Tuesday, July 31, 2018
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Sunday, July 29, 2018
How to Cook an Easy and Delicious Mexican Fried Fish by fabiolaofmexico
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This easy recipe makes for a quick and delicious dinner that will bring a little piece of a Mexican beach into your kitchen.
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On a recent trip to Veracruz on the Mexican Gulf Coast, I was reminded of how much I love to eat fish and seafood. I indulged in treats I don’t normally have the opportunity to enjoy, like fresh shrimp and fried fish. Delicious!
Fried fish is a classic dish in Mexico, especially during the hot spring and summer months. It’s a cheap, quick, and easy way to make a yummy dinner, and you can pair it with a lot of things. You can’t go wrong with fried fish!
Now, you may be thinking this is probably not a very healthy dish because it’s fried, but nothing could be more wrong.
It’s true you have to fry the fish in plenty of oil, but it’s all going to end up in the skin anyway, which you can peel off to reveal the lean flesh. So just put your fatty fears aside and get ready to dig in.
Now, roll up your sleeves and let’s get cooking!
Mexican Fried Fish Recipe
Before we get started, you need to select a fish to fry.
Here in Mexico, most people go for a tilapia, or mojarra (roll the R), but there are plenty other fish in the sea which are great for frying, like red snapper, bass, trout, black pomfret or even catfish. It all depends on what you like.
The portion will vary depending on the size of the fish you pick out. If you choose a small fish, you might need two per person, but you’ll only need one for each if you select a larger fish.
Ingredients
- 1 large fish or 2 small per person
- Plenty of oil
- A deep frying pan
- Lemon rind
- Garlic cloves
- Salt
- Pepper
- Flour (optional)
Directions
Before you start cooking, make sure the fish has been thoroughly cleaned. All scales should be gone, as well as the entrails, but leave the head and tail.
Here in Mexico, when I buy fish the vendor always cleans it well so that it’s ready to cook.
If there is no whole fresh fish available, it’s not a problem. Frozen will do. Just make sure it’s completely thawed and dry before cooking it. You don’t want the humidity to make hot oil jump all over you!
Now that your fish is clean and dry, place it on a cutting board and cut three vertical slits across the body. Turn the fish over and repeat on the other side. These slits will allow the flesh to cook evenly.
Once you’ve cut the slits, it’s time to season the fish. Sprinkle it with salt and pepper to your liking. You can also add powdered garlic if you like.
Some people also use lime or lemon juice to season the fish, but I don’t like to use it because the juice makes the flesh fall apart when it’s cooking.
A good tip is to add garlic cloves and lemon rind to the frying oil. That way, the flavors go all into the fish with the garlic and lemon spilling out all over the place.
While you’re seasoning the fish, pour enough oil into the frying pan and start warming it up. There should be enough oil in there to submerge at least the entire half of the fish. That’s why you need a deep frying pan.
The kind of cooking oil depends on your personal taste. Coconut oil is a healthy option and it’s also great for frying. Avocado oil and olive oil are also good for this. I normally use canola oil because it has a high smoke point.
Warm up the oil over a medium flame, not high. To know if the oil has reached a good temperature for frying, throw in a little piece of bread. If it sinks to the bottom, the oil is not hot enough. If the bread starts frying immediately, the oil is too hot. But it if it floats and starts frying gradually, then the temperature is good.
Before frying, some people dust the entire fish with flour to better protect the flesh. This is helpful, but if you don’t fry the fish correctly, you run the risk of the flour ending up all stuck to the pan.
But don’t worry, you don’t have to use flour. It’s completely optional.
Next, just place the fish in the frying pan with the hot oil and let it cook for at least 5 minutes on each side, or when it turns a golden brown color. Carefully, turn it over and then let it fry on the other side. A pair of thongs will come in handy at this moment.
Once it’s cooked, take the fish out of the oil and let it lie on a couple of paper towels so the excess oil will drip off. And then it’s ready to eat!
Enjoy Mexican Fried Fish
In Mexico, we like to squeeze plenty of lime juice on the fish and some hot salsa too. If you’re not into spicy food, skip the salsa but keep the lime.
I like to eat fried fish with Mexican salad, red rice, beans, and fried plantains on the side. And probably a cold beer too.
Perhaps you think having an entire fish on your plate (with the head, tail and all) looks weird, but let me tell you this is one of the best ways ever to have fish. If you rule it out just because you don’t like the way it looks, you’ll be missing out on something great.
FYI, my kids love to eat fried fish. They even like how the head and tail look too!
What I like best about this dish is you have to eat it slowly. First, because you need to be careful so you won’t get any fish bones stuck between your teeth. Second, because it means you just have to take your time to sit down and enjoy the meal properly, which makes everything taste better.
So when your fish is fried and ready, pour yourself a cold beer and sit down to make this a memorable occasion. Imagine you’re sitting in a little eatery in Mexico, overlooking the beach. Buen provecho!
Would you like to try this? What’s your favorite way to have fish? Share in the comments!
Saturday, July 28, 2018
Sunday, July 15, 2018
Review: Brisa Marina in Zipolite, Mexico Naked Wanderings Getting to Zipolite might be a bit tricky as there are no international airports nearby. The major airport is Oaxaca, but don't fly to this one. Seriously!
