Broiled Fish Tacos are a healthy, simple version of Southern California’s favorite taco.
Red snapper is simply marinated in oil, cumin, chili powder and lime juice, then it’s drained and broiled until it flakes apart easily.
I use white corn tortillas and topped them with homemade guacamole, the broiled fish, lettuce, cilantro, green onion and chunky tomato salsa. Oh… and a squeeze of lime, of course.
These broiled fish tacos are everything Cristina promises them to be- a simple, family-friendly, light dinner… that goes well with a tall margarita 🙂
Cristina Ferrare was the gorgeous and talented hostess of Cristina Ferrare’s Big Bowl of Love on Oprah’s OWN Network. She has published a cookbook: Big Bowl of Love– Delight Family and Friends with More than 150 Simple, Fabulous Recipes. In her cookbook shares 150 family-friendly recipes for everything from starters and lunches to dinners and desserts. This recipe for Broiled Fish Tacos comes from this book.
The Best Fish Taco Recipes:
- Fish Tacos with Citrus Salsa
- Fast Fish Tacos
- Air Fryer Fish Tacos
- Beer Battered Fish Tacos with Baja Sauce
- Fish Tacos with Chipotle Cream
Broiled Fish Tacos
Ingredients
- 1½ pounds red snapper filets, rinsed and patted dry
- 5 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
- 8 medium soft corn tortillas, wrapped in foil
- kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup guacamole, purchased or homemade
- 2 cups shredded iceberg lettuce
- 1 cups fresh salsa, purchased or homemade
- 3 whole green onions, chopped
- ¼ cup chopped cilantro
- 2 medium limes, cut into wedges
Instructions
- Place fish fillets in a glass dish. In a small bowl, whisk together oil, cumin, chili powder and lime juice; pour over the fish. Cover with plastic wrap and let sit at room temperature for about 15 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to broil setting (or highest baking temperature). Place foil-wrapped tortillas on the bottom rack. Spray a broiler pan with nonstick spray.
- Remove fish from marinade and place on the broiler pan. Broil 3 inches from the heat source. Broil 7 to 12 minutes on one side only, keeping an eye on the fish to make sure it doesn't burn. It's cooked all the way through when the fish flakes apart easily. Transfer to a cutting board and flake apart into chunks. Remove tortillas from the oven.
- Assemble the tacos: Place a tortilla on a work surface. Smear a heaping tablespoon of guacamole over the top of the tortilla. Add a few shreds of lettuce, several chunks of fish, a spoonful of salsa, a sprinkle of green onions and about ½ tablespoon of cilantro.
- Serve immediately, with lime wedges for squeezing.
Notes
- If preparing this recipe as GLUTEN FREE, just be sure to use a brand of corn tortillas that are known to be GF.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
OMG fish tacos! I used to live in San Diego and that was the best new thing I ate out there. The fried ones are my favorite, but that’s b/c I like that extra crunch. Rubio’s has them fast-food style and that’s great, but there was also a restaurant near Mission Beach that sold a sampler, so you could get like 6 fish tacos, all with different fish. After a long day of beach volleyball, two of us would go and split a plate. DELISH!
I like fish tacos. There aren’t many places in MI that have good fish tacos. I had decent ones at this restaurant called J.Alexanders, but overall the best ones I ever ate were in Los Cabos, Mexico. Now those were delish!
The photos you took so good that I want to try out this recipe! I’ve never made them at home, but I’m interested to try it out.
I have never had fish tacos, but this makes me want to try them!
I love fish tacos, the best I ever had were from a small place take out place in San Diego, I wish I could remember the name
I love fish tacos. Unfortunately, you can’t find them here in KY, or at least I haven’t. I’ve heard from a trusted blogger that you can find wonderful fish tacos in San Diego. 🙂
Your fish tacos look way better the ones I had out last night! My favorite Fish Tacos are at Dos Caminos in NYC. I’m always afraid to make them at home but this recipe looks pretty manageable. It might be diner this weekend!
I love the fish tacos at Baja Fresh. Everything there is so fresh!
Love fish tacos! These will be coming to my kitchen soon 🙂
Awesome idea! I used to love having these as a kid 🙂
I love fish tacos, and so I am exciting to try another version of them!