Seafood Soft Tacos Recipe

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A delicate fish flavor enhances these taste-tempting tacos. "I've even tried this recipe with octopus and squid," says Jack Hunter of Harlingen, Texas.

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Seafood Soft Tacos Recipe

Prep: 20 min. Bake: 20 min.

Yield: 4 Servings

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Ingredients

1 pound flounder
1/3 cup chopped green pepper
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 medium plum tomato, chopped
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon ground cumin
1/8 teaspoon pepper
4 flour tortillas (8 inches), warmed
1 tablespoon minced fresh cilantro

Directions

Place the fish in a greased 11-in. x 7-in. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork; cut into 1-in. pieces.
In a large skillet, saute green pepper and onion in oil until crisp-tender. Stir in the tomato, salt, garlic powder, cumin and pepper; cook and stir for 1 minute. Add fish; heat through. Spoon filling on one side of tortillas. Sprinkle with cilantro; fold in half. Yield: 4 servings.

Editor's Note: Cod, red snapper, haddock, ocean perch or any other lean fish may be substituted for the flounder.

Nutritional Facts One taco (prepared with 1 tablespoon oil) equals 295 calories, 8 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 54 mg cholesterol, 490 mg sodium, 29 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 26 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 2 starch, 1 fat.

Originally published as Seafood Soft Tacos in Taste of Home February/March 2003, p56