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Taco Fish Recipe

"Since I live on a lake and have a husband who's an avid angler, fish tops my list of mealtime ingredients," shares Evelyn Eyermann of Cuba, Missouri. Here, she uses delicate fillets as the base for a tempting bake with a mild taco flavor. Kids and adults alike will go for the crunchy tortilla chip topping sprinkled with reduced-fat cheddar cheese.

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Taco Fish Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 30 min.

Yield: 4 Servings

5 25 30

Ingredients

4 orange roughy or bass fillets (6 ounces each)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 cup taco sauce
1/3 cup tortilla chips, crushed
1/3 cup shredded reduced-fat cheddar cheese

Directions

Place fish in a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray; sprinkle with salt and chili powder.
Cover and bake at 350° for 20 minutes. Pour taco sauce over fish. Bake, uncovered, for 5-8 minutes longer or until heated through. Immediately sprinkle with tortilla chips and cheese. Yield: 4 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 fillet equals 199 calories, 5 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 41 mg cholesterol, 684 mg sodium, 9 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 28 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 4 lean meat, 1 fat, 1/2 starch.

Originally published as Taco Fish in Light & Tasty December/January 2005, p53