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Spicy Fish Tacos

May 5, 2015 | Main Course

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 Spicy Fish Tacos are a low calorie, high protein meal that is packed with flavor.  Tacos filled with spicy pan-seared tilapia, cabbage, lettuce, corn, and pico de gallo.

Happy Cinco de Mayo!!!  I love another excuse to eat more Mexican food, don’t you!?  It already happens almost once a week in our home anyway.  

Usually I make Mexican meals using chicken, pork, or beef but my husband’s been working to shed some pounds that he has put on since starting med school (and since I started making lots of sweets for the blog) so I decided to use fish for a leaner protein source.

At Costco I picked up a gigantic package of fresh tilapia (3 pounds!!) and made Tilapia with Mango Salsa for our first meal and then these yummy tacos for our second… and third!  Yes, since there’s just the two of us (Carly doesn’t eat enough to count) that means we ate this for three nights plus a lunch.  My husband seriously went crazy over these.  He was over the moon that he could eat so much deliciousness for so few calories.  445 calories for 3 fully loaded tacos!

Tacos filled with spicy pan-seared tilapia, cabbage, lettuce, corn, and pico de gallo.

I don’t really care about it being low calorie since I’m trying to put on the pounds with this pregnancy (though I’m sure I will come post pregnancy) but I was pretty stoked that this meal took just 30 minutes to throw together.  And I just love all the pretty colors!!!  Gosh that red cabbage is gorgeous!  I’m going to have to add it to more recipes just for the looks if not the taste.

Tacos filled with spicy pan-seared tilapia, cabbage, lettuce, corn, and pico de gallo.

Now, I just have to warn you, the fish is pretty spicy.  Probably a 4-5 on a scale of 1-10 when it’s in the taco with all the other toppings.  You can easily adapt it though to your spiciness liking by omitting (or just reducing) the crushed red pepper flakes.

Enjoy!

Tacos filled with spicy pan-seared tilapia, cabbage, lettuce, corn, and pico de gallo.
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Spicy Fish Tacos

Prep Time15 mins
Cook Time15 mins
Total Time30 mins
Servings: 12 tacos
Author: Garnish and Glaze

Ingredients

For the Fish:

  • 4 6 ounce tilapia fillets
  • 1 tablespoon canola oil
  • 4 teaspoons chili powder
  • 4 teaspoons cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • Salt

Pico de Gallo:*

  • 3 Roma tomatoes, diced
  • 1/4 cup onion, finely diced
  • 1 jalapeno, seeds removed, finely diced
  • 3 tablespoons cilantro, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice

For Serving:

  • 12 white corn tortillas
  • 1 1/2 cups red cabbage, shredded
  • 1 1/2 cups romaine lettuce, shredded
  • 1 1/2 cups sweet yellow corn, roasted**
  • Sour cream
  • Limes, cut into wedges

Instructions

For the Fish:

  • In a small dish, mix together chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, and red pepper. Sprinkle the fish with the mixture and some salt.
  • Preheat oil in a large non-stick skillet and cook fish over medium-high heat on each side for 4-5 minutes until blackened and cooked throughout. When done, flake into 2-3 inch pieces.

For the Pico de Gallo:

  • In a bowl, mix together tomatoes, onion, jalapeno, cilantro, and lime juice.

For Serving:

  • Lightly spray tortillas with oil and grill tortillas on a non-stick fry pan or a griddle for 20 seconds each side.
  • Fill tortillas with tilapia, cabbage, lettuce, corn, and pico de gallo. Top with sour cream and serve with a lime wedge.

Notes

*You can substitute with store bought pico de gallo too.
**You can use regular frozen or canned corn if you can't find roasted or don't want to roast your own. I pan roasted mine in a lightly greased non-stick skillet over high heat, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned (about 3-4 minutes).
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Tacos filled with spiced pan-seared tilapia, cabbage, lettuce, corn, and pico de gallo

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Comments

  1. Kimo Rolfe says

    March 14, 2019 at 10:02 pm

    My wife dont care for fish but ate the hell out of these!

    Reply
  2. Erin @ Her Heartland Soul says

    May 5, 2015 at 8:32 am

    Ohh yum! I’m normally not a fish fan but these look delicious!

    Reply
    • Melanie says

      May 15, 2015 at 1:03 pm

      Erin- If you’re not a big fan of fish, tilapia is the way to go. It has a very mild taste and is super easy/fast to make.

      Reply
  3. Paige says

    May 5, 2015 at 7:51 am

    Yum! We have a bunch of fish in our freezer that will definitely be turning into these soon!

    Paige
    http://thehappyflammily.com

    Reply

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