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Easy Fish Tacos with Fresh Pico & Creamy Chipotle Sauce

November 5, 2016 by Emily Hill 2 Comments

These easy fish tacos with fresh pico and creamy chipotle sauce are full of flavor and take less than 30 minutes from start to finish!

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Easy Fish Tacos with Fresh Pico and Creamy Chipotle Sauce -- Ready in less than 30 minutes from start to finish! Super convenient dinner that is perfect on those crazy weeknights.

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Is it Taco Tuesday yet? I swear it’s my family’s favorite meal of the week and I don’t blame them. They love Mexican food about as much as I love Diet Coke. And because the love it so much, I try to find healthier options for the main dish. Usually I serve homemade tacos using ground turkey instead of ground beef, but I’m always on the lookout for new taco recipes…and more opportunities to introduce seafood into our diet.

Though Nathan and Lauren love all kinds of seafood, the rest of us only get as far as fish sticks.

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Easy Fish Tacos with Fresh Pico and Creamy Chipotle Sauce -- Ready in less than 30 minutes from start to finish! Super convenient dinner that is perfect on those crazy weeknights.

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Fish tacos is one of the easiest ways to get my kids to eat seafood, especially if I make them with a light fish like tilapia or halibut. This recipe for easy fish tacos with fresh pico and creamy chipotle sauce might be my new favorite. Not only did these tacos take less than 30 minutes from start to finish, but because the tilapia required minimal prep, I was able to make the pico and sauce while it was baking. I love multitasking!

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Easy Fish Tacos with Fresh Pico and Creamy Chipotle Sauce -- Ready in less than 30 minutes from start to finish! Super convenient dinner that is perfect on those crazy weeknights.

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The magical fish in these easy fish tacos is Bumble Bee SuperFresh® Tilapia with Lemon, Pepper & Herbs, but you can use your favorite fish taco filling. I prefer Bumble Bee SuperFresh® because it goes from freezer to oven with very little help from me. All I had to do was slide the fillets into a bit of parchment paper.

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Bumble Bee SuperFresh Tilapia with Lemon Pepper & Herbs

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Bumble Bee SuperFresh Tilapia with Lemon Pepper & Herbs

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Bumble Bee SuperFresh Tilapia with Lemon Pepper & Herbs
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Of course, if you’re into a bit more work on a weeknight, more power to you.

Bumble Bee SuperFresh® Tilapia with Lemon, Pepper & Herbs worked really well in these fish tacos. The hint of lemon complemented the pico and squeeze of fresh lime juice perfectly.

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Easy Fish Tacos with Fresh Pico and Creamy Chipotle Sauce -- Ready in less than 30 minutes from start to finish! Super convenient dinner that is perfect on those crazy weeknights.
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The flavor was so yummy and the fillets so tender, I can’t wait to try the other Bumble Bee SuperFresh® products. I’m thinking the Salmon with Garlicky Black Pepper and Extra Virgin Olive Oil would be delicious in a salad!

A few interesting tidbits about Bumble Bee SuperFresh®:

  • All our seafood is no mess, and no fuss; just pure perfection, time after time. Our premium Salmon and Tilapia come with their own parchment paper baking pouch and go from freezer to table in under 25 minutes. High in protein, richly seasoned with pure and simple ingredients that let our fish shine through!
  • Bumble Bee SuperFresh® smells and tastes amazing. No fishy smells here. Because you prepare Bumble Bee SuperFresh® straight from the freezer, there isn’t any smell associated with thawing fish. And our frozen protein has stayed that way from harvest to your oven unlike most of the “fresh” fish you find at the seafood counter. That means it is fresh tasting, and fresh smelling.
  • Bumble Bee SuperFresh® Tilapia with Lemon, Pepper & Herbs: What a difference fresh lemon makes! Combined with extra virgin olive oil, shallots, black pepper and other natural ingredients, Bumble Bee’s recipe brings out the clean, fresh flavor of premium tilapia.

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Find out where you can purchase Bumble Bee SuperFresh® products by using the store locator or via Amazon Fresh.

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Easy Fish Tacos with Fresh Pico and Creamy Chipotle Sauce -- Ready in less than 30 minutes from start to finish! Super convenient dinner that is perfect on those crazy weeknights.

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Printable recipe for easy fish tacos with fresh pico and chipotle cream sauce below. Enjoy!
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Easy Fish Tacos with Fresh Pico & Creamy Chipotle Sauce
 
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Prep time
10 mins
Cook time
18 mins
Total time
28 mins
 
These easy fish tacos with fresh pico and creamy chipotle sauce are full of flavor and take less than 30 minutes from start to finish! Makes approximately 8 tacos.
Author: Emily ~ isthisREALLYmylife.com
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Mexican
Serves: 4
Ingredients
Pico
  • 2 Roma tomatoes, seeded and diced
  • ½ red onion, finely diced
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • ½ cup chopped cilantro
Chipotle cream sauce
  • ¼ cup mayonnaise
  • ½ cup Mexican crema (or sour cream)
  • 1 tsp finely diced canned chipotle pepper plus adobo sauce to taste
  • 2 limes, divided
  • Kosher salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper
Tacos
  • 2 boxes Bumble Bee SuperFresh® Tilapia with Lemon, Pepper & Herbs
  • Shredded red cabbage
  • 16 small corn tortillas
Instructions
Tacos
  1. Prepare Bumble Bee SuperFresh® Tilapia with Lemon, Pepper & Herbs according to package directions. While tilapia is baking, prepare the pico and chipotle cream sauce.
  2. Lightly grease a skillet with a drizzle of oil and set over medium heat. Heat tortillas until soft and hot; keep warm by wrapping in a dish towel.
  3. Stack two tortillas on top of each other. (We like double tortillas but you can go with singles if you prefer.) Place half a tilapia fillet in the center and top with cabbage, pico and chipotle cream sauce. Serve immediately with a slice of lime for garnish and an added bit of fresh lime juice.
Pico
  1. Combine tomatoes, onion, garlic and cilantro in a medium bowl; set aside.
Chipotle cream sauce
  1. Whisk together the mayonnaise, Mexican crema and chipotle pepper in a small bowl. Add juice from ½ lime, adobo sauce and salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.
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