If fish tacos are on a restaurant menu, I'll order them every single time. They're light, yet satisfying. Comforting, yet healthy.
Recently, I discovered a new way to hack some of my favorite fish tacos with a $6.99 ingredient: frozen beer battered cod fillets from Whole Foods, making this a meal you can feed a family of four for less than $12 (assuming you have some pantry staples already on hand).
Ingredients
1 box of frozen, beer-battered cod fillets from Whole Foods
1 small head of radicchio
1 avocado
Limes
Olive oil
Salt
Light mayo
Sriracha
Tortillas
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a sheet pan with tin foil and parchment paper (parchment on top). Spread out fish fillets. Cook for 12-14 minutes per side. When done, remove from oven and season lightly with kosher salt. While fish cools slightly, wrap up tortillas in tin foil and pop them into the oven (note: the oven should be off, but the residual heat will soften the tortillas in about 5 minutes). Cut the fish fillets into small, bite sized pieces. I usually get 3-4 pieces per fillet.
2. While fish is cooking, prep your slaw and spicy sauce. For the sauce, mix a 3:1 ratio of light mayo to sriracha (you can change the ratio to dial the heat up or down, but 3:1 is what works for us!). Thinly slice radicchio into ribbons and dress with olive oil, and lime juice, using a 2:1 ratio of olive oil and lime juice. Season lightly with salt.
3. Thinly slice avocado and season with lime juice and salt.
4. Assemble your tacos! Lay tortillas flat and dress with radicchio slaw, fish, and spicy sauce, then top with avocado and a squeeze of fresh lime juice.
Picky Eater Tips!
One of my kids isn't keen on the whole taco thing yet - and the other doesn't have enough teeth to bite through them. 🙃 Fortunately, these fish fillets can please just about anyone. After cooking the fish, I'll remove the beer batter, mix the fish into rice and sprinkle with lemon or lime juice. Or, I'll offer them a deconstructed taco, where they try the components on their own. It's not perfect, but it's an easy way to enjoy an adult meal without having to make something different for picky eaters.
