Low Calorie Fish Tacos

This Low Calorie Fish Tacos comes with a delicious fish taco sauce recipe, plus a mango salsa recipe. All together, you can have two fish tacos for under 300 calories!

This healthy fish taco recipe is easy to make and quite the crowd pleaser. It’s packed with 27.7g of protein and loads of flavor, I know you’ll love the healthy recipe!

Fish tacos recipes don’t have to be hard to make or unhealthy. By skipping the breading and frying you save time, effort, and best of all, 100’s of calories!

Two of these low calorie fish tacos are only 274 calories! And that’s with the sauce for fish tacos and the mango salsa.

Low Calorie Fish Tacos

Ingredients in Healthy Fish Tacos

What fish for fish tacos should you use? The best fish for tacos can vary depending on availability or personal taste.

I like to use tilapia for fish tacos, it’s have the best flavor and texture in my opinion. However you can use cod for fish tacos, or even make these shrimp tacos should you desire.

This fish taco seasoning goes great on all seafood, so try this recipe with whatever fish you desire.

I make this fish taco recipe easy by using a versatile seasoning for fish tacos. This way you can use tilapia for fish tacos, shrimp, cod, or any fish you prefer.

There are a lot of ingredients for the best fish tacos recipe, however please note, this list of ingredients is for fish tacos, the sauce for tacos, and the mango salsa for tacos. Three recipes in one!

Shopping List for Healthy Fish Tacos:

• Tilapia
• Distilled white vinegar
• Limes
• Garlic
• Hot sauce
• Cumin
• Chili powder
• Corn tortillas
• Avocado 
• Olive Oil Spray
• Greek Yogurt
• Adobo sauce from chipotle peppers
• Mango
• Red bell pepper
• Red onion
• Cilantro
• Jalapeño
• Salt and pepper

The shopping list may be a bit long… but it’s for 3 recipes! It includes the easy fish tacos recipe, the dressing for fish tacos and the wonderful mango salsa recipe.

How to Make Low Calorie Fish Tacos

I cut 100’s of calories from this fish taco recipe by grilling the fish (instead of frying it) by swapping Greek Yogurt for sour cream in the white taco sauces, and by creating a flavorful mango salsa for fish tacos that is simply divine!

It’s easy to make fish tacos! And you’ll want to make them all the time with this delicious recipe!

How to Make Healthy Fish Tacos:

1. Mix the marinade ingredients in a large bowl, cover and place in the fridge for 1-2 hours.
2. Preheat a grill to high heat and lightly spray with olive oil. 
3. Add the marinated fish to the grill and cook for 5 minutes, flip and cook for another 5 minutes until the fish is flakey.
4. Meanwhile, mix all of the dressing ingredients in a medium bowl and set aside.
5. In another bowl, mix together the mango salsa ingredients and set aside.
6. Steam the tortillas in the microwave according to the package.
7. To assemble, add 1-2 pieces of fish to a tortilla. Top with avocado slices and 1/8 cup of mango salsa. Drizzle over some dressing over the fish tacos and serve.

Healthy Fish Taco Toppings

I am a bit of a purest when it comes to fish taco toppings.

I like avocado, mango salsa and my low calorie fish tacos sauces recipes. But there are many ways to dress up your fish tacos, and I wanted to give you a toppings guide.

The best fish tacos toppings are fresh and often crunchy to play off the softness of the fish and the tortilla. Here are my 10 favorite toppings.

The 10 Best Fist Taco Toppings:

1. Avocado
2. Shredded cabbage
3. Mango salsa (see below!)
4. Pico de Gallo
5. Creamy taco sauce (see below!)
6. Hot sauce
7. Cilantro
8. Red onions
9. Pickled onions
10. Cotija Cheese (though many believe you should never add cheese to fish)

Most people are apposed to adding cheese to fish tacos, and I happen to be one of them. There is a long standing rule to never combine fish and cheese. However, I have had Cotija cheese on fish tacos before, and it doesn’t ruin the dish.

So if you simply must add cheese to your tacos, try this salty Mexican cheese, it adds a boost of flavor the plays well off the other ingredients.

Low Calorie Fish Tacos Recipe

This recipe for Low Calorie Fish Tacos is easy and delicious! Don’t let the long list of ingredients scare you off, you likely have many of them on hand already.

This recipe calls for a lot of limes, 3 to be exact. I recommend getting fresh limes as it makes all the difference!

Nutrition and Calories for Fish Tacos

The nutrition here reflects the fish taco recipe in this article. Most fish tacos are much higher in calories, so please note this information only applied to the recipe in the card above.

I have been able to cut 100’s of calories by grilling the fish (instead of frying it) and by swapping out the high calorie sour cream for metabolism boosting Greek Yogurt. They taste exactly the same when mixed with the spices and lime juice!

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Article History:

• Originally written and published December 5, 2020 by Audrey Johns
• Updated on May 17, 2023 by Audrey Johns