HEALTHY FISH TACOS RECIPE
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Healthy Fish Tacos Recipe is bright, fresh, healthy, packed full of flavor, and ready in about 20 minutes.
I like to serve these tacos with Easy Mexican Rice, Chipotle’s Cilantro Lime Rice, or Green Chile Cheese Rice.
Fish and shrimp both cook really quickly. For this reason, they are mainstays on my weekly menu. They’re also healthy if you pan sauté or grill.
Furthermore, if you want to save on carbs you can top lettuce or slaw with the fish and omit the wrap.
As well, you can substitute fresh, medium-size shrimp instead of fish for this recipe.
HEALTHY FISH TACOS RECIPE
- Fish. A mild white fish is best. I recommend tilapia, mahi-mahi, snapper, cod, flounder, grouper. If you’re from the South, catfish is usually easy to get fresh.
- Tortillas. I prefer flour tortillas but you can also use corn, gluten-free, keto, or your favorite.
- Toppings. You can go plain or loaded. I dressed these with taco sauce, cheese, and cabbage. There are more ideas for you below.
HOW TO DRESS FISH TACOS
- Cotija Cheese or your favorite cheese
- lime – Never underestimate the power of freshly squeezed lime juice!
- Tomatoes, diced
- Cilantro
- Onions, diced
- Pickles onions
- Lettuce, shredded
- Tangy Slaw has a vinegar instead of a mayonnaise base
- Shredded cabbage
- Avocado or Guacamole
- Black Bean Salsa or Pineapple Salsa
- Fresh Mango Salsa
- Fish Taco Sauce
FAVORITE SEAFOOD RECIPES
- Sauteed Tequila Lime Shrimp
- Shrimp Pasta in Spicy New Orleans Tomato Cream Sauce
- New Orleans Sausage Shrimp Crawfish Pasta
- Fish Nachos
- Honey Garlic Salmon
- Chicken and Shrimp Nachos
- Greek Seafood Nachos
I updated this post from an earlier version on September 11, 2012. I made new photos and simplified the recipe instructions.
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Healthy Fish Tacos Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 and ½ pound fish filets any mild flavored white fish, I used tilapia
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon paprika
- ¼ teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 to 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 cups cabbage shredded, or lettuce
- 1 large tomatoes peeled and diced
- 1 medium avocados diced (optional)
- ½ cup cheese your favorite cheese (optional)
- 4 8-inch flour tortillas
Instructions
- Combine salt, pepper, garlic, paprika, and cumin. Drizzle fish with olive oil then rub the seasoning into the fish.
- Heat a non-stick pan to medium. Place fish in pan and drizzle with olive oil.
- Cook fish 2 to 3 minutes on the first side then turn for another 2 to 3 minutes.
- Remove the fish from the pan and immediately build your taco. In a heated flour tortilla, layer fish, lettuce, tomato, avocado, cheese and sauce. Serve immediately.
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.
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What a delicious meal idea. Thank you so much!
This is the fish taco recipe I have been looking for! Grilled not deep fried. Delicious!