Quick and easy fish tacos recipe, the perfect seafood recipe to serve one or two people. Perfectly seasoned fish bakes in minutes in either a toaster oven or a conventional oven and topped with a sweet curried broccoli slaw.
Why This Recipe Works
If you're looking for a meal that can be ready in under 30 minutes, this fish tacos recipe is the one to go for. This easy seafood recipe features tender, flaky fish that cooks quickly and is topped with a flavorful easy to make broccoli slaw.
The fish can be cooked in either a toaster oven or conventional oven.
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Ingredient Notes
- Olive oil: I use extra virgin olive oil in this fish tacos recipe as well as in every other recipe on One Dish Kitchen that calls for olive oil. Extra virgin olive oil is the least processed form of olive oil. It is an unrefined oil and the highest-quality olive oil you can buy. Because of the way extra virgin olive oil is made, it retains more true olive taste. It also contains more of the vitamins and minerals found in olives. It's my favorite type of olive oil to use but you may use a lighter olive oil instead.
- Seasonings: chili powder, curry powder, and garlic powder.
- Fish: I love using tilapia, cod, or catfish.
- Broccoli slaw: Broccoli slaw is a salad that closely resembles coleslaw. It is made with shredded raw broccoli instead of cabbage. You can purchase bags of broccoli slaw in the produce section of your grocery near other bagged salads.
- Dressing Ingredients: lime juice, white wine vinegar, curry powder, honey, salt, and black pepper. Whisk these ingredients together and toss with broccoli slaw.
- Tortillas: Flour tortillas.
- Optional garnishes: cilantro, cheese
How To Make This Recipe
- Stir the olive oil, spices, and salt in a small bowl until blended. Brush the spice mixture on both sides of each fish fillet.
- Place fish on a foil lined toaster oven or standard baking tray and bake for 12-15 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.
- The baking time in this recipe is based on using a thinner tilapia fillet. If you use a thicker piece of fish such as salmon or catfish, increase the cook time by 5 minutes and check for doneness.
- You can tell if fish is fully cooked if it becomes opaque and flakes. Poke the tines of a fork into the thickest portion of the fish, gently twist the fork and pull apart some of the fish. If the fish is undercooked it will resist flaking and is also translucent.
- Pour the broccoli slaw into a large bowl and set aside.
- In a small bowl, combine the lime juice, vinegar, curry powder, honey, salt, and pepper.
- Pour over the broccoli salad and toss to coat.
- Warm the tortillas by either placing them in the microwave for 20 seconds or by heating a medium frying pan over medium-high heat. Add 1 tortilla at a time, flipping to warm both sides, about 5 minutes total.
Expert Tips
- I use a delicate textured fish such as tilapia in this fish taco recipe because I love its mild taste. Just about any flaky white fish will work well in fish tacos. You might like to try cod, catfish, trout, or red snapper.
- Consider purchasing a bag of frozen tilapia (or other fish fillet) and keep it in your freezer. These bags of fish are often less expensive than single pieces of fresh fish and when you feel like cooking a seafood recipe, you have the fillets already on hand.
Frequently Asked Questions
Break up some of the cooked fish, place it in a warm tortilla, and top it with the broccoli slaw.
Top with chopped cilantro and cheese, if desired.
You will likely have some of the bagged broccoli slaw left over from this recipe, consider:
* Using it instead of lettuce greens in a salad.
* Using it as a substitute for pasta; sauté with a little olive oil and garlic in a pan and top with Marinara sauce and Parmesan cheese.
* Adding it to your stir fry with a protein such as chicken, beef or shrimp
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Serving Suggestions
Ways To Use Leftover Ingredients
If you have any ingredients left over from this fish tacos recipe, you might like to consider using them in any of these single serving and small batch recipes:
- Fish: Baked Stuffed Fish, Healthy Baked Catfish, Baked Cod With Chermoula
- Chili powder: Classic Chili, Chili Baked Potato, Beef Tacos
- Curry powder: Curried Butternut Squash Soup, Chickpea Curry
- Lime juice: Lime Posset, Key Lime Pie, Guacamole
- White wine vinegar: Poppy Seed Dressing, Goat Cheese Dressing, Cucumber Salad
- Honey: Turmeric Tea, Honey Lemon Custard, Roasted Carrots
- Tortillas: Baked Tortilla Chips, Breakfast Burritos, Chicken Fajitas
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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon curry powder
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 tilapia fillets (about 4 ounces each)
- 1 1/2-2 cups broccoli slaw
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
- 4 flour tortillas
- Optional garnishes - cilantro, cheese
Instructions
- Heat toaster oven or conventional oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C)
- Stir the olive oil, chili powder, curry powder, garlic powder, and salt in a small bowl until blended. Brush the spice mixture on both sides of each fish fillet.
- Place fish on a foil lined toaster oven or standard baking tray and bake for 12-15 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.
- Pour the broccoli slaw into a large bowl and set aside.
- In a small bowl, combine the lime juice, white wine vinegar, curry powder, honey, salt, and pepper.
- Pour over the broccoli salad and toss to coat.
- Warm the tortillas by either placing them in the microwave for 20 seconds or by heating a medium frying pan over medium-high heat. Add 1 tortilla at a time, flipping to warm both sides, about 5 minutes total.
- To construct a taco, break up some of the cooked fish, place it in a warm tortilla, and top it with the broccoli slaw.
- Top with chopped cilantro and cheese, if desired.
Notes
- I use a delicate textured fish such as tilapia in this fish taco recipe because I love its mild taste. Just about any flaky white fish will work well in fish tacos. You might like to try cod, catfish, trout, or red snapper.
- Consider purchasing a bag of frozen tilapia (or other fish fillet) and keep it in your freezer. These bags of fish are often less expensive than single pieces of fresh fish and when you feel like cooking a seafood recipe, you have the fillets already on hand.
Nutrition
The information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
Did you mean cumin where curry powder is listed?
No, curry powder is the correct ingredient.
I just made these tacos for my dinner tonight. So yummy! This recipe is definitely a keeper ~ Thanks!
My husband loves fish tacos, and I love broccoli slaw. This is a win-win for us!
I love the broccoli slaw touch! 🙂 and the curried aspect, I bet this is fun to just serve during the summer alongside chicken or something too 🙂
I think the slaw would be great to serve as a side dish, Alice. Thanks so much for reading 🙂