On vacation this year, we ate at a great seafood restaurant that had fish tacos on the menu. I’d never had fish tacos and they sounded great, but I wanted to avoid the tortilla so I asked if they could convert it in to a salad. They did so and the resulting fish taco salad was delicious!
Once we got home, I decided to re-create that salad and it is now a lunch favorite. There are endless variations to this recipe and you can customize it to fit your taste. As with anything containing seafood, make sure to source from wild-caught and sustainable sources whenever possible. (I get mine from here when I can).
If you don’t want baked fish in this recipe, you could also use my homemade fish sticks and wrap in lettuce leaves for real “tacos”
Fish Taco Salad
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Yield 3 -4
This simple fish taco salad recipe combines all the delicious ingredients of fish tacos with the extra nutrients of a salad for a delicious and healthy meal.
Ingredients
- 4-6 handfulls of lettuce or salad greens of choice (about 8 ounces)
- 1 pound fish of choice- I use cod or halibut (from here)
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil or butter - for cooking
- 2 teaspoons cumin powder
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- salt and pepper (about 1/2 tsp each)
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon honey or maple syrup
- 1 cup homemade sauerkraut or fermented beets
- 1/2 of a red or sweet onion, finely chopped
- 2 limes (organic)
- 1 orange (organic)
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped cilantro
- 2 plum tomatoes, diced
- sliced avocado or guacamole for garnish (optional)
- salsa for garnish (optional)
- sour cream for garnish (optional)
- hot sauce for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Melt the butter or coconut oil in a skillet.
- Sprinkle fish with cumin, chili powder, salt, pepper, and garlic cloves, making sure that both sides are well-spiced.
- Add fish to skillet and cook until flaky and white through the middle.
- When fish is finished cooking, remove from heat, zest orange and lime over fish and squeeze the juice of one lime over the fish.
- Drizzle with the honey or maple syrup and let sit.
- To serve: Top a bed of lettuce with desired amount of sauerkraut/beets, onion, cilantro, tomatoes, guacamole, and fish.
- Squeeze juice of orange and lime over salads and top with any additional toppings.
- Enjoy!
Courses Seafood
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Have you ever had a fish taco salad? How would you customize this recipe?
oh yeah this is a keeper sounds amazingly good, hearty too
Yum, it looks great. I’ve never had fish tacos, but I think I will give this a try 🙂
Katy- your link to wild caught seafood goes to Tropical Traditions…..I don’t see that they sell seafood. Did you mean to link to Vital Choice? I have been looking for a source for seafood, but cannot find an affordable option. Thanks for the recipe-looks great!
oh wow thats nice salad. i think i should try it at home
That looks delicious! I will have to give that a try soon!
Looks good! Wondering if your grain-free regimen is also legume-free, and why. Just starting to investigate this – went grain free and dairy free a few months ago due to some scary lab results and things have really improved, but I have been relying a lot on beans and split-peas etc.
Yes, it’s generally legume free (I still do make legumes on rare occasions). Legumes contain the same physic acid that grains do, so we avoid them for similar reasons.
I can’t wait to try this recipe…it looks fantastic. My husband is a commercial fisherman in Alaska…so we always have salmon in our freezer and I am forever searching for new ways to prepare it.