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 – a garlic lime crema that you will want it on all your tacos! This is our go-to recipe for family get togethers and company because it comes together quickly and it always gets rave reviews. These fish tacos are so flavorful and satisfying but you will feel good and light at the end of the meal.

This recipe is party sized and can be scaled down to feed a smaller crowd. It was developed by my brother-in-law, Slavik and it has been adopted by pretty much everyone in our family. I have had so many requests to publish the recipe so here it is! It’s an easy, excellent fish tacos recipe. Thank you Slavik for sharing your awesome fish tacos with us. I’m pretty sure it’s impossible to ever get tired of this recipe.

Seriously though, be generous with that fish taco sauce! The sauce recipe was adapted from Kaylee on All Recipes. We simply doubled it because there never seems to be enough of the sauce ;).

Ingredients for Fish Tacos:

24 small white corn tortillas
1 1/2 to 2 lb tilapia
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp salt 
1/4 tsp black pepper
Olive oil
1 Tbsp Butter

Fish Taco Toppings:

1/2 small purple cabbage,
2 medium avocado, sliced
2 roma tomatoes, diced (optional)
1/2 diced red onion,
1/2 bunch Cilantro, longer stems removed
4 oz (1 cup) Cotija cheese, grated*
1 lime cut into 8 wedges to serve

*Cotija cheese is a Mexican cheese that crumbles when you grate it; similar to feta but much milder in flavor and not nearly as salty. It is inexpensive and found in the refrigerated cheese section of the grocery store.

Ingredients for Best Fish Taco Sauce:

1/2 cup sour cream
1/3 cup Mayo
2 Tbsp lime juice (from 1 medium lime)
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp Sriracha sauce, or to taste

How to Make Fish Tacos:

1. Line a large baking sheet with parchment or silicone liner. In a small dish, stir together seasonings: 1/2 tsp cumin, 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper, 1 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp black pepper and evenly sprinkle the seasoning mix over both sides of tilapia.

2. Lightly drizzle fish with olive oil and top each piece with a dot of butter. Baked at 375 for 20-25 min. If you want it to get a little browned around the edges, you can broil for 3-5 minutes at the end if desired.

3. Combine all of the Taco sauce ingredients in a medium bowl or a large measuring cup and whisk together until well blended. It’s really fun and feels like dining out to serve the sauce in a squeeze bottle like this one.

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 the fish then add remaining ingredients finishing off with a generous sprinkle of cotija cheese and finally that awesome taco sauce! Serve with a fresh lime wedge to squeeze extra lime juice over tacos.

Mmmm so much sauce! I’m so crazy about this taco sauce. Seriously the best!

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Fish Tacos Recipe with Best Fish Taco Sauce!

Prep time: 30 mins Cook time: 25 mins Total time: 55 mins
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.
Author: Natasha of NatashasKitchen.com Skill Level: Easy Cost To Make: $20-$25 Serving: 24 tacos (serves 8)

Ingredients

Fish Taco Ingredients:

• 24 small white corn tortillas
• 1½ to 2 lb tilapia
• ½ tsp ground cumin
• ½ tsp cayenne pepper
• 1 tsp salt 
1/4 tsp black pepper
• Olive oil
• 1 Tbsp Butter

Fish Taco Toppings:

• ½ small purple cabbage,
• 2 medium avocado, sliced
• 2 roma tomatoes, diced (optional)
• ½ diced red onion,
• ½ bunch Cilantro, longer stems removed
• 4 oz (1 cup) Cotija cheese, grated
• 1 lime cut into 8 wedges to serve

Fish Taco Sauce Ingredients:

• ½ cup sour cream
• ⅓ cup Mayo
• 2 Tbsp lime juice (from 1 medium lime)
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp Sriracha sauce, or to taste

Instructions

1. Line large baking sheet with parchment or silicone liner. In a small dish, combine seasonings: ½ tsp cumin, ½ tsp cayenne pepper, 1 tsp salt and ¼ 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.

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I’m so tempted to make these again for dinner tonight. I will never stop loving this recipe! I hope you all love it as much as we do.

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