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Ingredients
- 1 pound tilapia fillets
- Salt
- 2 tablespoons anise seeds
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
Mole:
- 1/2 white onion, sliced
- 2 whole garlic cloves
- 2 whole Roma tomatoes
- 1/3 cup slivered blanched almonds
- 1 teaspoon cumin seed
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup chili paste (ancho if you can find it)
- 2 teaspoons salt, plus more for seasoning fish
- 1/4 cup raisins
- 8 1/2 corn tortillas, divided
- 2 cups shredded iceberg lettuce
- 1/4 cup grated cotija cheese
Directions
Season the fish with salt, to taste, and coat in anise seeds.
In a large saute pan over medium-high heat, add the oil. When the oil is hot add the tilapia and saute until golden on 1 side. Flip them over and finish cooking on the other side. Remove the fish from pan to a plate and keep warm.
In the same pan add the onion, garlic and tomatoes and saute until the onion is golden. Stir in the almonds and cumin seed and cook for 1 more minute.
Deglaze the saute pan with the water and stir in the chili paste. Carefully transfer the mixture to a blender. Add the 2 teaspoons salt, the raisins, and the 1/2 corn tortilla and puree until very smooth.
Briefly toast the remaining 8 tortillas over an open flame and lay 2 tortillas on each of 4 plates. Break up the fish and divide it evenly among the tortillas. Spoon the mole sauce over the fish, top with the shredded iceberg and garnish with the cotija cheese. Serve.
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By bigbailey
beltsville, md
on April 03, 2013
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This anise on the fish was so good and the mole sauce was excellent. I was surprised at the depth of flavor the mole sauce had with only 5 minutes of prep time. I substituted roasted sunflower seeds for the almonds (because it's what I had in the pantry. But the sauce really put the fish tacos over the top. I loved this recipe and would definitely make it again and again. I'll be using the leftover mole sauce to season tomorrow's chicken. Yummy!
By khayes1
on March 27, 2013
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It was a really good recipe. I was not able to find the anise seeds anywhere. But, did the mole and came out really good. I used chipotle in adobo sauce and used the food processor to make it into a paste. Will do this one again.
By suziquzi
on September 15, 2012
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Really great and simple recipe wouldn't change anything. I loved how easy the mole sauce was to make and the anise seed on the fish. I used the ancho with sauce - not sure that was considered paste, but it came out great anyway. Used with corn soft taco which was fine, may try flour next time.
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