Instead, these street tacos are battered, fried, and tucked into warmed corn tortillas then simply dressed with shredded cabbage, a limey white Mexican sour cream sauce, and pico de gallo with a squeeze of fresh lime. Unlike Americanized tacos, Baja fish tacos are meant to fit easily in one hand and skip the cheese and lettuce. And find them I did, with my fish taco discovery on the eastern side of Baja, in the small fishing town of San Felipe. Baja’s San Felipe streets are lined with taco carts and stands serving up the crispiest beer battered fish tacos for less than $1 each. When we lived in Los Angeles, trips to Baja California’s small seaside towns of El Pescador, Ensenada, Puerto Nuevo, propelled my main goal of finding the best Baja fish tacos. Whether it’s my MIL’s recipe for tastes-nearly-identical-to Taco Bell tacos, or my baked and blackened fish tacos, or brunch-worthy breakfast tacos, these stuffed tortilla bundles are a definite fave. Like most anyone on a #TacoTuesday, I’m a big fan of tacos, especially because they’re so easy to make at home. These crispy, beer battered Baja fish tacos wrapped in soft corn tortillas are topped with crunchy cabbage and a tangy white Mexican cream sauce that will instantly transport you south of the border.
