ingredients
- 2 (10-ounce) salmon fillets
- Olive oil
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- Sour Orange BBQ Sauce, recipe follows
- 8 (6-inch flour) tortillas, cut to size
- Smoked Chile Sauce, recipe follows
- Red Cabbage Slaw, recipe follows
- Cilantro leaves
Directions
Heat grill to high.
Brush salmon with oil and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Grill the salmon skin-side down for 3 to 4 minutes or until charred and a crust has formed. Brush with some of the BBQ sauce, flip over and continue grilling for 2 to 3 minutes for medium doneness. Remove from the grill and brush with more of the sauce. Let rest 5 minutes and flake with a fork
Grill tortillas for 20 seconds per side. Divide the salmon among the tortillas, top with the red cabbage slaw and smoked chile sauce and cilantro leaves; fold and eat.
Sour Orange BBQ Sauce:
2 cups fresh orange juice
1 cup red wine vinegar
1 cup white wine vinegar
3 cups granulated sugar
1 orange, zest grated
3 tablespoons canola oil
1 large Spanish onion, coarsely chopped
1 head garlic, coarsely chopped
1 habanero chile, coarsely chopped
3 cups canned plum tomatoes and juices, chopped
1/4 cup ketchup
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
2 tablespoons honey
1/4 cup molasses
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
3 tablespoons ancho chili powder
2 canned chipotle chiles, pureed
Salt and freshly ground pepper
Place orange juice, vinegars and sugar in a medium nonreactive saucepan and cook until reduced to approximately 1 cup and thickened. Remove from the heat and stir in the zest. Set aside.
Heat oil in a large saucepan over high heat. Add the onion, garlic and habanero and cook until soft. Add the remaining ingredients and cook until the tomatoes are soft and the sauce has thickened, about 40 minutes. Transfer the mixture to a food processor and process until smooth. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
Transfer the sauce to a medium saucepan and whisk in the reduced orange/vinegar mixture and cook for 10 minutes. Let cool.
Smoked Chile Sauce:
1 cup prepared mayonnaise
2 tablespoons chipotle puree
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
Salt and freshly ground pepper
Whisk together all ingredients in a small bowl and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Red Cabbage Slaw:
1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
1/2 small red onion, coarsely chopped
2 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
1/4 cup fresh basil leaves
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro leaves
1 tablespoon honey
1/2 cup canola oil
Salt and pepper
1/2 head red cabbage, finely shredded
Combine all ingredients, except cabbage, in a blender and blend until smooth. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Place cabbage in a large bowl and toss with the vinaigrette. Season with salt and pepper and let sit 30 minutes in the refrigerator before serving.
Photo: Sour Orange BBQ'd Salmon Taco with Red Cabbage Slaw and Smoked Chile Sauce Recipe


















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By moses1234
on August 21, 2011
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What is not to love about this recipe??? If you make and don't like it than either your palet is blind or you didn't make it correctly. I have made this twice and both times it was delicious and all of those who ate it thought so too. Cheers!
By cordaco
Auburn, WA
on August 09, 2011
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Absolutely delicious. The BBQ'd salmon mixed with the cabbage and smoked chile sauce made such a wonderful combination. The smoked chile sauce by itself doesn't do anything for me, but when combined with the salmon and cabbage, it complements the dish perfectly. As others have said the BBQ sauce was very labor intensive. But you will have leftover's that can be frozen and definitely tastes better than any BBQ sauce that you can buy at the store.
Only thing I would change is to cut down on the smoked chile sauce. It says to start make 1 cup mayo but there is no need for this. You are only putting a little bit of sauce on each taco so I would cut this down to 1/4 cup mayo. Next time I make this dish it will only take a quarter of the time because all I will really need to make is the cabbage slaw. Which was awesome so I will not skip on this step. Thanks for another awesome recipe Bobby.
By heidi_5463146
Oceanside, CA
on July 17, 2011
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I love anything Bobby Flay, and this one didn't disappoint. My only problem with it was that is I smothered way too much BBQ sauce on the salmon, so it was very, very sweet. That was my fault though. Next time I will use less and serve it on the side if people want more. My kids LOVED it which is highly unusual! Went great with steamed rice and black beans. Took a long time, but you'll have a whole summer worth of BBQ sauce left for your freezer. YUMMY! Can't wait to have it again tomorrow.
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