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tacos with seafood and vegetable filling on a white plate with limes and other ingredients around.
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Fish Tacos with an Easy Spicy Dipping Sauce

You will be licking your fingers after this delicious meal. This recipe of fish tacos is super easy to make, it’s the best go-to recipe to please your family and guests.
Total Time40 minutes
Course: Appetizer, Dinner, Lunch, Side Dish, Starters and Sides
Cuisine: Fish, Meat Dishes, Mexican, Seafood
Allergy: Nut Free
Servings: 7 tacos
Calories: 318kcal
Author: Marina Rizhkov

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 1½ lbs halibut, skinned & cubed
  • 32 g fish taco seasoning
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • ¼ cup water
  • 7 small flour tortillas, corn tortillas work too
  • 1 avocado, peeled, pitted, & chopped
  • 1 large tomato, chopped
  • 1 heart romaine lettuce, shredded

Taco Sauce

  • 3 Tbsp mayonnaise
  • 1 Tbsp sour cream
  • ½ lime, makes 1 Tbsp lime juice
  • ½ tsp cumin
  • ¼ tsp garlic powder
  • 1½ tsp sriracha, or to taste

Instructions

Spicy Taco Sauce

  • First, prepare the fish sauce: Combine mayo, sour cream, lime juice, cumin, garlic powder, and sriracha in a small bowl. Mix well.
    3 Tbsp mayonnaise, 1 Tbsp sour cream, ½ lime,, ½ tsp cumin, ¼ tsp garlic powder, 1½ tsp sriracha,
    spicy sauce in a white bowl with a spoon.

Preparing the Tacos

  • In a bowl, coat the fish pieces with the olive oil, fish taco seasoning and water.
    1½ lbs halibut,, 32 g fish taco seasoning, 2 Tbsp olive oil, ¼ cup water
  • Heat a skillet over medium heat. Add in the fish mixture and sear for 5-7 minutes, or until fully cooked through. Remove the fish from heat.
    fish sauteing in a blue pan.
  • Chop avocado, tomatoes, and romaine lettuce and layer them in the tortillas. Place the fish on top, fold the taco.
    1 avocado,, 1 large tomato,, 1 heart romaine lettuce,, 7 small flour tortillas,
    taco being put together with avocado tomato and lettuce in a tortilla on a cutting board.
  • Drizzle that fish sauce on top.
    a cutting board with a toasted tortilla and taco filling of seafood chopped veggies and a fish sauce on top.

Notes

Heat tortillas on a hot skillet for a couple of seconds before putting the tacos together.

Nutrition

Calories: 318kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 51mg | Sodium: 707mg | Potassium: 664mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 715IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 2mg