Tilapia Tacos Recipes

EASY FISH TACOS RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine green cabbage, red onion, sour cream, lime juice, and salt. Chill until ready to serve.
• In a bowl, mix cayenne, garlic powder, cumin, salt, and pepper. Season each tilapia fillet on both sides with the seasoning mix.
• Over medium-high heat, cook 2 fillets at a time for 8 minutes, flipping halfway. Repeat for the remaining fillets.
• Using a fork, break apart the fillets into bite-size pieces.
• Right before serving, heat the corn tortillas in the pan over high heat. Remove from the pan and assemble the tacos with the cabbage slaw and tilapia.
• Garnish with cilantro and lime juice.
• Enjoy!

TILAPIA TACOS

Steps:

• In a small bowl combine all salsa ingredients and toss gently. Place in fridge for at least 15 minutes to allow flavors to combine.
• In a medium bowl combine cabbage, cilantro, mayonnaise, and lime juice. Mix to combine.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees and spray a 13x9 baking dish with cooking spray.
• Rinse and pat dry fish. Cut into 3/4 inch pieces and lay in a single layer in baking dish. Sprinkle with cumin, garlic and onion powder. Bake for 10 minutes or until fish flakes with a fork.
• For each taco place a small amount of cheese on the bottom of shell, top with tilapia pieces, salsa, and cabbage mixture.

CRISPY TILAPIA TACOS

Steps:

• Combine cabbage, carrot, apple, green onions, cilantro, and lime juice for slaw in a bowl. Combine mayonnaise, garlic, lemon juice, ketchup, and salt for sauce in a separate bowl.
• Place flour in a shallow bowl. Place beaten egg in a second bowl. Combine panko, cumin, salt, and pepper in a third bowl.
• Heat oil in a deep saucepan over medium heat.
• While oil is heating, clean and dry tilapia and cut into 2-inch pieces. Dredge in flour, then egg, then panko mixture.
• Lower fish carefully into the hot oil. Fry until golden brown on both sides, 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate to drain.
• Fill tortillas with fish. Top with slaw, mayonnaise sauce, and radishes. Serve with lime wedges.

BAKED TILAPIA TACOS

Steps:

• Mix cabbage, mayonnaise, cilantro, and lime juice together in a medium bowl until combined. Set coleslaw aside.
• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray. Make 2 stacks of tortillas and wrap tightly in aluminum foil.
• Rinse fish and pat dry. Cut into 3/4-inch pieces and lay in a single layer in the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with cumin, garlic powder, and onion powder.
• Bake in the preheated oven until fish flakes easily with a fork, about 10 minutes. Place tortillas in the oven to heat during the last 5 minutes.
• Place a small amount of Monterey Jack cheese on the bottom of each tortilla. Top with tilapia pieces, coleslaw, and salsa.

TILAPIA TACOS

Steps:

• Mince one jalapeno half and place in a large bowl with cabbage, carrot, and scallions.
• Combine sour cream and lime juice in a small bowl; season with salt and pepper. Transfer 1/2 of the mixture to another small bowl and set aside for serving. Combine remaining sour cream mixture with cabbage mixture, and season with salt and pepper, if needed.
• Put flour and tilapia in a resealable plastic bag and shake to coat fish.
• Heat oil and remaining jalapeno half in a large skillet over medium heat, swirling to coat the bottom of the skillet. Add fish, working in batches if necessary. Season with salt and pepper, and cook until golden brown, 5 to 6 minutes per side. Remove fish, slice into strips, and discard jalapeno.
• Fill warmed tortillas with slaw, fish, and cilantro and drizzle with the reserved sour cream mixture. Serve immediately.

EASY TILAPIA TACOS

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add tilapia fillets and sprinkle with garlic powder and pepper. Cook for 5 minutes, turn, and continue cooking until fish flakes easily with a fork, about 5 more minutes. Break fillets apart with a spatula, remove from the heat, and allow to cool. Wipe skillet clean with a paper towel.
• While fish is cooling, mash avocado in a small bowl for guacamole. Mix in sour cream and season with garlic powder and salt.
• Place 1 tortilla in the cleaned skillet and cook over low heat until warm, about 1 minute. Remove tortilla and set on a plate with the uncooked side facing up. Cover one half of the tortilla with 2 lettuce leaves and salsa. Spread guacamole on the other half, then add 1/4 of the fish. Fold halves together. Repeat to make the remaining tacos.

TILAPIA FISH TACOS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray.
• Sprinkle 1/4 teaspoon fajita seasoning over tilapia fillets and arrange on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake tilapia in the preheated oven until fish flakes easily with a fork, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove fish from oven and cut each fillet into 3 pieces.
• Spray a skillet with cooking spray and add corn, black beans, and 1/8 teaspoon fajita seasoning; cook and stir over medium-high heat until heated through, about 3 minutes. Remove skillet from heat.
• Spray a separate skillet with cooking spray and add pineapple; cook and stir over medium-high heat until lightly browned, about 2 minutes. Add onion to pineapple; cook and stir until heated through, about 1 minute more. Remove skillet from heat.
• Pour 1 teaspoon olive oil in a large skillet over high heat; add 4 tortillas and cook until heated through, about 30 seconds per side. Remove tortillas from skillet and repeat cooking the remaining tortillas in the remaining oil.
• Place a piece of tilapia onto each tortilla and top with corn mixture, pineapple mixture, cilantro, avocado, cabbage, sour cream and a squeeze of lime.

TILAPIA TACOS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Spray large cookie sheet with cooking spray.
• In large resealable food-storage plastic bag, place seasoning mix (from dinner kit) and fish pieces. Seal bag; shake to coat fish with seasoning. Place fish on one side of cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until fish flakes easily with fork. Place taco shells (from dinner kit) on other side of cookie sheet for last 4 minutes of bake time.
• Meanwhile, in medium bowl, toss coleslaw and dressing.
• Divide coleslaw evenly among warmed taco shells. Top each with fish, diced avocado and 2 teaspoons taco sauce (from dinner kit). Serve with lime wedges.

TILAPIA FISH TACOS

Steps:

• In a nonstick pan, heat over medium high heat the oil and then add the tilapia.
• Season with half the lime juice, salt, cumin and southwest seasoning.
• Once that side is cooked, flip and season, cooking till golden.
• Heat a small pan over medium heat and then spray with cooking spray. Add tortilla, cooking and heating both sides.
• Fill tortilla with a portion of fish and then top with desired toppings.