Our 27 Favorite Takes on Fish Tacos
Grab some tortillas, choose your seafood and get cooking!
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Baja Fish Tacos
Fish tacos may evoke memories of beaches and margaritas, but this dish comes in clutch all year long, whether you want a fun way to add more seafood into your diet or need a fast, family-friendly dinner. What is the best fish to use for fish tacos? That is up to you! Baja-style tacos, like these, usually feature white fish fillets, such as halibut or cod — but tortillas can really be a blank canvas for so many combinations of toppings, seasonings and types of fish (think: shrimp, salmon, tuna and more).
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Shrimp Tacos
Ree's fish tacos are ready in just about 15 minutes, thanks to a few store-bought shortcuts including a can of Mexican tomato sauce (or enchilada sauce works, as well!).
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Fish Tacos with Habanero Salsa
Bobby skips the deep frying and grills the fish fillets instead before serving in warmed flour tortillas. Spice it up as much as you like with his homemade habanero salsa.
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Red Snapper Mini Tacos
If you love tacos and throwing parties, you should consider investing in the 3-inch round cookie cutter and small cannoli forms needed to pull off this recipe. Each mini fried shell is filled with pieces of fish, mango salsa and chipotle cream — and pairs perfectly with a big batch of margaritas.
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15-Minute Shrimp Tacos with Spicy Chipotle Slaw
With a few smart buys from the grocery store, this make-your-own-taco bar comes together in less than 15 minutes. Prepared chipotle mayonnaise, pre-cut coleslaw mix and canned black beans are huge time-savers.
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Baja Style Fish Tacos
Marcela includes all the essential elements — halibut fillets dredged in a beer batter and fried, salsa, shredded cabbage and a cream sauce. Before filling the corn tortillas, she heats each tortilla over a gas burner until they become soft and pliable.
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Chipotle Shrimp Taco with Avocado Salsa Verde
Packed with good-for-you ingredients like tomatillos, cilantro, avocado and chipotle-spiced shrimp, these weeknight-friendly tacos are a healthy dinner option.
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Tex Wasabi's Koi Fish Tacos
Guy sets up a dredging, breading and frying station with tempura flour, a wet tempura batter and panko to make these crispy, crowd-pleasing tacos.
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The Ultimate Fish Tacos
Our favorite thing about Tyler's 5-star fish tacos has to be the fruity salsa topping. Featuring fresh mangoes, radishes, onions and cilantro, it's bright, crunchy and slightly sweet.
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Halibut Fish Tacos with Cilantro Savoy Slaw
A good slaw can really take tacos from blah to extraordinary. Exhibit A: This cilantro-packed cabbage slaw.
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Fish Tacos
For a more hands-free approach, try Geoffrey Zakarian's method for making fish tacos: He places flounder, cod or tilapia onto a sheet pan, then bakes until the fish is cooked through (about 12 to 15 minutes). No grilling, no frying, no mess.
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Roasted Salmon Tacos
Since salmon has a stronger flavor, it can stand up to spicier rubs and sauces. Here, Ina coats this fish with chipotle chile powder, lime and salt. She says, "I actually love rubs because you put it right on the fish, it goes right in the oven, and there is so much flavor."
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Pulpo Encebollado Tacos
If you're looking to switch things up, Marcela has you covered. Instead of cod or halibut, she boils and sautes octopus to place inside the tortillas.
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West Virginia Trout Tacos
Trout has a mild flavor and a tender, flaky texture, making it a solid option for fish tacos. Here, Katie cuts the fish into strips and coats each piece with cornmeal before frying. She tops each taco with some crispy bacon and a spoonful of Bourbon Slaw.
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Tilapia and Shrimp Tacos with Cabbage Slaw
Who says you need to stick with just one type of fish? Not us! Here we marinate both mild tilapia and shrimp before charring them up on the grill and throwing them into tortillas together.
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Shrimp Tacos with Mango Slaw
This 30-minute dish is proof you should keep a fish taco recipe in your backpocket for super busy weeks. While many fish taco recipes call for corn tortillas, we're using hard taco shells to deliver extra crunch.
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Grilled Fish Tacos with Lime Slaw
A blend of brown sugar, chili powder, cumin, paprika and lime zest is the base of a shrimp marinade as well as the secret to an irresistible creamy slaw.
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Fish Stick Tacos
For a kid-friendly option, serve fried fish sticks on tortillas with a sweet pineapple salsa and (slightly) spicy sour cream sauce. In this recipe, Marcela shows us how surprisingly easy it is to make fish sticks from scratch.
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Tilapia Salpicon Tacos
The filling for these tacos is actually meant to be enjoyed chilled, so you can make it up to 8 hours in advance to keep in the fridge until you're ready to eat.
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Crispy Corn and Beer-Battered Fish Tacos
To ensure that the batter will better adhere to the fish, Rick Martinez sprinkles each fillet with salt and pepper, places it on a wire rack set inside a rimmed baking sheet and then leaves it in the fridge overnight.
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Fish Tacos with Watermelon Salsa
With a fresh watermelon salsa, these striped bass tacos practically scream, "summer." Plus, each serving is packed with protein and clocks in under 450 calories.
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Fish Tacos with Cabbage Slaw and Pickled Red Onions
Anne Burrell blends up a smoky salsa to serve with her grilled fish tacos. You may want to double up on that part of the recipe, so you can enjoy extras with chips or stirred into scrambled eggs the next morning.
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Chipotle Fish Tacos
To make these tacos, Ree roasts everything — broccoli, peppers, chiles and cod fillets — together in a single baking dish. She also adds a homemade chipotle-honey glaze that brings everything to the next level.
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Grilled Tequila Lime Fish Tacos
Guy marinates mahi mahi fillets in a mix of tequila, cumin, garlic and lime for a few minutes before threading onto skewers to grill.
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Fish Stick Tacos
Stock your freezer with fish tacos and you're prepared to make this quick-and-easy dinner any night of the week. Ree shares her recipe for 3-ingredient homemade flour tortillas but feel free to sub in storebought tortillas if you're short on time.
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Fish Tacos with Chipotle Cream
"There is no reason to get caught on land when you're thinking tacos," says Ellie Krieger. "Fish tacos are a great alternative to beef or chicken tacos." Try her healthy recipe, featuring tilapia, and see if you agree.
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Fish Tacos
Bobby brings the heat with ancho chili powder, jalapenos, serrano chiles and chipotle hot sauce. While his recipe calls for orata, any white flaky fish could work (he recommends mahi mahi, red snapper or halibut).
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