Easy Cod Fish Tacos with homemade taco sauce is so delicious. Pan fry your fish and then add your favorite toppings. Top with a yummy sauce.
Course Dinner
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword Cheap Dinner, cooking, Mexican, tacos
Prep Time 40 minutesminutes
Cook Time 5 minutesminutes
Servings 24tacos
Calories 142kcal
Author Janine Waite
Ingredients
Fish Taco Ingredients
24smallwhite or yellow corn tortillas
1½lbscodor a white fish
½tspground cumin
½tspcayenne pepper
¼tspgarlic powder
¼tsponion powder
¼tspblack pepper
1tspsalt
2tbscooking oil
Fish Taco Toppings
½smallred cabbage
2mediumavocadopeeled and cubed
2cupscherry tomatoessliced in half
1bunchcilantrostems removed and chopped
2limessliced
Fish Taco Sauce
1cupmayonnaise
2tbspgranulated sugar
2tbsphoney
3tbsplemon juice
2tbspvinegar
1tspground black pepper
½tspsalt
Instructions
Cooking Fish
Wash fish and throughly pat fish dry.
Cut fish into 1½ inch cubes.
Place fish in a bowl.
In another bowl mix cumin, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, pepper and salt.
Sprinkle seasonings over fish.
Prepare large skillet with cooking oil. Place the heat on medium to high.
Place fish in skillet and let it sit for about 2-3 minutes. Leaving it alone will allow it to sear and stay together. flip carefully and cook for another minute.
Prepare the Taco Toppings
Shred the cabbage or thinly slice.
Cut cherry tomatoes in half.
Slice limes or quarter.
Peel and cube avocados. The avocados will brown so prepare this right before serviing.
Remove cilantro stems and chop leaves.
Prepare the Coleslaw Dressing
Whisk mayonnaise, sugar, honey, lemon juice, vinegar, pepper, and salt together in a bowl until smooth and creamy.
Assembling Tacos
Steam tortillas. Place a few on a plate and cover with a damp paper towel. Microwave for like 20 seconds. We also steam them in a double broiler.
Place a tortilla open on a plate.
Add fish, tomatoes, avocados, cilantro and cabbage.