Healthy Blackened Baja Fish Tacos
These Healthy Blackened Baja Fish Tacos are just like your favorite food truck-style fish tacos, but homemade using fresh cod, flavorful seasonings, Mission® Gluten Free Soft Taco Tortillas, and topped with a creamy cabbage slaw mixture for amazing flavor.
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Mission®. All opinions are entirely my own.
Healthy Blackened Baja Fish Tacos, Our Favorite Family Meal
I love to make a couple of special dinners throughout the week, whenever I possibly can. It gives us a chance to not only enjoy a delicious meal together as a family, but to connect, laugh a little, and share stories from the day while we chow down.
One of our favorite meals is fish tacos, even my picky kiddos will gladly eat these. There are tons of variations, but these Healthy Blackened Baja Fish Tacos just might be my favorites. I cannot get enough of the crunchy, tangy cabbage slaw combined with flavorful fish and soft, warm tortillas.
As many of you long-time readers know, my son has an intolerance to gluten, so we use the delicious Mission Gluten Free Soft Taco Tortillas. You’ll never know the difference! These tortillas are wonderfully soft, delicious and full of flavor! Not only are Mission Gluten Free Soft Taco Tortillas certified gluten free, they also have no artificial colors or flavors and contain 5g of dietary fiber per serving.
How to Make Healthy Blackened Baja Fish Tacos
To get started, you’ll want to use some sort of white fish. I like to use cod because it’s readily available and reasonably priced. Any firm white fish will do, such as halibut, snapper or rockfish. Slice the fish into 3/4 x 4 inch strips or cut it into chunks. Next combine the flour mixture. Mine is gluten free and includes lots of yummy seasonings. Simply dredge the fish chunks into the flour mixture and then fry the fish up in a cast iron skillet. You can definitely use another type of skillet, but I love the way the cast iron skillet cooks the fish up nice and crisp.
For the cabbage slaw, I always buy a premade bag of slaw and then you can easily and quickly finish the slaw while the fish is cooking. Once everything is coming together and finishing up, I heat my tortillas (best served warm) in an ungreased skillet for 10 to 15 seconds on each side. It gives the Mission Gluten Free Soft Taco Tortillas a perfect texture.
Mission Gluten Free Soft Taco Tortillas can be found in the tortilla section or the gluten free section of your local grocery store and are available nationwide. They’re great for not only tacos, but also other favorite meals (like wraps, quesadillas, or even Mexican casseroles).
Find more delicious recipes and a store locator by visiting the Mission Gluten Free homepage.
Tips for Making Healthy Blackened Baja Fish Tacos:
- Prepare your slaw and flour mixture ahead of time. If you’re going to be making this dish after work, on a busy weeknight, you can get all of the ingredients ready the night before.
- Firm, flaky white fish is best. Cod is a cost-effective and perfect choice for these fish tacos—it takes on the flavors from the seasonings, and keeps its shape and texture once it’s fried.
- Corn tortillas are traditional for Baja tacos. Even though corn tortillas are typically used for Baja tacos, we usually use large flour tortillas because we prefer the texture and the convenience of these not falling apart on us.
- Perfect finishing touches. I always serve these Baja fish tacos with fresh cilantro leaves, avocado slices and a little squeeze of a lime wedge!
- Leftover taco recommendations. Use a toaster oven or oven, set to 400° F. and bake the leftover cooked fish until hot and crispy—it reheats really well. Then, simply warm up your tortillas, and assemble your tacos.
What to serve with Healthy Blackened Baja Fish Tacos?
- A Big Side of Chips and Homemade Salsa
- Pico de Gallo
- Roasted Salsa
- Tasty Guacamole
- 5 Ingredient Mexican Brown Rice
- Corn Black Bean Avocado Salsa
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Healthy Blackened Baja Fish Tacos
Ingredients
For serving:
- 6 Mission® Gluten Free Soft Taco Tortillas
- 1/2 ripe peeled avocado, thinly sliced
- 4 lime wedges
For slaw:
- 2 tablespoons mayo
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 to 1 1/2 jalapeño pepper, seeded and chopped
- 4 cups cabbage slaw
For fish:
- 1/3 cup gluten free flour blend
- 1 1/2 teaspoons paprika
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
- 1 to 1 1/2 pounds cod fillets (or other white fish) cut into chunks or thick slices
- 1 tablespoon olive or avocado oil
Instructions
- To make the slaw; stir together mayo and lime juice in a small bowl. Mix cilantro, jalapeño and cabbage slaw in a medium bowl and then toss with the mayo/lime mixture. Add a dash of salt & pepper and set aside.
