Easy Fish Tacos
Easy Fish Tacos made with convenient frozen crispy fish sticks and a simple, 5 ingredient homemade cabbage slaw. Serve with corn tortillas for a simpler, and easier way to enjoy fish tacos.
Ingredients
- 1 box (12-24 pieces) crispy fish sticks, fillets, or fingers
- white corn tortillas
- lime wedges for serving
Cabbage Slaw
- 1 bag (10 oz) angel hair cabbage
- 1 can (11 oz) mexicorn canned corn w/ bell peppers
- 1/3 cup chopped cilantro
- 1 small red onion, finely chopped
- 1 cup shredded queso fresco see notes
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- juice of 1 lime about 2 tablespoons
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon cumin
- ¼ teaspoon chili powder
Instructions
- Bake fish sticks according to package directions. Remember to flip them halfway through so the fish is crispy on both sides. Also, cook for the longest time possible to ensure that you get really crispy (not burnt!) fish sticks.
- Prepare the cabbage slaw by combining the cabbage, mexicorn, cilantro, red onion, and crumbled/shredded queso fresco into a mixing bowl. Stir together.
- In a separate bowl, combine sour cream, lime juice, salt, cumin, and chili powder. Stir together with a fork and pour over the cabbage mixture. Stir to combine everything well.
- Wrap corn tortillas in a damp paper towel and place on a microwave-safe plate. Microwave for about 30-45 seconds to get them nice and soft. The damp paper towel keeps them moist and warm.
- Serve warmed corn tortillas, place 1-2 fish sticks on each, and top with some cabbage slaw. Eat & enjoy!
Notes
For my large family of 6, I always buy a box of 18 fish sticks/fish fingers so that we can all have two tacos. The slaw recipe makes enough for at least 20 tacos, and depending on if people use one or two fish sticks inside their tacos, will make the serving size larger or smaller.
If you are serving a crowd, I would double the fish sticks but leave the cabbage recipe as is. Unless, you know people will want lots of the cabbage slaw on their tacos, then go ahead and double. But for a weeknight family meal, the cabbage slaw recipe as is makes plenty for everyone!
The angel hair cabbage is just shredded cabbage. You will find it by the other bagged salads in the produce area of the grocery store.
If you're not familiar with queso fresco it is a Mexican cheese that is so yummy and salty. Perfect for fish tacos. You will find it in the cheese aisle with the bagged and blocked cheese, or even by the specialty cheeses.