It's Taco Tuesday! Fish Tacos With Mango Pico De Gallo is an easy fish tacos recipe that's bursting with tropical flavors! Season and grill your favorite fish then top with a fresh homemade Mango Pico De Gallo for mouthwatering grilled fish tacos.
Fish Tacos Recipe
It's Taco Tuesday! Season and grill your favorite fish (mine is cod!) and top with a fresh Mango Pico De Gallo and your Fish Tacos will be bursting with tropical flavors!
Pico for fish tacos is always a good thing and adding fresh mango to your Pico De Gallo adds a buttery note along with a hint of sweetness.
The combination of grilled fish and homemade pico make this the best fish tacos recipe ever.
I cooked my fish on the grill but you can make this recipe without grilling. No grill? No problem!
Pan fried fish tacos will be equally delicious so go ahead when and make them on your stove top. Scroll down for stove top cooking directions.
There are many varieties of mangoes and you will always find at least one available throughout the year. Their flavors can be creamy, sweet, rich, spicy and/or fruity.
My friends at the Mango Board describe each variety for you here Choosing Mango Varieties. Learn How to Choose A Mango! Learn How to Cut A Mango! Thank you to the Mango Board at www.mango.org!
Prefer chicken in your tacos? Marinated chicken flavors every bite or our Chicken Street Tacos!
Jalapeno Cheddar Cornbread is the perfect side dish for your Taco Tuesday dinners.
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How to cook tacos in a skillet
No grill? No problem! Your fish tacos will be just as tasty when you make them on your stove top. Here's how to make pan fried fish tacos in just minutes:
- Just heat 1 Tbs. olive oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat
- Season your fish and cook fish, seasoned side down, for 2 minutes
- Turn and cook until the fish flakes with a fork
How to make air fryer fish tacos
Prefer to cook in your air fryer? Just follow these simple steps for delicious air fried fish tacos:
- Preheat your air fryer to 400 degrees
- Season the cod fillets and cook, seasoned side up, for 10 minutes, or until fish is flaky and cooked through
Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips
- You can make the Pico de Gallo ahead and refrigerate in an airtight container, covered, until ready to serve.
- Use your favorite fish fillets to make these grilled tacos
What to serve with fish tacos?
Delicious side dishes to serve with fish tacos include:
What kind of fish should I use for fish tacos?
Most any kind of fish can be used for fish tacos, including shellfish. Some choices of fish are:
- cod
- grouper
- halibut
- lobster
- mahi mahi
- shrimp
- snapper
Taco Party Decorations
Taco time is a good time for a taco party! Tacos are the best party food and always put me in a fiesta state of mind!
If you decide to actually go all out and have a taco party, you definitely must start with hanging this Taco About A Party Banner (this makes me crack up every time!).
Then add a colorful Serepe Plastic Tablecloth, or this set of hand woven serape table runners in fextive colors (or both!) and these adorable Fiesta Paper Striped Party Straws with Tacos, Sombreros and more on them.
A taco serving plate with all the sections is an ideal way to serve all your favorite toppings and be sure to don your let's taco about it t-shirt (again, cracking up here!) and let the fiesta begin!
Ingredients for grilled tacos
- mango
- tomato
- jalapeno
- red onion
- cilantro
- lime
- garlic
- olive oil
- kosher salt
- cod fillets
- chili powder
- ground cumin
- garlic powder
- lettuce
- tortillas taco bowls or taco shells
Easy Taco Recipes
We have lots of taco recipes here on Swirls so you can change up your Taco Tuesday often! Here are a just a few of them to check out!
A Walking Taco Bar is the perfect way to serve up a saucy taco filling and your favorite toppings in a bag of chips for the big game. Crush the chips in your bag, top them with a flavorful beef taco filling, pile high with lots of taco toppings, add a plastic fork and you’re all set!
What to make it you’re eating vegan and it’s Taco Tuesday? Vegan Chickpea Tacos With Peach Salsa is an easy vegan recipe that’s packed with the protein of chickpeas and topped with a lime-scented fresh peach salsa! Now you can eat a plant based diet and have your tacos too!
Go for the beef and season slices of juicy skirt steak with a few basic spices and enjoy them nestled in a crunchy corn shell topped with a lime-scented mixture of fresh heirloom tomatoes. Spiced Skirt Steak Tacos are a party in your mouth with a burst of flavor in every bite!
Or just let your imagination run wild and combine your favorite foods, tacos and buffalo chicken, and make Buffalo Chicken Tacos! Fill a taco with saucy spicy buffalo chicken topped with celery, carrots, tomatoes and creamy Roquefort blue cheese.
Oven Roasted Cauliflower Tacos is a vegetarian taco recipe that's easy to make, flavorful and nutritious. Cauliflower slow roasts to delicious goodness and then combines with mushrooms giving a meaty flavor to this meatless taco filling.
Change up your Taco Tuesday this week with our One Pot Taco Beef and Rice. A taco skillet recipe that’s quick, easy and delicious will soon become a family favorite taco alternative. With all the flavors of a taco, you can eat this easy taco rice recipe in a bowl or in taco shells.
Fish Tacos With Mango Pico De Gallo
Ingredients
Mango Pico De Gallo:
- 1 cup chopped mango
- 1 cup chopped tomato
- 1 jalapeno, seeded and minced
- 2 Tbs. minced red onion
- 2 Tbs. chopped cilantro
- 2 Tbs. lime juice
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 tsp. olive oil
- 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
Fish:
- 1 lb. cod fillets
- 1 tsp. chili powder
- 1/2 tsp. ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
- 3 cups shredded lettuce
- 8 taco bowls, stand’n stuff soft tortillas or taco shells
Instructions
Mango Pico De Gallo:
- In bowl combine mango, tomato, jalapeno, red onion cilantro, lime juice, garlic olive oil and kosher salt; set aside.
Fish:
- Generously oil grates of grill or use a fish grate or basket.
- Preheat grill for direct heat grilling. *Not grilling? Stove top directions in notes.
- Season top side of fish with chili powder, cumin, garlic powder and kosher salt.
- Cook, seasoned side down, 2 minutes. Turn and cook until fish flakes with a fork.
- Fill taco boats or shells with shredded lettuce, top with fish and reserved Mango Pico De Gallo.
Notes
*Stove top cooking directions: No grill? No problem! Heat 1 Tbs. olive oil in large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat and cook fish, seasoned side down 2 minutes. Turn and cook until fish flakes with a fork. TIP: Keep it simple and serve your tacos with only Mango Pico De Gallo or get a bit more creative and offer your favorite taco toppings such as sliced avocado, sour cream, taco sauce, shredded cheese and lime wedges!
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I made these tacos for myself and my husband. Two days later I made them for guests for lunch. I followed the recipe exactly. Everybody loved them. They will be going into my Favorites file for sure. Thank you for a truly delicious recipe.
Thank you so much for your kind words Droeen! I am so happy to hear that everyone loved my recipe. That makes me so happy and is exactly why I do what I do, to bring people together with delicious food. Thank you for taking the time to stop by Swirls and let me know how much you enjoyed the recipe. Happy cooking and Savor The Moments, Gwynn