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Baja Fish Tacos are a fun, easy, and tasty way to upgrade fish sticks. Everyone gets to build their own ideal taco! Parent and kid-approved!
Baja Fish Taco Recipe
I have a yummy and simple dinner idea for you today, brought to you from the fridge and freezer sections of your grocery store, Baja Fish Tacos! I know last year I posted my Easiest Fish Tacos recipe and lots of you went crazy over it because I used plain old fish sticks. Groundbreaking, right? I hate frying food {especially fish} because the smell lingers in my house for literally days. I can’t stand it! So, this is my easy shortcut that takes no time at all.
Main Ingredients Needed
Here’s everything you’ll need to make these Baja fish tacos and its accompanying Baja fish taco sauce.
- Fish Sticks – this is my secret to making fast and delicious fish tacos! All the flavor without the frying smells.
- Sour Cream – this makes the sauce tangy and creamy.
- Avocado – more creamy goodness plus gentle avocado flavor. This will make your sauce slightly green.
- Garlic – for flavor.
- Taco Seasoning – use store-bought or make your own! Either way, it’s going to be delicious.
- Salt and Pepper – to taste.
- Tortillas – corn, flour or both? You choose 🙂
- Toppings – any topping you put on a regular taco would go well with these tacos too!
Baja Fish Taco Sauce
Start by making the Baja Fish Taco Sauce:
- Place some sour cream, garlic, salt, pepper, avocado, and taco seasoning into a blender.
- Blend it up until it’s smooth, taste and adjust seasonings as you see fit. That’s it! Easy Peasy.
- Pour this into a bowl or a squeeze bottle and set aside.
How to Make Baja Fish Tacos
- The other important thing for this recipe and really the last step is to bake up some fish sticks. I bought the VandeKamp’s extra crunchy kind, but you can use whichever kind you’d like.
- Basically, once the fish sticks are baked and the sauce is done, it’s just a matter of laying all your ingredients out and letting everyone build their own tacos come dinner time. I laid out a variety of tortillas, some shredded red cabbage, cilantro, avocado slices, sour cream, greek yogurt, and pre-shredded Mexican blend cheese.
My daughter ate two whole Baja fish tacos on her own with a few extra fish sticks after…it was awesome! Taco bars….who knew?
Customization
How many of you love to customize your own tacos? I know the people in my family do! Usually, for taco night, I just lay all the toppings out on the table and let everyone take care of their own plates. This Baja fish taco recipe is no different. I just lay all the ingredients out and let my husband and kids do their own thing. It’s probably one of the least stressful dinners I serve because it takes less than 30 minutes to throw together and I know everyone will lick their plates clean.
I don’t know about you guys, but whenever we include our kids in the process of making dinner, they are more likely to eat their dinner AND talk at the dinner table. I’ve come to figure out little ways to include the two of them almost every night in the process to create more family time and make it more of a ‘quality’ meal. Whether it’s making their own tacos, setting the table or tearing lettuce, I get them involved. My style of cooking doesn’t change, but the way I go about including my family members does. And what do you know…it makes a big difference.
More Taco Recipes to Rock your World!
- Mojito Lime Fish Taco Recipe
- Shrimp Tacos
- Taco Lettuce Wraps
- The Easiest Fish Tacos
- Taco Sloppy Joes
- Asian Beef Tacos
This is my super simple shortcut to make fish sticks into amazing Baja Fish Tacos. Who knew frozen fish sticks could be so….gourmet? So super fast and delightfully delicious!
Have a great day, friends!
Baja Fish Tacos
Ingredients
- 23 oz. VandeKamp’s Crunchy Fish Sticks 1 box
for the baja sauce:
- 1 cup Daisy light sour cream
- 1 ripe avocado
- 1 clove garlic grated
- 2 tablespoons taco seasoning
- salt & pepper to taste
taco ingredients:
- 4 corn tortillas or flour tortillas
- shredded cabbage
- cilantro
- sour cream
- greek yogurt
- shredded cheese
- any other desired toppings
Instructions
- Cook fish sticks according to package directions.
- While fish sticks are baking, place all ingredients for Baja sauce into a blender and whir until combined and sauce is smooth 20-30 seconds. Pour into a bowl or squeeze bottle.
