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Baja-style grilled mahi-mahi tacos

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Serves 6 Servings
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Ingredients

Citrus-cucumber relish
  • 3 kirby or pickling cucumbers, peeled, seeded, and cut into thin strips
  • 3 plum tomatoes, cored and cut into thin strips
  • 1 small red onion, cut in half and sliced into thin strips
  • 1 cup shredded white cabbage
  • 1/4 cup chopped cilantro leaves
  • 1 cup serrano chile, seeded, if desired, and thinly sliced
  • 1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
  • 2 tablespoon freshly squeezed grapefruit juice
  • 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 1 tablespoon kosher salt
Mahi-mahi
  • 3 kirby or pickling cucumbers, peeled, seeded, and cut into thin strips
  • 3 plum tomatoes, cored and cut into thin strips
  • 1 small red onion, cut in half and sliced into thin strips
  • 1 cup shredded white cabbage
  • 1/4 cup chopped cilantro leaves
  • 1 cup serrano chile, seeded, if desired, and thinly sliced
  • 1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
  • 2 tablespoon freshly squeezed grapefruit juice
  • 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 1 tablespoon kosher salt
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 can ned chipotle in adobo
  • 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 2 pound mahi-mahi steaks, cut into 4-inch wide strips
  • 1 pound ripe avocado
  • 12 pound (6-inch) corn tortillas

Preparation

Baking Directions:

Combine the cucumbers, tomatoes, red onion, cabbage, cilantro and chile in a non-reactive bowl.

Blend the orange, grapefruit, and lime juices and pour over the vegetables.

Add the salt, toss to blend, and set aside for 30 minutes.

In the jar of an electric blender, combine the mayonnaise, chipotle chile, and lime juice and purée until smooth.

Scrape into a bowl and set aside.

Preheat a gas or electric grill or light the broiler.

Position the grill rack about 4 inches from the heat.

Grill the mahi-mahi for 4 minutes on each side, turning once, or until just cooked through.

Meanwhile, peel, seed, and mash the avocado in a small bowl.

Quickly warm the tortillas on the grill and spread each one with a little avocado.

Put one piece of fish on each tortilla, garnish with a little relish, and drizzle each taco with a scant tablespoon of chipotle mayonnaise.

Fold the tortillas in half and serve two tacos on each plate.

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