dinner · seafood
Blackened Fish Tacos
Spice-crusted tilapia in warm tortillas with cabbage slaw and lime crema.
8
Serves
30–60m
Prep
$5.03
Per person
Scale to
8
Ingredients
- Tilapia filletmeat/protein2.4 lb$24.00
- Corn tortillaspantry16 tortilla$3.20
- Coleslaw mixproduce3.2 cup$1.92
- Sour creamdairy16 tbsp$4.80
- Limeproduce4 lime$2.00
- Cilantroproduce1.2 bunch$1.80
- Smoked paprikaspices4 tsp$0.20
- Cuminspices4 tsp$0.20
- Cayennespices2 tsp$0.10
- Olive oilpantry8 tbsp$2.00
Instructions
- 1
Mix paprika, cumin, cayenne, salt, pepper. Coat fish heavy.
- 2
Sear fish in oil, 3 min per side until charred. Flake.
- 3
Mix sour cream with lime juice, cilantro, salt for crema.
- 4
Warm tortillas.
- 5
Build: tortilla, slaw, fish, crema, more cilantro, lime.
Prep Timeline
T-25Mix spice, season fish
T-15Sear fish
T-5Build tacos
Firehouse Notes
- Open a window — blackening smokes.
- Crema thinner = drizzles better.
Estimated total
$40.22
$5.03 per person