Fish Taco Bowls – a super easy weeknight dinner idea that is healthy and delicious! Perfect for meal prep and kid-friendly!
Why You Will Love This Recipe
- Easy – this is perfect for a quick weeknight dinner that is easily whipped up in less than 30 minutes!
- Toppings – there are so many different topping that can make this bowl amazing – get creative or make a build your own bowl bar for people to add their own!
- Fresh, real ingredients – these bowls are made with real, fresh ingredients and are so light & refreshing!
What You Will Need
- Fresh tilapia fillets – we chose to use tilapia but you can use your favorite type of fish!
- Creole seasoning, salt, & pepper – all the seasoning you need for delicious baked tilapia
- Olive oil – just a drizzle to help with cooking the fish
- Cooked rice or cauliflower rice – either one of these would work great but to take the flavors to the next level we highly recommend cilantro lime rice!
- Cilantro, avocados, mangoes, purple cabbage, & a lime – the flavor combination of these toppings is amazing but again, feel free to get creative with a combination that works for you!
What Kind Of Fish Is Best To Use For Fish Taco Bowls?
We used tilapia and it was delicious! Usually a lean and white flakey fish tends to work best, like halibut, snapper, cod, etc.
How To Cook The Fish Fillets
In the recipe card below we have given options for cooking the fish fillets on the stove top or baking them in the oven. On the stove top you drizzle a little olive oil and cook them for about 3-4 minutes on each side. In the oven you bake them at 375 degrees F for 20 minutes. Both ways are super easy but to be honest, baking makes the whole process a lot faster because you can prep all of your toppings while the fish bakes. The stove top is also delicious but it requires more monitoring.
What Rice Should I Use In The Bowl?
If you have the time, we highly recommend using a homemade cilantro lime rice! The flavors really take the whole bowl to the next level. However, you can use any rice you have on hand – white rice, brown rice, etc.
For a Whole30/Paleo option you can easily make cilantro lime cauliflower rice or regular cauliflower rice. But if you are short on time you can always grab some store-bought cauliflower rice! Do what works for you!
Best Toppings For A Fish Taco Bowl
In this recipe we used cilantro, avocados, mangoes, purple cabbage, & a lime. In our opinion this combination is really light, refreshing, and delicious! But there are so many different toppings that you could do. If you like a little spice in your life you could mix some sriracha and mayo together and drizzle that on top! Otherwise, get creative and share with us your favorite combo!
Other Easy Bowl Recipes You Might Like
Teriyaki Salmon Bowl
Epic Whole30 Poke Bowl
Burger Bowl
Chorizo & Eggs Dinner Bowl
How To Make Fish Taco Bowls
Place fish fillets on a parchment-lined pan, drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle with salt & pepper.
Bake at 375 degrees F for 20-25 minutes.
Prep the rest of your toppings and assemble in a bowl of rice.
OR on cauliflower rice for a Whole30/Paleo option
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Fish Taco Bowl
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4 bowls 1x
- Category: Dinner/Entree
- Method: Stove Top + Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
Fish Taco Bowl – a super easy weeknight dinner idea that is healthy and delicious! Perfect for meal prep and kid-friendly!
Ingredients
- 4 fresh tilapia fillets (approx. 1 pound)
- 1/2 teaspoon Creole seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- olive oil (stove top method only)
- 2 cups cook rice (more or less as desired)
- 1 cup roughly chopped cilantro
- 2 avocados (diced)
- 2 mangoes, diced
- 1 cup purple cabbage, sliced (optional)
- 1 lime (sliced into small wedges)
Instructions
Stove Top Method:
- In large skillet, add 1 tablespoon olive oil and bring to med-high heat.
- Pat dry fish fillets and evenly sprinkle Creole seasoning, salt and pepper on both sides of fillets.
- Place fillets in skillet and cook each side for approximately 3-4 minutes or until fish is cooked thoroughly.
- Take spatula and break up fish fillets into larger chunks and mix around in seasoning. Add additional olive oil at any point it is too dry, but don’t over-do it.
Oven Method:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Pat dry fish fillets and evenly sprinkle Creole seasoning, salt and pepper on both sides of fillets.
- Place fillets on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake for 20-25 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let cool slightly. Break fillets into chunks for the tacos.
Fish Taco Bowls:
- Take 4 bowl and divide rice, fish, avocado, mango, cabbage and cilantro between each bowl.
- Serve with lime wedge.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- Cilantro Lime Rice: feel free to use whatever kind of rice you want, but this homemade cilantro lime rice is awesome!
- Paleo/Whole30: to make Paleo/Whole30 simply serve with cauliflower rice or cilantro lime cauliflower rice!
- Spice it up: If you want to add a little extra something you can make a Siracha Mayo to add to this recipe – simply combine approx. 1/4 cup mayo of your choosing with about 1-2 teaspoons of siracha. Stir and taste – add additional siracha as desired.
Danielle says
Delicious! I was in a hurry (read lazy😉) so used mango salsa and bagged shredded slaw mix. I also added some green onions. Can’t wait to make this again!
Renee says
Made this 2 weeks ago and it was so incredible that I dream of eating it every day. We are headed out now to the fish store so I stopped by to look at the ingredients and thought I should write a review to let everyone know how delicious and easy it is. We use Mahi filets (so much better than tilapia), fresh here right now but Costco frozen Mahi is just as good. The cilantro lime rice is easy and the perfect complement to the dish. Thank you for sharing this recipe!
Erin says
So glad you enjoyed it, Renee! And thank you so much for taking the time to come back and leave a review!
Heather says
This was so delicious and very quick and easy! I’m definitely making this again!
Erin says
Glad you enjoyed them, Heather!
Kristen says
So simple, fast, and delicious!!!
Erin says
Thanks, Kristen! 🙂
Kristen Maggitti says
We have made this at least 20 more times since I first posted this review. It’s an absolute family favorite and I’ve shared this recipe with lots of my friends. They love it too!