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Maui Tacos' Fish Taco with Pineapple Tomato Salsa Recipe

Maui Tacos' Fish Taco with Pineapple Tomato Salsa

Recipe courtesy Mark Ellman, Maui Tacos

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  • on April 13, 2010

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    taste awful, not worth the work

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  • on March 31, 2010

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    This recipe blends the sweet and the heat very well. My kids and I love this and fight over the last taco every time. I like to use catfish since Mahi is hard to get in my small town and have tried both frying and sauteing and I like the fried version best. Make sure to marinate the fish overnight for best results. I have no issues with mushy fish especially when fried. Cilantro is one of those herbs that some folks just don't like but I love it.

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  • on April 10, 2009

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    all i can say is AWFUL!
    i love fish and i thought this would be a safe bet, but it wasnt! emeril not your best work!
    p.s. peanut didnt enjoy it either! (which really mad me upset!

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  • on April 01, 2009

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    I have the Pineapple Tomatillo Salsa recipe from Maui Tacos and this is NOT it. I make it all the time and it is a great hit. Maui Tacos does not include tomatoes in their recipe.

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  • on July 29, 2008

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    The flavors in this recipe are wonderful! But, if you cook a lot, you'll know that you have to taste as you go - and this recipe needed some fixing.

    1The salsa was very salty and sour initially, if you only use 1 lime, add a squirt of honey, and add another half cup of chopped pineapple after mixing the salsa, it comes out perfect! Also - if you don't have fresh ginger, 1/4 tsp dried works fine.

    2There's no way you can marinate the fish overnight - the citrus starts to break it down and you end up with mush. I marinated for 2 hours, then poured the liquid out of the container and allowed the herbs left behind to linger on the fillets. When I grilled it the texture/flavor was great!

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  • on July 31, 2007

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    Wonderful Tacos -- can't say enough about how good the flavors are. Takes time to make them, but they are worth it. If you have the time, try them!

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  • on July 07, 2007

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    this is a quick and easy recipe that my whole family loves!!

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  • on March 19, 2007

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    Definitely the worst fish tacos I've ever had!!! I thought trying an Emeril recipe was a safe bet, but this was not worth the time or effort. I also used cod and the acid in the marinade cooked the fish before we cooked it. Fish turned out chewy and had little flavor. The salsa was absolutely horrible. The pineapple and tomatillo made it very bitter and sour...there was no blending of the flavors, just an over powering sour flavor. We ended up having to throw it all away!

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  • on March 02, 2007

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    To paraphrase Roger Ebert, "I hated this recipe...hated, hated, hated, hated, hated this recipe." I know my way around a kitchen and have no problem following a recipe and did all the prep work and ended up with fish the texture of a soft scrambled egg. I used cod which I'm guessing is not the fish used by the other reviewers. I got the feeling the fish was already cooked by the acid before it ever went in the skillet. It was an awful texture. Fish shouldn't be marinated overnight and I knew better, but I went through with the recipe as written anyway. Boy did I pay for it.

    On top of the fish, I found the salsa to be a poor mix and overly acidic. There's no sweetness or blending of flavors. It just comes out very bitter to sour and I didn't use as much lime as the recipe calls for...thank God. We had to throw away a good portion of formerly decent fish...something I truly hate to do and all we can think of to do with the salsa is use it as a marinade for some chicken as the pungent flavors might translate okay in that role. Bleck!

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  • on July 06, 2004

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    This stuff is great!!!!!The dicing of the tomatoes and pinaple takes some time but one bit and it was all woth it. The combinations of textures and flavores explode in your mouth and you will have a hard time not wolfong it down.

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