Ahi Tacos with Tropical Fruit and Avacado Salsa

​I hope all of you have recovered from the holidays and are ready to tackle a New Year. 2018, can you believe it? I am speechless when I look at the number. I never thought I would reach this number but here I am, doing what I have always done.  My body is telling me to slow down as the days go by faster and the years disappear. When I get engulfed by fear of the future I try to find my happy place and one of those happy places is my kitchen where I put on my apron on and start cooking.

I don’t like to spend hours in the kitchen and be a slave but I love to play around and come up with something tasty. My Ahi tacos with tropical fruit and avocado salsa always reminds me of the Hawaiian Islands and I hope they bring you all some sunshine during the dark days of January

The dish comes together quickly but needs to be prepared ahead of time. Everything needs to be cut and ready to go because it would be sacrilegious to overcook the Ahi. I usually get Ahi at Costco and I have never been disappointed.  The first thing I prepare is the seasoning, then I make the salsa. I serve these tacos with some cut tomatoes, thinly sliced cabbage and black olives on the side. Nobody would object to some extra sour cream or créme fraîche .

​This recipe will make 4 tacos, enough for two people. I often double the recipe. Choose the tortillas you like, I have used both corn and flour for this dish but prefer corn tortillas. The fruit salsa makes about 3 cups. I mostly use mangos but I have  used a mixture of papayas and mangos. Since I have my own lemon trees I use lemons instead of limes. You can substitute sour cream for créme fraîche. You will only need a small amount of chipotle chilies. I freeze the rest of the can in small portions to use later.

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Ingredients:

8 ounces or more Ahi steak, cut into 3/4 -inch pieces.
1-2  TBS vegetable oil
​4 corn tortillas

Tropical Fruit Salsa

2 cups diced mangos and/or papayas 
2 avocados peeled and diced 
¼ cup chopped cilantro
¼ cup finely chopped red onion
1 jalapeño chile, seeded and finely chopped
4-5 TBS fresh lemon or lime juice
salt and pepper to taste

Seasoning for the Ahi 

1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground cumin
¼ tsp. dried oregano
½ tsp. garlic salt
1/8 tsp. freshly ground pepper
1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper

Crème Fraîche Mixture

1/3 cup crème fraîche or sour cream
¼ cup finely chopped red onion
3 TBS finely chopped cilantro
1 tsp or more minced canned chipotle chilies.
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Directions:

Seasoning for the Ahi
Combine the all the spices and use ½ of the amount  for this recipe  Keep the rest for later use.

Salsa
Gently toss together all ingredients, cover and keep in the fridge until you serve the tacos.

Créme Fraîche  mixture
Mix all the ingredients in a bowl, cover and set aside.

The Tacos
Use your favorite way to warm the tacos. I usually heat them up in a hot frying pan. Some people spray some oil on them before heating them.

Cooking and Assembling the Tacos
Have everything ready before you start cooking the Ahi . Everything should be on the table and everyone should be ready to eat. 
Sprinkle the Ahi with ½ of the seasoning mix. Heat the oil in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Add the Ahi and sauté for a few seconds and stir in the crème fraîche mixture. Cook until heated through, the Ahi needs to be pink and not cooked in the middle.  Sometimes I  serve the Ahi mixture in a heated bowl and each person makes their own tacos.

Guten Appetit
Recipe by©Sunnycovechef.com