Blackened Fish Tacos with Creamy Avocado Sauce

  5.0 – 1 reviews  • Fish

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Prep Time: 25 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 35 mins
Servings: 3
Yield: 6 tacos

Ingredients

  1. 2 teaspoons garlic powder
  2. 1 ½ teaspoons smoked paprika
  3. 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  4. 1 teaspoon chili powder
  5. 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  6. ½ teaspoon brown sugar
  7. salt and ground black pepper to taste
  8. 3 (4 ounce) fillets flounder
  9. 1 tablespoon olive oil, or as needed
  10. 6 (6 inch) corn tortillas
  11. ½ (8 ounce) package coleslaw mix
  12. ½ cup chopped cilantro
  13. 2 medium limes, juiced
  14. salt and ground black pepper to taste
  15. 1 large avocado, diced
  16. ½ cup chopped cilantro
  17. ¼ cup water
  18. 2 medium limes, juiced
  19. 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
  20. 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
  21. salt and ground black pepper to taste
  22. ½ tablespoon chopped pickled jalapeno peppers

Instructions

  1. Combine garlic powder, paprika, cayenne pepper, chili powder, cumin, brown sugar, salt, and black pepper in a small bowl. Rub the mixture on both sides of the fish.
  2. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Place fish in the hot skillet and cook until the outside has browned and fish is flaky, 4 to 5 minutes per side. Remove from heat and break fillets into pieces.
  3. Heat tortillas in the same skillet over low heat until warm, about 30 seconds per side.
  4. Prepare coleslaw: Combine coleslaw mix, cilantro, lime juice, salt, and pepper in a bowl and mix until well combined. Set aside.
  5. Prepare avocado sauce: Combine avocado, cilantro, water, lime juice, mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, salt, and pepper in a blender or food chopper; blend until smooth. Stir in jalapenos.
  6. Evenly distribute the fish into each tortilla, add in some slaw, and top with a heaping spoon of the avocado sauce.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 589 kcal
Carbohydrate 51 g
Cholesterol 68 mg
Dietary Fiber 14 g
Protein 28 g
Saturated Fat 5 g
Sodium 324 mg
Sugars 4 g
Fat 34 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Casey Butler
This was wonderful! We used rockfish (no bones, wild-caught in PNW). I added 2 T. Crema and 1 T. mayo to the slaw. Maybe could use some sliced red or white onion. We used sharp white cheddar to the tacos and it provided a nice bite. We cooked the raw Tortilla Land Street tacos for the shells. I have been looking for a great fish taco recipe and this is it!

 

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