Easy Fish Tacos Recipe

The Best Fish Tacos Recipe with crispy battered fishcreamy avocadocrunchy cabbageand deliciouseasy fish taco sauce. I promisethese fish tacos are better than any food truck’s!

Ingredients for Fish Tacos Recipe

As alwaysmy recipe is simple. And I even give you options for flours to use.

• Fish: Any firm white fish fillets that holds its shape. It does not have to be white fish but rather fish that doesn’t flake easily and fall apart. Codhalibutbasshaddockrockfishmahi mahi or snapper are great. Tilapia will not work. You can even use salmon or troutif that’s what you have.
• Flour: Any flour works! Almond flour or almond mealall purpose flour or whole wheat flourspelt flourgluten free flouror even breadcrumbs. Anything that will make fish crispy.
• Simple spices: I use homemade taco seasoning and garlic powder.
• Yogurt and mayo: I call my fish taco sauce healthy because I use 75% plain yogurt and 25% mayonnaise unlike any restaurant’s 100% mayo white sauce.
• Oil: For frying I like to use high smoke point oil like avocado oil.
• Toppings: Red cabbagetomatoavocadofresh cilantroand lime are our favorite fish taco toppings but you can use what you have on hand.
• Tortillas: You can use corn tortillas or flour tortillas for serving. We use corn tortillas because they are more authentic and nutritious.
• Cheese (optional): The best cheese for fish tacos is cotija cheese. It is Mexican cheese that is more mild and less salty than feta cheese and crumbles as you shred it. You can also use crumbled feta cheese.

How to Make Fish Tacos

There are 3 steps to making fish tacos: cook the fishmake the fish taco sauce and prepare the taco toppings. It doesn’t get easier than that.

Prep fish and its dredging: Cut fish into 1-inch cubes and in a medium bowl whisk flourtaco seasoninggarlic powdercornstarchsalt and pepper.

To cook fish: Dip fish pieces into flour mixture and pan fry for 2 minutes per side in preheated large ceramic non-stick skillet on medium high heat.

Make Best Fish Taco Sauce

Make fish taco sauce while fish is cooking. In a medium bowlwhisk yogurtmayofresh lime juicetaco seasoningcayenne pepper and black pepper.

Adjust amount of cayenne pepper to your taste or add some sriracha if you like your fish tacos spicy. If the sauce is too thickadd 1 teaspoon of water at a time until desired consistency is reached. This could be the case if you used Greek yogurt.

I also like to transfer fish taco sauce to a drizzling bottle.

Fish Taco Toppings

The finishing touch on these fish tacos are the toppings! Set up a taco bar and let each family member customize their taco how they like them for a peaceful and delicious dinner.

I like to place fish tacos toppings with different textures in a large baking dishcover with linen towel and set aside.

Chop toppings: Thinly slice or shred the cabbage or lettuce. Freshly shredded purple cabbage or green cabbage adds the best crunch but store bought coleslaw mix or broccoli slaw will work as well. Dice avocadotomatocilantro and red onion. Crumble cotija cheese or feta cheese.

To assemble tacos: Warm tortillas in a cast iron skillet on high heat for 10 seconds per side and press on them with spatula. It makes fish tacos extra delicious! Fill each tortilla with 3-4 pieces of fishadd toppings and drizzle with sauce.

What to Serve with Fish Tacos?

These fish tacos are quite filling mealso you will not need many side dishes. Here are a few ideas:

• Fruity salsas: Sweet with heat mango salsapineapple jalapeno salsa or pico de gallo round out flavors of any tacos very nicely.
• Guacamole
• I recommend to make this super easy Instant Pot corn on the cob.
• Instant Pot refried beans

FAQs

More Tacos Recipes to Try

• Grilled fish tacos
• Shrimp tacos
• Bang bang shrimp tacos
• Ground beef tacos
• Ground turkey tacos
• Baked tacos