Mahi Mahi Burritos

So I was going through my Tumblr and found some old food posts I'd made... so I thought I would share them here!

First on the list is Mahi Mahi burritos. B and I tend to eat a lot of Mexican food, mostly because it's easy and fast to make. These burritos are no exception.




Here is what you will need to feed three people.

Ingredients:

• 2 Mahi mahi filets 
• 1/2 orange bell pepper
• 1/2 green bell pepper
• 1/2 red onion
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1/2 lemon, juiced and zested
• Powdered ginger (or grated fresh if you have it on hand)
• Flour tortillas
• Salt and Pepper
• Grape seed oil

STEP 1: Cut veggies into small dice (about 1/4 inch squared)
STEP 2: Heat pan over med low heat with about 2 tsp grape seed oil
STEP 3: Put veggies in pan.






Don't they look pretty? I think the most important rule of cooking is to cook with color. If your food is generally brown or beige... you need to add some veggies to spice things up. I tend to make it a game for myself "how many colors of the rainbow can I get into my food?"

STEP 4: Sweat veggies.

This means allowing the vegetables to cook without caramelizing (browning) until they look like this:




Okay, they got a little brown, but not too much. The idea is to fully cook the vegetables without burning them. This should generally be done over mid to low heat, and keep them moving. When they are done, put them in a bowl until assembly.

STEP 5: Season fish

Yes, I use frozen fish. Make sure you thaw it and drain off any extra liquid first if you do, too









Just needs a little salt and pepper. Nothing too fancy. You can use come garlic powder too, if you like, or thyme would work nicely as well.

Make sure you wash the cutting board before putting anything else on it. Cross contamination = bad.

STEP 6: Put fish skin side down in hot pan (just a little under high) with a tiny big of grapeseed oil and cook until fish is opaque, then cut the fish into equal portions for the burritos.

I put the fish on some paper towel to drain off any extra oil.

STEP 7: Combine sour cream, lemon juice, and ginger.
I like to use citrus zest as often as possible. Makes it more lemony and less sour.

STEP 8: Heat tortillas.
STEP 9: Assemble burritos.

STEP 10: Roll them up, and ENJOY!

Mahi Mahi Burritos

Ingredients:

• 2 Mahi mahi filets 
• 1/2 orange bell pepper
• 1/2 green bell pepper
• 1/2 red onion
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1/2 lemon, juiced and zested
• Powdered ginger (or grated fresh if you have it on hand)
• Flour tortillas
• Salt and Pepper
• Grape seed oil

Directions:

STEP 1: Cut veggies into small dice (about 1/4 inch squared)
STEP 2: Heat pan over med low heat with about 2 tsp grape seed oil
STEP 3: Put veggies in pan.

STEP 4: Sweat veggies.

STEP 5: Season fish

STEP 6: Put fish skin side down in hot pan (just a little under high) with a tiny big of grapeseed oil and cook until fish is opaque, then cut the fish into equal portions for the burritos. 

STEP 7: Combine sour cream, lemon juice, and ginger. 

STEP 8: Heat tortillas.
STEP 9: Assemble burritos. 

STEP 10: Roll them up, and ENJOY!

Feel free to replace the fish with something else, if you don't have Mahi Mahi, or turn them into tacos, rather than burritos. You could also use any kind of pepper you want, sweet or spicy, and even toss in some cabbage if you like. That's the beauty of cooking, right? CREATIVITY!

P.S. If you make these, please tell me! This is an original, so I'd like to see how it gets adapted!