Fish Tacos
Fish tacos for a weeknight — crispy fish tacos, grilled mahi mahi, air fryer tilapia, creamy slaw with cilantro sauce, and a quick fish taco sauce.
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dinnerFish Tacos
Taco Tuesday doesn’t have to be chicken or beef! Also good for meatless Monday, and Fridays for anyone who observes Lent.
Alexis PIngredients
- 1 lb Fish filets (cod haddock or flounder)
- 1-2 c Italian breadcrumbs
- 1 Egg
- 1 bag Dry cole slaw
- Olive oil
- 2 Lime
- To taste Salt
- 1/2 c Plain Greek yogurt
- To taste Garlic powder
- To taste Onion powder
- Tortillas
Instructions
- 1You can either bake or fry your fish. If baking, preheat oven for 400° and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. If frying, add about 1/2 inch of oil in a pan and heat up over medium low heat.
- 2For the fish: Add your egg to a bowl and scramble. In another bowl add your breadcrumbs. Cut your fish into large chunks. Dip fish into the egg, then breadcrumbs. Bake or fry until golden brown.
- 3For the slaw: Add about half the bag of dry slaw to a bowl. Drizzle olive oil, squeeze in some lime, and sprinkle salt to taste.
- 4For the sauce: To a bowl add Greek yogurt, lime, onion powder, garlic powder, and salt to taste.
- 5Assemble. Heat your tortilla in a pan for about 30-60 seconds. Transfer tortilla to a plate and smear some sauce. Add some fish. Top with some slaw. Feel free to add cilantro (we don’t enjoy the taste). You can also top with some avocados or guacamole. Enjoy!
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Open in Pepper →White Fish Cooks Faster Than The Rice
A pound of cod or tilapia goes from fridge to plate in about ten minutes, which is why fish tacos keep showing up on busy nights. You season it hard, cook it hot, and let the slaw and sauce do the rest.
Cooks on Pepper reach for this collection when they want something lighter than taco meat but just as fast, especially on nights when the grill is already going or the air fryer is doing the work.
Every recipe here is a real dinner: breaded Fish Tacos with Italian breadcrumbs, Grilled Fish Tacos with mahi mahi and chili powder, Air Fryer Fish Tacos with tilapia, blackened cod with fresh corn, fish tacos with creamy slaw and cilantro sauce, and a mayo-sour cream Fish Taco Sauce to spoon over any of them.
Quick Tips
- 1
Pat the fish dry
Blot fillets with paper towels before seasoning so the breading or spice rub sticks and the fish sears instead of steams.
- 2
Cook hot and fast
White fish needs about 3 to 4 minutes per side in a hot skillet or 400°F air fryer; pull it as soon as it flakes.
- 3
Make the sauce first
Stir mayonnaise, sour cream, and lime juice together and chill it 15 minutes while the fish cooks so the flavors settle.
- 4
Warm the tortillas
Heat corn tortillas 30 seconds a side in a dry skillet so they bend instead of cracking when you fill them.
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