Best 5 Air Fried Baja Fish Tacos Recipes

FRIED FISH TACOS TO REMIND YOU OF BAJA CALIFORNIA

Steps:

• Place onion in resealable plastic bag with 1 teaspoon salt, basil, and oregano. Squeeze in juice from 1 1/2 limes. Add enough water to help spread marinade all over the onion slices. Seal and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight.
• Combine sour cream, mayonnaise, and the juice of 1 lime in a bowl. Mix, adding more lime juice as needed, until the white sauce is runny. Cut the remaining limes into wedges.
• Heat oil to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) in a deep pot over medium heat.
• Preheat the oven to 225 degrees F (110 degrees C). Place tortillas in oven to keep warm.
• Whisk flour, beer, and egg together in a medium bowl until texture resembles pancake batter. Dip 3 to 4 pieces of fish into the mixture and fry in the hot oil until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Drain on paper towels. Repeat with remaining fish.
• Place fried fish over warmed tortillas, topped with the marinated onions, white sauce, lime wedges, cabbage, pico de gallo, and cilantro.

AIR FRYER CRISPY FISH TACOS WITH SLAW

Steps:

• Preheat an air fryer to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spray the basket of the air fryer with cooking spray.
• Combine cabbage slaw, jalapeno pepper, lime juice, olive oil, vinegar, salt, pepper, and cayenne pepper in a large bowl. Mix until evenly combined and set aside.
• Mix together flour, cornmeal, and taco seasoning in a separate bowl. Add fish pieces and toss until evenly coated, discarding any remaining seasoning mix. Place in the prepared air fryer basket and mist lightly with cooking spray.
• Cook fish in the preheated air fryer for 5 minutes. Shake the basket, and cook until fish is crispy and flakes easily with a fork, about 5 minutes more. Remove to a paper towel-lined plate.
• Place cabbage slaw mixture into the air fryer basket.
• Cook until cabbage is caramelized, about 8 minutes, stirring halfway through the cooking time.
• Spoon cabbage onto tortillas and top with fish.

AIR-FRIED BAJA FISH TACOS

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, toss the cabbage, scallions, cilantro, lime juice, oil, and ½ tsp salt. Let stand at room temperature until ready to serve.
• Coat the fish with cooking spray and season with the remaining ½ tsp salt. In a pie dish or other shallow dish, whisk the cornmeal, cumin, garlic powder, and cayenne. Dredge one-third of the fish in the cornmeal, turning the pieces to coat evenly.
• Preheat the air fryer to 400°F. Coat the air-fryer basket with cooking spray. Arrange the coated fish pieces in the basket, spacing them apart. Coat the fish pieces with cooking spray. Cook in the air fryer until the fish is lightly browned and flakes easily when tested with a fork, 7 to 8 minutes. Remove from the air fryer. Repeat with the remaining fish and cornmeal. Divide the fish, avocado, slaw, and sliced chiles (if using) among the tortillas.
• Serving size: 2 tacos

BAJA FRIED FISH TACOS, A SAN DIEGO SURFERS DELIGHT!

Steps:

• In a bowl, whisk beer, flour and salt, blending well.
• Rinse fish and pat dry.
• Cut into six oblong pieces.
• In a deep skillet, heat about one inch of oil to 360°F
• Coat fish pieces in beer batter and drain briefly.
• Slide coated fish into oil.
• Turn when golden about one ot two minutes. Cook another one or two minutes on the other side and remove from oil with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.
• Mix mayonnaise with a little water to thin, and add the mined garlic.
• To assemble the taco, add one piece of fish to each soft corn tortilla. Give the fish a squeeze of lime juice. Top with shredded cabbage, salsa and dressing.

AIR-FRYER FISH TACOS

Steps:

• Place sour cream, chiles, cilantro and lime juice in a food processor; cover and process until blended. Set aside. , Cut each tilapia fillet lengthwise into 2 portions. Place flour, egg white and bread crumbs in separate shallow bowls. Dip tilapia in flour, then egg white, then crumbs. , Preheat air fryer to 400°. In batches, arrange fillets in a single layer on greased tray in air-fryer basket; spritz with cooking spray. Cook until fish flakes easily with a fork, 10-12 minutes, turning once. , Combine seasonings; sprinkle over fish. Place a portion of fish on each tortilla; top with about 2 tablespoons sour cream mixture. Sprinkle with tomato. If desired, top with additional cilantro.