Salmon Fish Tacos with Creamy Avocado Salsa
What if I told you that you could have a delicious dish on your dinner table in 20 minutes? Seriously, these salmon tacos are so simple to make and taste incredible.
Ingredients
Salmon Tacos:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound salmon fillets, resh or frozen and thawed
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 1/2 teaspoons smoked paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 8 corn tortillas
Garnishes:
- red onion, slices
- 1 jalapeño, thinly sliced
- chopped cilantro
Avocado Salsa:
- 1 ripe avocado, pitted and peeled
- 1 clove garlic
- handful cilantro
- 1 jalapeno, stemmed
- juice of 1 lime
- 3/4 cups crema Mexicana or sour cream
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Sprinkle salt, pepper, paprika, and garlic powder on top of fillets and place them skin down until skin is crispy for about 4 to 5 minutes. Flip and cook for another 3 to 4 minutes depending on the thickness, until the flesh is opaque and flaky.
- Meanwhile, in a blender, place avocado, garlic, cilantro, jalapeño, lime juice, and crema. Blend until creamy. Add salt to taste.
- Flake the salmon with a fork into pieces. Remove the skin and discard.
- Heat corn tortillas on a griddle. Fill with salmon pieces and dollop with creamy avocado salsa and serve with red onion slices, jalapeño slices, cilantro leaves, and a squeeze of lime juice.
Notes
- You’ll know your salmon is done cooking when it flakes easily. Make sure to not overcook it.
- Use my zucchini salsa verde (a.k.a. fake guacamole) in place of the avocado salsa to save on your grocery bill. Avocados can be quite spendy, but summer squash is usually pretty inexpensive. You'll be shocked at how well the zucchini imitates the creaminess of the avocado!
- Make blackened salmon tacos using this recipe as a guide for the spice rub.
- Make a salmon burrito bowl. Skip the tortilla and load up a bowl with Cilantro Lime Rice, Black Beans, flaked salmon, fresh Pico de Gallo, and your avocado salsa for a super filling meal.
Nutrition
Calories: 478kcal, Carbohydrates: 31g, Protein: 28g, Fat: 28g, Saturated Fat: 7g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g, Monounsaturated Fat: 12g, Cholesterol: 88mg, Sodium: 673mg, Potassium: 994mg, Fiber: 7g, Sugar: 3g, Vitamin A: 834IU, Vitamin C: 14mg, Calcium: 110mg, Iron: 2mg