RECIPE: Spicy fish tacos with corn & tomato salsa

Whip up a budget-friendly Mexican feast with a can of pilchards

01 April 2018 - 00:00 By 'Seven Colours of Fish'

Makes: 10
Filling:
1 x 400g can pilchards in sweet chilli or tomato sauce
Vegetable oil, for frying
1 small onion, peeled and sliced
2 cloves of garlic, chopped
5ml (1 tsp) ground cumin
Salt and pepper, to taste
Juice and zest of 1 lemon
Salsa:
1 x 410g can whole kernel corn
2 spring onions, finely sliced
2 tomatoes, finely chopped
1 small handful fresh coriander, chopped
1 red chilli, seeded and finely chopped
7.5ml (1 tsp) olive oil
To serve:
10 tortillas/wraps
iceberg lettuce, shredded
1 baby red cabbage, shredded
1 avocado, pitted and sliced
Handful of coriander leaves
Method:..

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