Cilantro Cream For Fish Tacos
photo by ChefLee 
- Ready In:
- 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 3
- Yields:
- cup
ingredients
- 1⁄2 bunch fresh cilantro, stems trimmed (about 1 cup)
- 1⁄2 cup creme fraiche or 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1⁄4 cup fresh lemon juice
directions
- Puree cilantro, creme franche, and lemon juice in blender until smooth.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Refridgerate at least 30 minutes to allow flavors to blend.
- (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and keep refridgerated.).
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Reviews
- Never again will I use plain old sour cream on my Mexican dishes! This was simply delicious! I know that the recipe says that the sauce is for fish tacos, but I had some leftover taco meat from last night's dinner, so I used it on ground beef. Thanks for a great idea Bev!
- Excellent, Bev. I substituted key lime juice and added just a little zest. Normally I use these ingredients (crema, cilantro, lime) separately, but they make a nice color when blended. I added some whole cilantro leaves as a last-minute garnish. I served it in a cabbage taco sprinkled with red pepper flakes as I didn't have any fish! Normally, I would grill the fish instead of batter frying.
- This was good, however, my husband found it to taste like too much cilantro and my mother in law doesn't like lemon with her fish.
- This would be great with just about any mexican or seafood dish! I added salt.
- Was perfect over our grilled fish tacos. My 3 yo son helped whip it up in a flash. Thanks
Tweaks
- I tweaked it to try and satisfy both. I added another 1/2 cup of the Creme Fraiche, 1/4 tsp of Cumin, 1/4 tsp of Smoked Paprika, 1/4 of Garlic Powder and a tsp of Blue Agave for a bit of sweetness. It turned out really good on our fish tacos!
- Excellent, Bev. I substituted key lime juice and added just a little zest. Normally I use these ingredients (crema, cilantro, lime) separately, but they make a nice color when blended. I added some whole cilantro leaves as a last-minute garnish. I served it in a cabbage taco sprinkled with red pepper flakes as I didn't have any fish! Normally, I would grill the fish instead of batter frying.
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