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Friday, July 13, 2018
Thousands of Turtles Come Ashore in Oaxaca, Mexico Storyful MSN.com Thousands of sea turtles have landed on beaches on Mexico's Pacific coast at the start of their nesting season.Mexico's National Commission of ...
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Wednesday, July 11, 2018
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Wednesday, July 4, 2018
Sunday, July 1, 2018
Graves discovered in southern Mexico City are 2,700 years old They were found between 1.2 and 3.3 meters below street level; about 20 are perfectly conserved
A skeleton found inside one of the graves.Graves discovered in southern Mexico City are 2,700 years old
They were found between 1.2 and 3.3 meters below street level; about 20 are perfectly conserved
Experts from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have discovered 26 ancient graves dating back 2,700 years at a site in Mexico City.
Located in the south of the capital and adjoining a modern-day cemetery, the site measures 360 square meters and archaeologists believe that it might have been used by women for activities related to the care of infants.
During excavations over the last four months, the INAH team has found the graves at depths between 1.2 and 3.3 meters below street level. About 20 of them are in a perfect state of conservation.
“Until now, we have detected four stages of settlement; four historical periods linked to the start of the 20th century, the Porfiriato [the period of more than three decades when former president Porfirio Díaz was in power], Mexico’s independence and the pre-Hispanic period,” said Antonio Balcorta Yépez, an INAH archaeologist working on the project.
Of the 26 graves found, 11 are in the form of a truncated cone, while the archaeologists have also found vestiges of walls from pre-Hispanic structures.
“We’ve made a series of discoveries that have revolutionized the knowledge we had about graves in the pre-classic period. The context suggests to us that we are at a village where they carried out specialized activities. The height [of the site and] its geographical and strategic position indicates to us that the people [who lived on] this hill may have had greater control over certain resources compared to the village of Copilco,” Balcorta said.
Truncated cone graves were not only used for funeral purposes but also to store grains, artifacts and waste materials, he explained.
However, there is also evidence that indicates that at least two of the graves may have been used by women for everyday activities related to caring for their children, such as giving an herbal steam bath to a newborn baby.
That theory is supported by the discovery of more than 130 figurines in the graves, most of which represent pregnant women, while a smaller number are of infants. The ceramic pieces feature red, yellow and black colorings on their different body parts.
The INAH team has extracted samples from different parts of the graves to carry out chemical and pollen analyses aimed at confirming or rejecting the perinatal care hypothesis.
The archaeologists have also made discoveries from more recent times including remnants of ammunition used in the Mexican revolution and parts of adobe bricks and other building materials that formed part of a house that stood on the site at the end of the 19th century.
Because it is 2,296 meters above sea level, it is believed that the site was not affected by lava flows following the eruption of the Xitle Volcano between 245 and 315 AD and for that reason it has remained in well-conserved condition.
Source: Milenio (sp)
Woman suffers extensive injuries after parasailing disaster in Puerto Vallarta Boat flips in storm, towline breaks and tourist has wild, 45-minute ride
Katie Malone and brother Brendan.Woman suffers extensive injuries after parasailing disaster in Puerto Vallarta
Boat flips in storm, towline breaks and tourist has wild, 45-minute ride
A woman suffered severe injuries in a parasailing accident earlier this month in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, when a storm came up, flipped the tow boat and snapped the towline.
Katie Malone was celebrating her 29th birthday in the Pacific coast tourist destination when the freak accident occurred during the 10-minute parasailing excursion.
After an approaching storm brought strong winds and turned the boat over, Malone spent the next 45 minutes being whipped through the air at the mercy of intense gusts of wind.
Malone’s brother Brendan said in an interview that the men operating the boat quickly took off.
“We’re beyond unhappy,” he said. “Those guys left the scene of the crime. They flipped the boat back over and . . . bailed while my sister was floating away.”
When Malone finally crash-landed near the city’s airport, she suffered cuts to her face, a fractured pelvis and skull, four broken ribs and a collapsed and bleeding lung.
“It’s one of those calls you never want to take and of course you’re thinking the worst,” said Katie’s father, Kelly Malone, when he received the news.
An online fundraising campaign was created to help pay for an air ambulance back to the United States and as of this morning, nearly US $50,000 had been raised.
Former U.S. Rep. Duncan L. Hunter also helped make financial arrangements for the family.
“Once we got him involved, everything just went real smooth. He had some contacts. I believe he even contacted the consulate in Washington D.C. and then after that everything just went really, super fast,” Kelly Malone said.
After undergoing several surgeries and spending the last few weeks in a Jalisco hospital, Katie Malone was flown to San Antonio, Texas, on Tuesday, where she will undergo further treatment.
Doctors believe she will make a full recovery, but she isn’t expected to walk again for months.
“She is a miracle, she is progressing way quicker than most people expected her to, on so many levels,” her brother said. “She’s great, she’s a fighter, and she is not giving up.”
The parasailing company hired by Malone is currently under investigation by the state Attorney General’s office.
Source: WLKY (en), Vallarta Independiente (sp)
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