- Place taco ingredients and toppings into bowls and onto a table with the Baja fish taco sauce and hot fish sticks. Let everyone serve themselves and enjoy!
My family loves these!
One of the very first recipes of yours I tried! This sauce is my go to every time I make tacos now!! My kids love them too!
Would love to try these tacos! I have a picky eater but I love fish!
These look amazing!! Can’t wait to try them!!
This is quickly becoming one of our family’s favorites!
These were great. I made a bunch of changes to the baja sauce, based on what I had, using sour cream, guacamole, garlic powder, cayenne powder, chile powder, and cumin. So good! Thanks for posting.
A quality meal for me is all homemade, or at least with as few chemicals as possible; and also that it was worth the time it took to make!
To me, a quality meal is good, wholesome food eaten at the table where we talk about our day.
A quality meal to me is something that is well balanced with lots of variety and plenty of fresh fruit or vegetables. I also prefer to have locally grown, that is a part of quality to me.
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A good balance of protein, fat and carbs that keeps me satisfied.
A quality meal is one that everyone enjoys. Period.
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Good recipe with fresh ingredients served to happy people.
Anything with my family happy and around the dinner table
A quality meal is tasty, made with good ingredients, and with at least some regard for nutrition.
A quality meal to me means using fresh seasonal ingredients and combining them to make a great salad.
I can’t wait to try those fish tacos. Especially the sauce, sounds delish!
Healthy, whole food ingredients. No artificial stuff.
A quality meal is one where the whole family enjoys and is happy with.
A quality meal to me is nutritional and delicious.
A quality meal to me can be simple but has to have the freshest ingredients 🙂
I love fish tacos and these looks absolutely amazing! Can’t wait to give them a try.
Quality food is fresh, minimally processed, and tastes good.
Healthy, fun, fresh meals instead of processed box and jar foods.
A quality family meal is a healthy, tasty meal that our whole family sits at the table together to eat.
One that satisfies all the palates and the health requirements of our household.
A quality meal is one that the entire family will eat, including my two little picky eaters!
A balanced meal 🙂
a quality meal means a combination of simple, fresh, wholesome foods to create a plate that includes protein, good carbs, veggies, and a fruit. It also must include a lot of love in the preparation!!!!!
A quality meal is taking time to find and make wholesome delicious meals made with natural ingredients and free of preservatives and GMOs (as much as possible). It also is a well balanced meal that provides essential vitamins and nutrients.
A quality meal is taking the time to prep and cook your own meal and sitting down to enjoy it with family and friends.
Quality meal means everyone having the meal was satisfied and liked it, aside from having clean/fresh items.
Quality meal for me means fresh ingredients and great flavor!
My definition of a quality meal would be a healthy meal. Something that probably includes a fish protein and isn’t fried or full of preservatives.
A quality meal in our house would be “clean” whole food that is based on veggies with a small side of meat. The Baja Tacos sound perfect!!!
To me, a quality meal is one that my husband and I have made together. We meal plan, make shopping lists together and then make dinner together. It is one of my favorite parts of the day!!
A quality meal, to me, is one made with fresh, delicious ingredients, and one that requires a little more preparation than the everyday meal. And it’s even better when enjoyed with loved ones!
A quality meal to me means being able to use fresh ingredients to make a dish!
To me, quality meal is made up of quality, wholesome ingredients. It is both nourishing and satiating 🙂
A quality meal, to me, means that my whole family eats a meal together that everyone can eat (gluten free and all!) complete with homemade sides. Usually that only happens on birthdays and holidays!
These look yummy Lauren 🙂
These sound amazing! Love the idea of a taco bar and getting the whole family involved!
These look great! I’m a sucker for tacos, and we have so much fresh fish in Seattle, that I’ll have to try baking up my own. That baja sauce looks incredible!
A quality meal should contain a good serving of vegetables and also a protein and whole wheat or grains.
A home cooked meal served around the table with my husband and children.
Anything to get the kids away from hot dogs and mac’n’cheese . . . .
A quality meal to me is one with whole and natural ingredients that fills you up, provides you with essential vitamins and nutrients and that of course, tastes great.
What a great alternative — I hate frying too – yet, still love crispy fish tacos!!
Love a meal that does more than fill you up. Nourishing the body and soul and building more than a strong body.