Fish Tacos with Mango Salsa are the perfect 22 minute weeknight meal, made with crispy fish fillets and tangy mango salsa. This combination of flavors makes for a colorful dinner that looks and tastes amazing.
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Why this Easy Fish Tacos with Mango Salsa Recipe is a Keeper
Fish tacos are the perfect easy meal that will give you restaurant quality fresh flavors without much effort. You’ll love this recipe, which combines flaky fish, fresh mango salsa, and crisp vegetables. Here’s a few reasons why this taco Tuesday staple is sure to become one of your new favorite recipes:
- 22 Minute Meal: Have these amazing fish tacos with a medley of vegetables and fresh mango ready with a prep time of 5 minutes, and a cooking time of just 17 minutes.
- Simple Ingredients: All of the ingredients for this fish taco recipe can found in your kitchen or local grocery store. You can even buy fish fresh from a local market if there’s one nearby.
- Adaptable: Use all your favorite vegetables and toppings to make these delicious mango fish tacos.
If you’re looking for more taco recipes, try these: Steak Street Tacos, Taco in a Bag, and Boom Boom Shrimp Tacos.
Which is the Best Fish for Tacos?
When making fish tacos, it’s best to use an inexpensive, flaky white fish. The flavor of the fish should be mild, as it serves as a base for the vegetables and other toppings that go on top of the taco. You can also make these fish tacos with cod, tilapia, bass, halibut, mahi mahi, or snapper.
Ingredient Notes to Make Fish Tacos
- Fish: Use pre-breaded frozen fish fillets to make this recipe. If you’re frying the fish, place them in a skillet over medium heat, and drizzle the pan with olive oil. Make sure to thaw the fish before cooking.
- Red Onion: Dice a red onion to add to the flavorful salsa.
- Cabbage: Make these fish tacos recipe with shredded cabbage, which will give the tacos a crunchy texture.
See the recipe card below for a complete list of the ingredients with measurements.
Variations and Substitutions for Fish Taco Recipe
- Fresh Fish: Serve fish tacos made with fresh fish instead of frozen fish.
- Blackened Fish: Instead of fried and breaded fish, you can use grilled or blackened fish fillets instead.
- Air Fryer: Make these crispy fish tacos in the air fryer so they’ll be extra crispy.
Fun Fact
The original Baja-style fish taco is generally considered to be from Tacos Fénix, which has been serving the dish since 1970.
How to Make these Fish Tacos
These are the basic steps for the simple to make fish tacos with mango salsa. Refer to the full, printable recipe card below for detailed instructions.
1. Fry or Bake the Fish Fillets
Prepare fish according to package directions, then set aside. If you’re baking the pieces of fish, place fish on a baking sheet with parchment paper, or if you’re frying them, do so over medium heat. Pat the fish dry to get rid of any unwanted grease.
2. Make the Mango Salsa for Tacos
Meanwhile, peel the mango and vegetables for the salsa, then in a medium bowl combine mango with red onion, red bell pepper, jalapeno, fresh lime juice, cilantro, salt and pepper together in a small bowl. Stir together the salsa to let the flavors combine, then, chop your cabbage.
3. Assemble the Tacos
Cut the fish into large chunks, then assemble tacos by adding the fish, cabbage, and salsa to a soft tortilla. Heat the tortillas. Finally, top with your favorite vegetables and sauces. These tacos are delicious served with tortilla chips as a side dish.
Baja Fish Taco with Mango Salsa FAQs
Expert Tips for Making Baja Fish Tacos with Mango Salsa
- Add Sauce: Up the spicy flavor with your favorite hot sauce.
- Slaw: Buy a premade slaw with purple cabbage and carrots for these tacos or make this Sriracha Slaw.
- Protein: Any lean protein can be used for this recipe, such as shrimp tacos or grilled fish tacos.
- Taco Seasoning: Buy plain fish fillets and add Homemade Taco Seasoning. You can also season the fish tacos with a tablespoon of cumin, paprika, onion powder, or chili powder.
- Healthier Fish Tacos: Feel free to use dairy-free sour cream or cheese if you need to make healthier fish tacos or use gluten free tortillas. You can also grilled fresh fish instead of using fried fish fillets.
Fish Tacos with Mango Salsa
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Ingredients
Fish Tacos
- 10 ounces Fish Filets, 10 ounce package Gorton’s Artisan Southwest Tortilla
- 8 Soft Flour Tortillas
- 2 cups Shredded Cabbage, or prepackage coleslaw mix
Mango Salsa
- 1 Mango, peeled, cored and diced
- ¼ cup Red Onion, diced
- ¼ cup Red Bell Pepper, diced
- 2 Tbsp Jalapeno, seeded and diced
- 1 Lime, juiced
- 2 Tbsp Cilantro, chopped
- ¼ tsp All Purpose Seasoning
Instructions
Mango Salsa
- Place all ingredients for salsa in a small bowl and stir to combine.
- Cover and refrigerate until ready to use. This can be made up to 2 days before.
Fish Tacos
- Prepare fish according to package directions.
- Place about 1/8 cup shredded cabbage in taco shell.
- Place 1 fish filet on top of the cabbage (you may need to cut it to make it fit)
- Spoon mango salsa on top of fish.
Christina’s Notes
- Add Sauce: Up the spicy flavor with your favorite hot sauce.
- Slaw: Buy a premade slaw with purple cabbage and carrots for these tacos, or make this Sriracha Slaw.
- Protein: Any lean protein can be used for this recipe, such as shrimp tacos or grilled fish tacos.
- Taco Seasoning: Buy plain fish fillets and add Homemade Taco Seasoning.
- Healthier Fish Tacos: Feel free to use dairy-free sour cream or cheese if you need to make healthier fish tacos, or use gluten-free tortillas. You can also grilled fresh fish instead of using fried fish fillets.
- Scale the recipe: Simply adjust the serving size in the recipe card and the ingredients will update automatically.
- Make your own All Purpose Seasoning: When a recipe calls for All Purpose Seasoning, you can use my homemade All Purpose Seasoning recipe or substitute salt and pepper to taste.
- Meat doneness: I always use a meat thermometer to test for doneness when cooking meat.
- Use unsalted butter: I use unsalted butter so I can control the salt level in the recipe.
- Preheat the oven: Unless otherwise noted, always preheat your oven before baking.
For more helpful information about this recipe, such as variations, substitutions and other pro-tips, check out the blog post.
Nutrition
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These look so easy and delicious!
Soooo delicious these are amazing fish tacos!
We love fish tacos! Yum. These look delicious.
My family loves fish tacos. I’m going to try these soon.
love fish tacos, and these look SO good!
Those look really good. I love seafood, I probably eat seafood more then I do any other protein. You are welcome to share your great fish tacos at Bacon Time, if you have not already. Have a great week.
These look great! I like fish tacos as well! Thanks so much for the coupon tip 🙂 Checking this out from in and out kitchen party!
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