What could be better than quick and easy Fast Fish Tacos? Here’s a 5 ingredient, 15 minute fish tacos recipe you’re going to love.
Fast Fish Tacos
In Southern California, fish tacos are pretty much daily fare. You’ll find them in all kinds of restaurants prepared in a variety of ways. This is a fresh, healthy and simple way to prepare fish tacos. I like mine with a 6th ingredient added (avocado) and sometimes a squeeze of lime too. This recipe is gluten free adaptable- please see tips below the recipe.
🛒 Ingredient Notes:
- tilapia fillets (can also use cod or haddock)
- olive oil, salt and pepper
- sour cream (regular or light)
- fresh salsa (look for a fresh tub in the deli section, usually)
- tortillas (I prefer corn, but you can use flour if you prefer)
- shredded cabbage
- optional garnishes (cheese, cilantro, lime, avocado, etc)
✏️ How to make Fast Fish Tacos
*The full, printable recipe is at the end of this post.
- Heat the broiler, with rack in highest position.
- Place the fish on a rimmed baking sheet; drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Broil until the fish is lightly browned on top, 5 to 10 minutes, until the flesh is opaque throughout.
- Meanwhile in a small bowl, mix the sour cream with 2 tablespoons of salsa.
- Divide the fish evenly among the tortillas and top with shredded cabbage, sour cream and fresh salsa.
➡️ Tips and Substitutions:
- Plain yogurt may be used in place of the sour cream, if desired.
- Using fresh salsa is important..The chunks of tomato and onion are mixed with with lime juice and cilantro, and these flavors are a wonderful, easy addition to the tacos.
- Shredded lettuce may be used in place of the cabbage, if desired.
- If preparing this recipe as GLUTEN FREE– just be sure to use corn tortillas that are known to be gluten free.
✔️ Make Ahead Tips
You can broil the fish ahead of time, and keep it refrigerated until ready to serve. Then you can just heat it up again for the tacos.
❤️ What I Love About This Recipe:
- It’s a super fast way to make some fish tacos!
- I love that this is a lighter fish taco than the Baja-style, deep fried fish tacos.
- There are very few ingredients needed to make this recipe.
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Quick and Easy Fast Fish Tacos
Here's a 5 ingredient, 15 minute fish tacos recipe you're going to love.
Ingredients
- 1 pound boneless and skinless tilapia fillets, cut into 2 inch pieces, rinsed and patted dry
- olive oil, salt and pepper
- ¾ cup sour cream
- ¾ cup + 2 tablespoons fresh salsa
- 12 medium corn or flour tortillas, warmed
- 1½ cups shredded cabbage
- Optional garnishes: cheese, cilantro, lime, avocado
Instructions
- Heat the broiler, with rack in highest position.
- Place the fish on a rimmed baking sheet; drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Broil until the fish is lightly browned on top, 5 to 10 minutes, until the flesh is opaque throughout.
- Meanwhile in a small bowl, mix the sour cream with 2 tablespoons of salsa.
- Divide the fish evenly among the tortillas and top with shredded cabbage, sour cream and fresh salsa.
Notes
- Any flaky, white fish may be substituted for Tilapia.
- Using light sour cream is just fine.
- Plain yogurt may also be substituted for sour cream.
- Using fresh salsa is important..The chunks of tomato and onion are mixed with with lime juice and cilantro, and these flavors are a wonderful, easy addition to the tacos.
- Shredded lettuce may be substituted for cabbage.
- If preparing this recipe as GLUTEN FREE– just be sure to use corn tortillas that are GF.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving, Calories: 260kcal, Carbohydrates: 26g, Protein: 19g, Fat: 10g, Saturated Fat: 4g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 3g, Cholesterol: 55mg, Sodium: 320mg, Potassium: 497mg, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 3g, Vitamin A: 422IU, Vitamin C: 6mg, Calcium: 101mg, Iron: 1mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
OMG! These are the best ever!! I find myself wanting to fix these ALOT! I looked at a ton of recipes before landing this one and I am soo glad I did..
thanks for sharing…
Made these last night! They were very quick and delicious!!
Next time I might make a little less of the sauce because we had a lot leftover at the end of the meal. 3/4 a cup of sour cream + 3/4 a cup of salsa left us with a lot when everything was all done. I probably will do a 1/2 a cup or less next time. Otherwise, I wouldn’t change a thing! The video was very helpful in making sure I did everything right. My newlywed husband (2 weeks!) and I loved it. Thanks!
Happy to hear!!
These were fast and fantastic….I substituted my husbands home made pico de gallo for the salsa and my ten year old said on a scale of one to ten it was a 20! 🙂 Will definately make again! Super easy.
Looks fabulous! I look forward to making this soon!
I need to know if it should be hi or low broil
Probably high… I don’t have that option with my oven, so I just hit “broil!”
I may be a bit naive about cooking, but what temperature should I set the oven to for the broiling? I have a convection oven that looks almost like the one in the video.
Thanks!
There should be a “broil” setting next to “bake” on your oven. Set it to broil instead of bake and you don’t have to mess w/ the temp at all.
And arent those corn tortillas in your picture? Not flour..
The tortillas in the photo are indeed corn- you can use corn or flour for these tacos (as indicated).
I dunno why you didnt specify that you added tomato and onion to the salsa in the actual directions, but I wish you wouldve. No I have a tomato-less, onion-less taco.
I used fresh salsa from the market, which is made of tomato, onion, jalapeno, etc. No extra tomato or onion were added to the fresh salsa in my recipe. The already prepared salsa that you find in the fresh deli section of your market works perfectly!
Easy and simple recipes are what I like. The video was fantastic and well done. Glad I found your Blog.