Easy Fish Tacos with Slaw and Chipotle Sauce

Easy Fish Tacos with Slaw and Chipotle Sauce

These beer marinated fish tacos are so easy to make and packed full of flavor!

•  Course Main Course
•  Cuisine Mexican
•  Keyword easy fish tacos, fish tacos, grilled fish tacos
•  Prep Time 15 minutes
•  Cook Time 10 minutes
•  Total Time 25 minutes
•  Servings 4
•  Calories 464 kcal
•  Author Cheryl Malik

Ingredients

• Sauce
• 1 cup sour cream or plain yogurt
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce
• 1 1/2 tablespoons adobo sauce
• 1 clove garlic peeled
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• lime juice as desired
• Fish
• 1 bottle beer preferably Mexican beer
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 pound white fish like cod or tilapia filets
• 1 1/2 tablespoons taco seasoning
• Salt to taste
• 1 tablespoon neutral oil like avocado oil
• Slaw
• 1 16-ounce bag of coleslaw mix
• 1/2 cup chipotle sauce from above
• Toppings
• tortillas About 6-8. Your choice: flour, corn, cassava
• pico de gallo
• queso fresco crumbled
• fresh cilantro chopped

Instructions

1. In a medium bowl, stir together beer and salt. Submerge fish and let marinate while you continue prepping.
2. Make the chipotle sauce: Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth. Set aside.
3. Make the slaw: Pour 1/2 cup of the chipotle sauce over the coleslaw mix in a medium bowl and squeeze the juice of half a lime over. Sprinkle with plenty of salt and mix well to totally coat. Set aside.
4. Remove fish from the beer and discard. Pat fish completely dry with paper towels then sprinkle evenly with taco seasoning. Season with salt, depending on how much salt is already in your taco seasoning.
5. To pan sear fish
6. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet, preferably cast iron, over medium high heat. Carefully add fish and let cook 3 minutes without moving.
7. Carefully flip fish and cook another 3 minutes on the second side for a total of about 6 minutes. Thicker pieces of the filet will take longer, about 8 minutes, while thinner pieces will take about 4 minutes total. Fish is ready when it flakes easily with the corner of your spatula. Transfer cooked fish to a plate or cutting board.
8. To grill fish
9. Preheat grill to medium-high heat. Brush grill grates with oil and grill fish filets for about 3-4 minutes on each side, flipping only once. Cook time will depend on the thickness of the fish. Transfer cooked fish to a plate or cutting board.
10. Assemble Tacos
11. Warm tortillas by placing on the grill for a few seconds or wrapping in a lightly damp paper towel and microwaving about 20 seconds.
12. Break fish into pieces and distribute evenly among tortillas. Top with slaw then drizzle chipotle sauce over. Top with cheese, like crumbled queso fresco, and fresh salsa, like pico de gallo, as well as fresh cilantro, as desired.

Recipe Notes

Nutritional info does not include tortillas. Select low carb tortillas for low carb, or try cassava or coconut tortillas for paleo.
To make this dairy-free, use plain dairy free yogurt instead of sour cream or yogurt.

Nutrition Facts

Easy Fish Tacos with Slaw and Chipotle Sauce

Amount Per Serving

Calories 464Calories from Fat 324

% Daily Value*

Fat 36g55%

Saturated Fat 11g69%

Cholesterol 98mg33%

Sodium 2264mg98%

Potassium 542mg15%

Carbohydrates 10g3%

Fiber 2g8%

Sugar 5g6%

Protein 26g52%

Vitamin A 540IU11%

Vitamin C 24.8mg30%

Calcium 108mg11%

Iron 1.4mg8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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