Baja Fish Tacos

Name: Baja Fish Tacos
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 8 servings.
Ingredients: 1 cup reduced-fat ranch salad dressing; 3 tablespoons adobo sauce; 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro; 2 tablespoons lime juice; 2 pounds mahi mahi, cut into 1-inch strips; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon pepper; 2/3 cup all-purpose flour; 3 large eggs, beaten; 2 cups panko (Japanese) bread crumbs; 1 cup canola oil; 16 corn tortillas (6 inches), warmed; 3 cups shredded cabbage; Additional minced fresh cilantro and lime wedges

Crisp mahi mahi pans out beautifully when dressed up with fresh lime, cilantro and smoky adobo. One bite and you’ll be hooked on these baja fish tacos! —Brooke Keller, Lexington, Kentucky

Ingredients

1 cup reduced-fat ranch salad dressing
3 tablespoons adobo sauce
2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 pounds mahi mahi, cut into 1-inch strips
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
3 large eggs, beaten
2 cups panko (Japanese) bread crumbs
1 cup canola oil
16 corn tortillas (6 inches), warmed
3 cups shredded cabbage
Additional minced fresh cilantro and lime wedges

Directions

In a small bowl, combine the salad dressing, adobo sauce, cilantro and lime juice. Chill until serving.
Sprinkle mahi mahi with salt and pepper. Place the flour, eggs and bread crumbs in separate shallow bowls. Coat mahi mahi with flour, then dip in eggs and coat with bread crumbs. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat; cook fish in batches for 2-3 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.
Place fish in tortillas; top with cabbage, sauce mixture and additional cilantro. Serve with lime wedges.

Nutrition Facts

2 tacos: 544 calories, 29g fat (3g saturated fat), 151mg cholesterol, 727mg sodium, 43g carbohydrate (3g sugars, 4g fiber), 29g protein.

Originally published as Baja fish tacos in Simple & Delicious April/May 2012

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kredhead

Oct 9, 2018

I love simple fish tacos
JellyJoe

Jan 18, 2018

My first time for eating OR making fish tacos... The sauce really makes these pop. Excellent meal. Easy recipe !!
I_Fortuna

May 3, 2016

I love fish tacos. I used to eat them often when I lived in California. I love the dressing in this recipe. I would not go to so much trouble for the fish, I just buy frozen since hubby doesn't like fish tacos anyway. Normally I use a type of Thousand Island dressing spiced up but this looks great too.Please eat these with **corn tortillas**, this is how they are traditionally served. Simply microwave them for 10 seconds for each tortilla. This virtually steams them.Only if you live in Texas (or other places influenced by TX) do people use flour tortillas for tacos. This is wrong on so many levels and I live in Texas. We do not care for Tex-Mex food so we cook our Mexican food at home in the traditional Mexican manner as do most Mexican families we know and know of.Save the flour tortillas for quesadillas, burritos, and fajitas. : )
schamberlain

Mar 29, 2016

Oh my wow! The sauce was amazing, i added a little Tabasco to pep it up a bit. The fish was perfect and everthing together was an explosion of flavor. My hubby wants it added to the redo alot list.
Lgkeller

Mar 18, 2016

OMG this was so good! To make it more healthy, i put a spicy rub on Tilapia and grilled it instead of frying it, and instead of the Ranch dressing, I substituted Greek Yogurt with some Ranch Dressing spices, but i still added the Chipotles in Adobe sauce, the cilantro and lime juice! That sauce was the most amazing sauce ever! My husband and i went crazy over it, and together with the cabbage, fish and corn tortillas, these were so, SO delicious! Will definitely be making these again!
anselr

Sep 20, 2015

These are delicious. I picked up a bag of great frozen fish sticks with panko breading from Costco, so they only took about 15 minutes to make. I also used flour tortillas since we don't care for corn ones. I make quite a few recipes that call for chipotles in adobo sauce, so every time I open a new can, I mash up the leftovers and flatten it out in a freezer bag and pop in the freezer. Then I can just break off a chunk of however much is needed and it thaws in no time. I do the same thing with cilantro, so I almost always have these ingredients ready to go.
annrms

Feb 6, 2015

I substituted Talapia loins for the Mahi Mahi because that is what I had in the freezer. I cut each thick fillet on the diagonal to get mostly a 2 inch "stick". I added extra veggies...carrots, cukes, red onion, and bell pepper to the cabbage. The fish was easy to make once the flour, egg and Panko were measured out. I put the flour in a covered container and shook the fish in the flour. I made the first batch, placed the pieces on a rack to drain and placed it in a low oven to keep warm and crisp. We served ourselves at the table building the tacos as we liked. The extra squeeze of lime was fantastic. I used parsley instead of cilantro because cilantro tastes like soap to me!!!The sauce is wonderful, but next time I will just use Marie's Chipotle Ranch dressing; as it is very similar. I also mixed the dressing onto the crisp vegetables so each was lightly coated instead of some with none and others clumped with sauce.I will definately make this again.
d_romero

Mar 22, 2014

I truly loved the crunchy fish I used cod and these were much better than some fish tacos I had in a Mexican restaurant can't wait to make these again.my hubby said delicious he ate 4 tacos I was close behind with 3 tacos lol
Lilldy

Nov 15, 2013

My boyfriend who never had fish tacos loved it! I tried this recipe on some leftover Tilapia. The sauce was fresh, easy, and delicious! I couldn't find just adobe sauce so I used 2 tablespoons of Chipotle in adobe sauce which gave the sauce a little kick. We like flour tortillas. I also used package coleslaw to save some time chopping. Will definitely make again.
DebbieT

Sep 2, 2013

Delicious! We used tilapia and grilled it on cedar planks seasoned with creole....no breading. Also used packaged coleslaw. Everyone loved them. Definitely a keeper.