Tortilla Crusted Fish Taco Bowls
Our absolute favorite fish tacos in bowl form. Need we say more? Let’s get a jump start on the week ahead and plan these for a weeknight meal. Easy, fast and healthy!
Serves 6
Ingredients:
Bowls:
1 can black beans or favorite beans
2 cups jasmine rice
4 cups chicken broth or water
Fish Tacos:
1 lb cod or tilapia filets
3 oz tortilla chips, crushed to make 1 cup crumbs
1 packet of taco seasoning
1 Tbsp olive oil
Spicy Avocado Crema:
2 avocados, pitted and diced
½ cup sour cream
½ cup avocado mayonnaise
Juice of 1 lime
Dash of kosher salt and pepper
1 jalapeno, roughly chopped, seeds removed if desired for less heat
Garnish:
Red cabbage, shredded
Cotija cheese, crumbled
Cilantro, roughly chopped
Scallions, diced
Sriracha aioli, hot sauce or favorite salsa
Radishes, thinly sliced and pickled, if desired
Grape tomatoes, diced
Avocado, sliced
Directions:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
In a medium stock pot, heat water or broth. Once boiling, turn heat down to low. Add jasmine rice and cover. Cook according to package instructions or until liquid is mostly absorbed. Fluff with a fork when done.
Heat undrained black beans over low heat in small pot.
While rice and beans are cooking, prepare fish. Combine taco seasoning and tortilla crumbs in a shallow bowl and prepare a baking sheet by spraying with non stick cooking spray.
Pat cod pieces dry with paper towels. Drizzle lightly with olive oil, tossing them gently with hands or a spatula to coat evenly. Working in batches, place a few pieces of cod into the bowl with tortilla chip crumbs and press crumbs into fish to form a coating all around each piece.
Place coated fish pieces in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet and lightly spray each piece with cooking spray. Bake for 5-10 minutes, until pieces are cooked through and light golden brown.
While fish is cooking, combine all ingredients for avocado cream in food processor. Blend until smooth. Set aside.
Once fish is done cooking, break up fish with spatula into smaller pieces. It should easily crumble.
Place fish, rice, beans and toppings in bowls and allow everyone to build a bowl to their liking!
Note: Costco has an amazing Tortilla Crusted Tilapia in a box in their freezer section. Those are amazing to have in hand and a great shortcut here!