This is the ultimate quick and easy skillet dinner. It’s perfect for any weeknight when you need dinner on the table fast. And who doesn’t love taco night? Feel free to add other garnishes if you like. Replace the avocado slices with guacamole, add thinly sliced radishes, grilled scallions, or a homemade or store-bought pico de gallo and a side of chips. This recipe is from Home Skillet: The Cast Iron Cookbook for Easy One-Pan Meals.
Course Main Dish Recipes
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword cast iron cooking, cast iron skillet fish tacos, fish tacos
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 20 minutesminutes
Calories 478kcal
Author Robin Donovan
Ingredients
86-inch corn tortillas
¼cupsour cream
2tablespoonsminced cilantro
2tablespoonsfreshly squeezed lime juice
1jalapeño chileseeded and finely minced
1 ½teaspoonspaprika
1 ½teaspoonsbrown sugar
1teaspoondried oregano
¾teaspoongarlic powder
½teaspoonsalt
½teaspoonground cumin
¼teaspooncayenne
46-ounce tilapia fillets
1tablespoonvegetable oil
1/2ripe peeled avocadothinly sliced
2cupsthinly shredded cabbage
4lime wedgesfor garnish
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 450ºF.
Wrap the tortillas in foil and heat in the oven while you prepare the rest of the dish.
In a small bowl, stir together the sour cream, cilantro, lime juice, and chile.
In another small bowl, mix the paprika, brown sugar, oregano, garlic powder, salt, cumin, and cayenne. Sprinkle the spice mixture over the fish, coating both sides of each fillet and dividing equally among them.
Heat the oil in a 12-inch cast-iron skillet set over medium-high heat. When the oil begins to shimmer, add the fish and cook for about 3 minutes per side, until cooked through and lightly browned.
Remove the tortillas from the oven and place two on each serving plate, overlapping. Place a fish fillet on top of each stack of tortillas and then drizzle the cilantro-lime cream over the top. Divide the avocado slices evenly amount the tacos and top each with a handful of shredded cabbage. Serve immediately with lime wedges on the side.