5.20.2009

Mexicanish Tilapia and Tomatoes and Sliced Aligator Pear

WARNING: This assumes you already have the basics of cooking down. This is not a recipe. If you don't know how to cook, watch Good Eats.

GET:
  • 1/2 pound of tilapia
  • 1/2 medium Vidalia onion (or some such sweet onion)
  • 1 quart of grape tomatoes
  • 2 haas avocados
  • garlic
  • cilantro
  • lime juice
  • oil
  • white wine
  • salt
  • black pepper
  • cumin
  • chili powder (the not spicy red kind)
  • red pepper - optional (the spicy kind)
COOK:
  • Chop up the onion and garlic
  • Throw the onion and garlic and some salt a fry pan with some oil
  • While that's cooking, chop up the tomatoes into thirds or quarters
  • Cook the onions until they start to get clear, add lime juice if you need to lube the pan
  • When the onions are clear add all the tomatoes
  • Spicy up the veggie stuff with salt, peppers, chili and cumin
  • Add some more lime juice as the water in the tomatoes cooks off
  • Cook the veggies until they're a good bit mushy
  • Add in pieces of fish, just kinda move the veggies out of the way and pile them on the fish a bit
  • We're not looking for any sort of dry heat here so add more lime if the pan gets too dry
  • Add some wine and reduce the thing until it tastes fucking awesome
  • Turn off the heat
  • Tear up a good handful of cilantro, sprinkle it over the whole lot and let it wilt
  • Plate the fish and slop
  • Get the good bits of the avocado out and put it on the mess
EAT:
  • Serves two with no side or starch
  • Might serve three or four with rice
  • You can probably go up to a full pound of fish and still be ok on tomatoes, we just really like the tomatoes part

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