Baked Tilapia Fish Tacos are homemade, fresh, and healthy. Great for a lighter taco night! Seasoned perfectly and topped with your favorites.
I didn't grow up eating seafood due to family allergies and diets. I had my first sushi roll right before starting college. I didn't cook my first fish until after graduation. You could say I'm a seafood newbie, but I'm making up for lost time and exploring new seafood recipes that I can't wait to share with you!
I love baking tilapia because it's so easy and tastes great every time! If you follow me on Instagram, you know how much we love tacos... Hello, Taco Tuesday every single week.
Sure, sometimes I'll switch it up with taquitos, enchiladas, chimichangas, or a taco salad. But this time I wanted to introduce seafood. Our local grocery store does have pre-portioned and seasoned tilapia strips, but I wanted to do all the prep work and use my own taco seasoning.
Baked Tilapia Fish Tacos
Ingredients
- 2 tilapia fillets
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon chili powder
- ½ teaspoon cumin
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 4 corn tortillas
- Toppings: Shredded red cabbage, sliced avocado, chopped red onion, diced jalapeño, lime wedges
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F. Prepare a baking sheet with cooking spray. Mix together all the seasonings and set aside.
- Place tilapia on the baking sheet. Brush with olive oil then sprinkle on seasoning. If desired, squeeze fresh lime juice on the fillets.
- Bake for 20 minutes, or until the fish flakes easily with a fork. Prepare your toppings as the tilapia bakes. Once cooked, flake the tilapia into pieces.
- Assemble your tacos using corn tortillas, shredded red cabbage, sliced avocado, chopped red onion, diced jalapeno, and lime wedges.
- Enjoy with homemade rice, beans, and if you're 21+ a michelada beer cocktail!
Keoshia
This looks so amazing, I love Tilapia. I will have to give these fish tacos a try, next taco tuesday, lol!
Jenna | The Urben Life
Thank you, same here 🙂 I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
agilbertkindoflife
Looks amazing!! I love fish taco's
Jenna | The Urben Life
Thanks 🙂 Me too!
Kristin Waymire
These look delectable.
Jenna | The Urben Life
Thanks!!
Jen Smith
trying to get my hubby to like fish and I think this recipe is the ticket. Thanks!
Jenna | The Urben Life
Yay!! Good luck 🙂 I hope he enjoys it
Befitting Style
Nothing like a good 'ol tilapia taco. Sooo delish! I used to love these a lot
Jenna | The Urben Life
Yesss, I agree!
Stacey
Tilapia is one of my favorites, and this recipe sounds perfect for this weekend! Yum.
Jenna | The Urben Life
Mine too 🙂 I hope you try this recipe out!
Beautiful Healthy Sweet
Oh I love my fish and this is such a great summery recipe for the tilapia! So healthy, too!
Jenna | The Urben Life
Thank you!! 🙂
fivemarigolds
I love fish tacos, but I'm always afraid homemade won't be as good as the restaurant version!
Jenna | The Urben Life
I hope you give this recipe a try!
Chrissie @ One Hangry Mama
YUM. I love fish tacos! These look so easy and delicious.
Jenna | The Urben Life
Thank you, me too! It's so simple and yummy!
Lynn
Ive never wanted to try fish tacos, but these look good. Love how colorful your plate is!
Jenna | The Urben Life
Thanks so much!! I loved all the colors 🙂
Amanda | My Gluten-Free Miami
These look so delicious. I love the seasoning on the tilapia and your use of the purple cabbage for color and crunch. Tilapia is so versatile.Can't wait to add these to my Taco Tuesday line up.
Jenna | The Urben Life
Thank you! Totally, I hope you enjoy!
Eva Larson
I love fish tacos! This recipes looks so easy yet delicious! I will need to try it out.
Jenna | The Urben Life
Totally 🙂 Enjoy!!
mystyle5
Oh, these look absolutely amazing! I keep hearing about tilapia, but haven't tried it yet. Really curious to see how it is 🙂
Jenna | The Urben Life
Thanks so much! I hope you try it out 🙂
Baby Castan On Board
Fish tacos are one of my favorites! I don't usually make fish tacos at home though. I will have to try this recipe!
Jenna | The Urben Life
Awesome, I hope you try them at home 🙂
Jessi | LifeAbundant-Blog.com
We do Taco Tuesday every single week and I'm going to have to add this to the menu! I am obsessed with fish tacos and always need a new way to mix up our protein. Thanks for sharing! Pinning for later.
Jenna | The Urben Life
Yes!! You're welcome 🙂 Enjoy
21flavorsofsplendor
Yummy! I love fish tacos and baking the fish instead of frying it makes it so much healthier.
Jenna | The Urben Life
Yes, totally! I usually prefer baking to anything hah!
Kristen from Pugs & Pearls
Yum! We do taco night (at least) once a week! I never get tired of it. Having fish tacos instead would be a great way to mix that up! Easy too.
Jenna | The Urben Life
Haha yes, same here! I hope you give it a try soon 🙂