Fish Taco Sauce

Submitted by TigerJo

"To save time, I oven-bake breaded or battered frozen fish (but if we had a deep fryer, I'd probably use it). I slice cabbage very thin, it works better for the tacos than shredded cabbage. Add your favorite tortillas, and you have an easy, crunchy, and great tasting meal. Prep time is just for making the sauce."

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup mayonnaise
• 1⁄2 cup sour cream or 1/2 cup Greek yogurt, plain
• 1 lime, juiced
• 1 tablespoon capers, minced to taste
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried dill weed
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cayenne pepper, to taste (optional)

directions

1. Blend mayo and sour cream (or yogurt) together; blend in lime juice, then capers, cumin, oregano, dill, and cayenne; it can be served immediately or can be made ahead.
2. I assemble my tacos by putting 1-2 fish fingers (depending on the size of tortilla), add a sprinkle of cabbage, a drizzle of sauce, then roll up.

Reviews

[Ophirmom]

I've been using this with baked tilapia for fish tacos, but with a bunch of leftover cabbage and some carrots I decided to make coleslaw - this sauce makes an excellent coleslaw dressing too!

 

[laura.e.shepard]

This sauce was excellent! I actually used about 2 oz olive oil mayo to 7 oz fat free greek yogurt. I was making fish tacos and I'm used to having a slaw instead of sauce so I tossed this sauce with a whole bag of sliced cabbage from Trader Joe's and a half a package of broccoli slaw until it was the right consistency. I also threw in a few tablespoons of chopped cilantro because I had some lying around. Absolutely amazing! I'm never making fish tacos (or breakfast tacos) without this slaw again! Thanks for the recipe!

 

[Chef Doozer]

We enjoyed this! Thanks for posting.

 

[Don N.]

I've been making a recipe almost exactly like this for 20 years now. It's supposedly Rick Rubio's original recipe (he introduced fish tacos to the U.S.). The only difference is the recipe uses 1 teaspoon of capers which is more than enough, and there's one to two finely diced habanero peppers which turns this sauce into the best stuff on the planet. Definitely use plain yogurt (not Greek) and not sour cream. I love sour cream but it has no place in this recipe.

 

[NCSouthernBelle]

This was great! I left out the capers (personal preference) and had to use ranch dip as I was out of sour cream but it turned out to be a perfect sauce for my spicy fish tacos!