Ingredients

  • Cooking spray
  • 2 pounds halibut or grouper fillets
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • Bibb or green leaf lettuce leaves, for wrapping
  • 1 jalapeno, seeded and chopped
  • 1 cup cilantro leaves (stems removed)
  • 3 sprigs fresh mint
  • 3 tablespoons grainy mustard
  • 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
  • 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO) (eyeball it)
  • 1 lime
  • Hot sauce, such as Tabasco
  • 1/2 red onion, finely chopped

Method

  • Heat a grill pan or nonstick skillet over high heat.
  • Spray the pan with cooking spray.
  • Place the fish on the grill pan, season with salt and pepper, and cook for 5 minutes on each side, or until opaque.
  • Transfer to a serving plate.
  • Arrange the lettuce leaves on a platter.
  • Place the jalapeno in a food processor with the cilantro, mint, mustard, and vinegar.
  • Turn on the processor and stream in the EVOO, then season the sauce with salt and pepper.
  • Break the fish into chunks and squeeze lime juice over the fish.
  • Add a few dashes of hot sauce.
  • Pile the fish in lettuce leaves and top each taco with the jalapeno cilantro sauce and chopped red onions.