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These easy fish tacos with citrus Greek yogurt slaw are the perfect busy weeknight meal. Crispy fish sticks topped with an easy cabbage slaw made with Greek yogurt and lime juice.
Taco Tuesday has never been easier!
It’s taco time! All tacos should be served with margs, so hop back to Tuesday’s post to pick up my coconut lime frozen margarita recipe. Tacos shouldn’t be consumed without their BFF beverage – am I right? And while we’re at it, how about a slice of toasted coconut tres leches cake?
Now, these easy fish tacos are delicious and ready in just 30 minutes! Shout it from the rooftops: These tacos are tasty, easy to make, and perfect for the weeknight dinner rush.
Plus, can we talk about how delicious a taco is when it’s topped with a creamy slaw? Is a fish taco even a fish taco if it doesn’t come with slaw? No. The answer is no.
And it doesn’t get any easier when you use fish sticks for the tacos! This is one of the fastest ways to enjoy and make fish tacos. Trust me!
Ingredients needed
- Frozen fish sticks
- Corn tortillas
- Tri-color coleslaw blend
- Green onion
- Cilantro
- Greek yogurt
- Lime juice
- Garlic
- Lime zest
- Spices
How to make fish stick tacos
Do you know why these easy fish tacos are easy? The use of fish sticks! You don’t need to heat a deep fryer and fry your fish for delicious make-at-home tacos. Nope. Not with the use of your favorite frozen fish sticks!
- Make fish sticks according to box directions.
- Warm or toast your corn tortillas.
- Mix coleslaw mix, cilantro, and green onions with Greek yogurt, lime juice, lime zest, garlic, and spices.
- Lay out your corn tortilla, top with four fish sticks, and top with slaw.
My Pro Tips
Easy Fish Tacos Recipe Tips
- Use your favorite frozen fish sticks or frozen fish fillet for this recipe.
- If you have extra cabbage, you can slice it yourself instead of buying a bagged coleslaw blend. You’ll need about 7 cups.
- If you’re not a fan, mayonnaise can be used instead of Greek yogurt.
- Try using a broccoli slaw for even more flavor in your topping.
FAQ’s
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Easy Fish Tacos
Ingredients
- 32 frozen fish sticks
- 8 (6-inch) corn tortillas, lightly toasted
- 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
- ¼ cup lime juice
- 1 tablespoon grated garlic
- 1 tablespoon lime zest
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon smoked paprika
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 (16 ounce) bag tri-color coleslaw blend
- 3 thinly sliced green onions, white and green parts
- ¼ cup minced fresh cilantro
Instructions
- Bake the fish sticks according to box directions.
- While the fish sticks bake lightly toast your tortillas and wrap in foil to keep them warm.
- In a medium sized mixing bowl whisk together Greek yogurt, lime juice, lime zest, grated garlic, smoked paprika, kosher salt and black pepper.
- To the Greek yogurt mixture add your tri-color coleslaw mix and green onions. Toss to combine.
- To make your tacos add 4 fish sticks per tortilla, top with the desired amount of slaw and sprinkle with cilantro.
Fish tacos are completely pointless if not topped with a really great slaw–the more lime, the better!
You can’t go wrong with a bright, crunchy slaw on a perfect fried fish taco! Yum!
Ummm… fish tacos are my love language! And I love the simple shortcut you took for these! Totally going to try it and that yogurt slaw sounds bangin!
I need to try these tacos! Such a perfect meal for our next Taco Tuesday!
Oh my gosh! Totally genius to use fish sticks in these tacos. 🙂 And that slaw… it looks amazing!
Pretty sure that clicking onto this recipe is a sign that I need to make fish tacos tonight. Loving this easy version!
Everybody loves Mexican food and taco’s are a delicacy everybody is fond of!! This one is quiet easy to make. Made it last Friday with my wife in the garden brunch. Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe!
I made this slaw going to make these for lunch. Slaw tastes amazing so Smokey and zesty. Thanks for recipe!