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Best use of fish sticks I know of is fish tacos. I don't like the usual fish taco sauce, so I use a remoulade, and treat them as if they were shrimp poboys. I
by smcameron 6y ago
Best use of fish sticks I know of is fish tacos. I don't like the usual fish taco sauce, so I use a remoulade, and treat them as if they were shrimp poboys. I also use flour tortillas, just because I like them better than corn, and the corn tortillas always break on me. (Every once in a while, I'd get excited to try fish tacos at a restaurant and end up being disappointed. This went on for decades. Subbing flour tortillas for corn and remoulade for the usual fish taco sauce makes fish tacos work for me.)
Make remoulade ahead of time (something like, mayo, sour cream, tartar sauce, hot sauce, pickle juice and horseradish mixed is what I do... or better yet, look up how to make a proper remoulade). Shred some cabbage. Make a pico de gallo.
Make the fish sticks (or breaded fish fillets if you want to get fancy) as per directions (typically, bake in oven at 425 for 20 minutes, flipping once).
Assemble fish tacos:
1. Heat flour tortillas directly on burner to char them slightly. (do not skip this step!!!) Keep them moving, a pair of tongs helps here.
2. Apply a slathering of remoulade
3. Put some shredded cabbage on
4. Put fish sticks/fillets on.
5. Put some pico de gallo on.
6. Squeeze some lime juice on (do not skip this step).
Chow down.
Would they be better with fresh fish fillets battered and fried for the occasion? Yes, but who's got time for that when you're wondering what to make for dinner and you happen to have some fish sticks in the freezer.
Because the fish sticks are incorporated into a fish taco with all sorts of other delicious ingredients, the lameness of the fish sticks as compared to a proper piece of fried fish is reasonably disguised, and the sum of the parts is in my experience pretty damned delicious. Before I hit upon this fish-stick-taco idea, I hadn't had a fish stick in decades, but I've made these twice in the last month and now they're in my regular rotation.