Fish Tacos Recipe with Best Fish Taco Sauce!
Our all-time favorite fish tacos recipe! These are loaded with fresh ingredients and perfectly seasoned plump fish. Don't skip the best fish taco sauce - an irresistible garlic lime crema.
Ingredients
- 24 smallwhite corn tortillas
- 1 ½ lbtilapia
- ½ tspground cumin
- ½ tspcayenne pepper
- 1 tspsalt
- ¼ tspblack pepper
- 1 tbspolive oil
- 1 tbspunsalted butter
- ½ smallpurple cabbage
- 2 mediumavocado (sliced)
- 2roma tomatoes (diced (optional))
- ½diced red onion
- ½ bunchcilantro (longer stems removed)
- 4 oz1 cup cotija cheese, grated
- 1lime cut into 8 wedges to serve
- ½ cupsour cream
- ⅓ cupmayonnaise
- 2 tbsplime juice (from 1 medium lime)
- 1 tspgarlic powder
- 1 tspsriracha sauce (or to taste)
Directions
- 1
Line large baking sheet with parchment or silicone liner. In a small dish, combine seasonings: 1/2 tsp cumin, 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper, 1 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp black pepper and evenly sprinkle seasoning mix over both sides of tilapia.
- 2
Lightly drizzle fish with olive oil and dot each piece with butter. Bake at 375 for 20-25 min. To brown edges, broil for 3-5 minutes at the end if desired.
- 3
Combine all Taco sauce ingredients in a medium bowl and whisk until well blended.
- 4
To serve the tacos, toast quickly toast the corn tortillas on a large dry skillet or griddle over medium/high heat.
- 5
To assemble: start with pieces of fish then add remaining ingredients finishing with a generous sprinkle of cotija cheese and finally that awesome taco sauce! Serve with a fresh lime wedge to squeeze over tacos.