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.
Believe it or not, I have never had a fish taco, but am excited about tasting one, as I LOVE fish!!! Thank you so much for the recipe!
LOVE fish tacos. In San Diego, my favorite place is Blue Water on India Street. Tacos are offered in a variety of flavors, blackened, chipolte,
Eager to try the broiled fish tacos.
Yumm…. I’m craving fish tacos … will have to make these very soon!!
I love fish tacos! I’ve never attempted to make them myself, but your recipe sounds great, so I think I’ll give it a try. The best fish tacos I’ve ever had were down in Ensenada, Mexico…years ago on a family vacation.
I had always thought they sounded awful… till I tried them in Hawaii. Now I can’t get them enough! I can’t wait to try this recipe!!!
I love fish tacos, but only the ones I make myself because all the other places that make them, make their sauces with chilies and/or peppers, which I’m allergic to. I love to experiment with the kinds of fish I use and make different sauces with them. I’m still working on getting my husband to try them though, he says that fish shouldn’t be inside tacos, only beef. One day he’ll try it though!
I actually have never had a fish taco…and I even lived in California for a short time! Your’s look fabulous and I am definitely going to give them a try.
Fish tacos are staple in our house! I love Elie Krieger’s recipe for Grilled Fish Tacos with Chipotle Cream…spicy, healthy and yummy!
Fish tacos!!! I’m from beef country….Alberta, Canada, but adore fish taco’s! The best I”ve had are from the Flying Fish Grill in Half Moon Bay, CA. At home, I serve mine on corn tortilla’s with chiptole mayo. To die for!!!
Unfortunately, I don’t like fish tacos – I don’t eat seafood… but I LOVE tacos!