Easy Fish tacos with Frozen Fish Sticks

Frozen fish sticks, ripe avocado, green or purple cabbage, red onion, jalapeño pepper, cilantro all wrapped in charred corn tortillas and served with an amazing creamy Sriracha sauce. These easy fish tacos with frozen fish sticks is the easiest weeknight dinner or lunch!

Course Main Course

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword fish stick tacos, frozen fish stick tacos, frozen fish tacos, tacos with frozen fish sticks

Prep Time 12

Cook Time 15

Total Time 27

Servings tacos

Calories 153kcal

Author Maria Doss

Ingredients

16 frozen fish sticks
8 medium corn tortillas

Easy Fish Taco toppings

2 cups shredded green or purple cabbage
½ cup thinly sliced red onion
1 large ripe avocado, sliced
1 jalapeno pepper, sliced
½ cup chopped cilantro

Creamy Sriracha Sauce

½ cup mayonnaise
½ cup sour cream or greek yogurt
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 to 3 teaspoons Sriracha sauce
2 garlic cloves, grated
2 pinches cumin powder
salt to taste

Instructions

Bake frozen fish sticks according to package instructions.
While the fish is baking - prep fish taco toppings, char tortillas and make creamy Sriracha sauce.

Char tortillas

Hold tortilla with a tong and place over open flame on your stove top, until the edges begin to blister. Turn over and repeat. Keep charred tortillas wrapped in a kitchen towel until serving time.
How to char tortillas in electric stove? Heat a cast iron skillet over high heat and let it get very hot. Place a tortilla on the skillet and turn over when it feels warm to the touch, turn over and let warm for a few seconds and quickly keep them wrapped in a clean kitchen towel.

Make Creamy Sriracha Sauce

Stir all creamy Sriracha ingredients together and store in refrigerator, until serving time. If using greek yogurt, then stir in 1 to 2 teaspoons water to get the sauce to the right consistency.

To serve easy fish tacos with frozen fish sticks

Place two fish sticks on each tortilla followed by toppings and a generous drizzle of creamy Sriracha sauce. Serve with lime wedges on the side.

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