- To make the fish; combine flour and next 6 ingredients (through ground red pepper) in a shallow bowl. Dredge fish in mixture. Heat oil in a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Add fish to skillet; cook 2-3 minutes on each side or until desired degree of doneness.
- Warm tortillas in a heated skillet. Divide fish and cabbage mixture evenly among tortillas. Serve with avocado slices and lime wedges.
Notes
- Prepare your slaw and flour mixture ahead of time. If you’re going to be making this dish after work, on a busy weeknight, you can get all of the ingredients ready the night before.
- Firm, flaky white fish is best. Cod is a cost-effective and perfect choice for these fish tacos—it takes on the flavors from the seasonings, and keeps its shape and texture once it’s fried.
- Corn tortillas are traditional for Baja tacos. Even though corn tortillas are typically used for Baja tacos, we usually use large flour tortillas because we prefer the texture and the convenience of these not falling apart on us.
- Perfect finishing touches. I always serve these Baja fish tacos with fresh cilantro leaves, avocado slices and a little squeeze of a lime wedge!
- Leftover taco recommendations. Use a toaster oven or oven, set to 400° F. and bake the leftover cooked fish until hot and crispy—it reheats really well. Then, simply warm up your tortillas, and assemble your tacos.
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This recipe is AWESOME with Shrimp and white corn tortillas. Thank you!!!
Yay! So glad you enjoyed!
I can’t wait to try this recipe. Who said healthy should be boring. It looks so yummy.
YUM! I want this for dinner tonight! Fish tacos have to be one of my favorite dishes ever… it’s got great flavor combinations, color, and overall goodness that my tastebuds LOVE!
This recipe sounds delcious. I love how fish tacos are such a versatile food. thanks for sharing.
ooh fish tacos! I have never heard of those before at all! I bet they are so tasty and a great dish for sharing too!
These look like a lovely dish for those who enjoy fish. It would be a lovely dinner party addition for sure.
This recipe sounds so refreshing would love to recommend one of my friend to try this she’s core heart fish lover. Your recipe are always yummy.
Fish tacos are honestly one of my go-to orders at a Mexican restaurant…I don’t know why I don’t make them more often at home!!!
I think I need this in my life. Thank you!
I’ve never considered using cod for fish tacos but these look delicious! Have you tried the same recipe with tilapia? (That’s the fish I normally use for tacos.)
Thanks so much! You can definitely use tilapia. I prefer to use cod because from the research I’ve done, it seems to be a healthier fish.
Love this recipe and Tacos is one of my favourite food. Hope to try this out this weekend.
Your recipes are always so refreshing ! we love every one of them…! This one definitely sounds perfect for a fun afternoon with the family
Every glutten free food is great for me. Though I love fish but I have never tried baja. I will give it a try.
Well now I know what I’m going to be cooking for the family dinner tonight! My daughter is always concerned with eating healthy so now I can finally cook a meal that she can enjoy along with the family. Your images and ingredient graphic are outstanding too!
We eat fish tacos at least once a month. We just love it that much! Your recipe looks delicious and cannot wait to try it.
Mission is my brand of choice for tortillas. And I love a good fish taco. Yours look delicious!
My family also loves fish taco and I can’t wait to try out your recipe. Your slaw looks so tasty.
Mission soft tacos are really good, always nice and fresh and big enough to be able to stuff all your yummy ingredients in without fear of it all falling out. Brilliant that you can get gluten free version now. You’ve made a really tasty looking meal, always a winner and ideal for a family.
ok fish tacos are my ultimate favorite and these look INCREDIBLE! is it normal to want tacos for breakfast??
I could seriously eat tacos every single day. These look really good – and healthy to boot!
These look amazing! My fiance loves fish tacos, but it back on a gluten free diet. So glad to see Mission makes gluten free tortillas now! I love their low carb ones so these have got to be just as good!