Broiled Fish Tacos are a healthy, simple version of Southern California’s favorite taco.
Red snapper is simply marinated in oil, cumin, chili powder and lime juice, then it’s drained and broiled until it flakes apart easily.
I use white corn tortillas and topped them with homemade guacamole, the broiled fish, lettuce, cilantro, green onion and chunky tomato salsa. Oh… and a squeeze of lime, of course.
These broiled fish tacos are everything Cristina promises them to be- a simple, family-friendly, light dinner… that goes well with a tall margarita 🙂
Cristina Ferrare was the gorgeous and talented hostess of Cristina Ferrare’s Big Bowl of Love on Oprah’s OWN Network. She has published a cookbook: Big Bowl of Love– Delight Family and Friends with More than 150 Simple, Fabulous Recipes. In her cookbook shares 150 family-friendly recipes for everything from starters and lunches to dinners and desserts. This recipe for Broiled Fish Tacos comes from this book.
The Best Fish Taco Recipes:
- Fish Tacos with Citrus Salsa
- Fast Fish Tacos
- Air Fryer Fish Tacos
- Beer Battered Fish Tacos with Baja Sauce
- Fish Tacos with Chipotle Cream
Broiled Fish Tacos
Recipe Details
Ingredients
- 1½ pounds red snapper filets, rinsed and patted dry
- 5 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
- 8 medium soft corn tortillas, wrapped in foil
- kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup guacamole, purchased or homemade
- 2 cups shredded iceberg lettuce
- 1 cups fresh salsa, purchased or homemade
- 3 whole green onions, chopped
- ¼ cup chopped cilantro
- 2 medium limes, cut into wedges
Instructions
- Place fish fillets in a glass dish. In a small bowl, whisk together oil, cumin, chili powder and lime juice; pour over the fish. Cover with plastic wrap and let sit at room temperature for about 15 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to broil setting (or highest baking temperature). Place foil-wrapped tortillas on the bottom rack. Spray a broiler pan with nonstick spray.
- Remove fish from marinade and place on the broiler pan. Broil 3 inches from the heat source. Broil 7 to 12 minutes on one side only, keeping an eye on the fish to make sure it doesn't burn. It's cooked all the way through when the fish flakes apart easily. Transfer to a cutting board and flake apart into chunks. Remove tortillas from the oven.
- Assemble the tacos: Place a tortilla on a work surface. Smear a heaping tablespoon of guacamole over the top of the tortilla. Add a few shreds of lettuce, several chunks of fish, a spoonful of salsa, a sprinkle of green onions and about ½ tablespoon of cilantro.
- Serve immediately, with lime wedges for squeezing.
Notes
- If preparing this recipe as GLUTEN FREE, just be sure to use a brand of corn tortillas that are known to be GF.
Would it be wrong to have fish tacos for breakfast?
I have never had a fish taco–I used to think that they sounded gross, but they’ve been appearing everywhere, so I’m warming up to the idea.
I’ve never had one, but I think I would be a fan!
I’ve never had a fish taco…. I LOVE fish and I LOVE tacos… I’m assuming i’d LOVE fish tacos…. I’d definitely LOVE to try them! Thanks for the recipe!
I am loving Cristina’s new book! We will have to make the fish tacos soon, they look great!
I love fish tacos and I really want some now! I moved recently and need to find a go-to place for them. Or I can just make this recipe ; )
Oh gosh, I LOVE fish tacos! The best ones I’ve had were on Maui!
Haven’t had fish tacos before, but I’m sure we’d like them. Thanks for posting the recipe.
I am a fan of the fish taco! Love them, they are wonderful to fix when the heat climbs in TX. I really can’t say I have found one fish to be better than the other, but I can say I usually grill my fish before using in tacos and that I prefer cabbage over lettuce in this style of taco.
I LOVE fish tacos. I moved from CA to the south and haven’t found good fish tacos in my state yet. So, my favorite are the ones that I make from Tyler Florence’s fish taco recipe. I love the pink chili mayo & crunch from the panko crumbs. So yummy. I have introduced them to a few reluctant Southerners and they are big fans of fish tacos now!
Unfortunately I am not a big fan of fish so I have never tried fish tacos. I would love to try other recipes in the book though!
I have never tried them, but I really want to!
I do enjoy a good fish taco and these look amazing. I had some pretty good ones at Baja Fresh and also a little place in California when we lived there awhile. Can’t remember the name of the place though. This looks like a great cookbook that I’d enjoy cooking from.
I’ve never had fish tacos, but a number of my friends have, and they love them and are telling me I have to try them!
I am a fan of the unbattered fish taco. The best ones I’ve had so far were at Foodbuzz made my Mary Sue Millican of Borders.
OMG fish tacos! I used to live in San Diego and that was the best new thing I ate out there. The fried ones are my favorite, but that’s b/c I like that extra crunch. Rubio’s has them fast-food style and that’s great, but there was also a restaurant near Mission Beach that sold a sampler, so you could get like 6 fish tacos, all with different fish. After a long day of beach volleyball, two of us would go and split a plate. DELISH!
I like fish tacos. There aren’t many places in MI that have good fish tacos. I had decent ones at this restaurant called J.Alexanders, but overall the best ones I ever ate were in Los Cabos, Mexico. Now those were delish!
The photos you took so good that I want to try out this recipe! I’ve never made them at home, but I’m interested to try it out.
I have never had fish tacos, but this makes me want to try them!
I love fish tacos, the best I ever had were from a small place take out place in San Diego, I wish I could remember the name
I love fish tacos. Unfortunately, you can’t find them here in KY, or at least I haven’t. I’ve heard from a trusted blogger that you can find wonderful fish tacos in San Diego. 🙂
Your fish tacos look way better the ones I had out last night! My favorite Fish Tacos are at Dos Caminos in NYC. I’m always afraid to make them at home but this recipe looks pretty manageable. It might be diner this weekend!
I love the fish tacos at Baja Fresh. Everything there is so fresh!
Love fish tacos! These will be coming to my kitchen soon 🙂
Awesome idea! I used to love having these as a kid 🙂
I love fish tacos, and so I am exciting to try another version of them!