Taco Fish

Name: Taco Fish
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings.
Cuisine: Mexican Dinners, Mexican Recipes
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

"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.

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.

Nutrition Facts

1 each: 199 calories, 5g fat (2g saturated fat), 41mg cholesterol, 684mg sodium, 9g carbohydrate (0 sugars, 0 fiber), 28g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 4 lean meat, 1 fat, 1/2 starch.

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