Citrus-Marinated Fish Tacos

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By Becky Krystal

Fish tacos needn't beryllium fried to beryllium flavorful and fun. This look was primitively designed for an outdoor grill, but cooking the fillets connected a cast-iron griddle oregon cookware indoors is casual and manages to drawback a summery vibe. If you person a well-seasoned grill cookware that you're definite the food won't instrumentality to, you tin usage that.

While the food marinates successful a agleam premix of citrus and oil, you'll person clip to marque the avocado crema and cabbage slaw accompaniments.

Use the best, freshest maize tortillas you tin (heat/char them concisely successful a adust skillet oregon implicit a state burner, for other spirit and flexibility). In specified a elemental dish, they marque each the difference.

Fish look adapted from 1 by Steve Raichlen astatine bonappetit.com; avocado crema look adapted from rachaelrayshow.com; slaw look adapted from onelovelylife.com.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 2-4

For the tacos

1/4 cupful extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cupful chopped caller cilantro leaves, positive much for serving
3 tablespoons caller lime foodstuff (from 1 to 2 limes)
3 tablespoons caller orangish foodstuff (from 1 orange)
1 spoon dried oregano, preferably Mexican
1/2 ample achromatic onion, chopped (1 cup), positive much diced onion, for serving
2 cloves garlic, minced oregon finely grated
1 lb tilapia, striped bass oregon different mild, white-fleshed food (skinned)
Fine salt
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
Four 6-inch maize tortillas (see headnote)
Lime wedges, for serving
Pickled jalapeño slices, for serving

For the slaw

1/8 caput greenish oregon purple cabbage, shredded (2 cups; whitethorn substitute bagged coleslaw mix)
2 tablespoons chopped caller cilantro
1 tablespoonful caller lime foodstuff (from 1 lime)
1 spoon honey, oregon much arsenic needed
1/4 spoon good salt
1/4 spoon freshly crushed achromatic pepper

For the avocado crema

1/2 cupful sour pick oregon crema
Flesh of 1/2 of a ripe Hass avocado, coarsely chopped
1 tablespoonful caller lime foodstuff (from 1 lime)
1/2 spoon good salt

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (1 taco), based connected 4

Calories
300
Fat
15 g
Saturated Fat
6 g
Carbohydrates
16 g
Sodium
510 mg
Cholesterol
70 mg
Protein
26 g
Fiber
4 g
Sugar
5 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Fish look adapted from 1 by Steve Raichlen astatine bonappetit.com; avocado crema look adapted from rachaelrayshow.com; slaw look adapted from onelovelylife.com.

Tested by Becky Krystal.

Published July 16, 2019

Updated March 16, 2026