Salmon Street Tacos Approved by 5/6 of My Family
on Nov 03, 2017, Updated Jan 28, 2025
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Salmon Street Tacos are one of my newest favorite meals. This meal can be on the table in 15 minutes and is seriously delicious!! Make sure to add it to your menu plan right now!
Salmon Street Tacos Approved by 5/6 of My Family
I’m always looking for ways to incorporate more heart healthy salmon into my family’s diet, and this recipe for salmon street tacos is approved by five out of six of us. My middle daughter, Cora, has proven to be my pickiest eater and claims she doesn’t like salmon (or anything healthy really). Honestly, I think she just won’t give it a chance. But as long as I serve it with beans, she’ll add a tiny bit of salmon to her bean burrito in an attempt to make me happy.
The rest of the family, however, thinks these salmon street tacos are delicious! These tacos are a great way to stretch salmon and are so qiuck to make. Check out the recipe below.
How to Make Salmon Street Tacos
The really great thing about this meal is that not only is it delicious, but it’s also quick to make. Seriously, in the ten minutes it takes to cook the salmon, you can have the red cabbage slaw and the lime cream sauce finished for a complete meal. It’s possible to make everything ahead of time for a quick reheat at dinner time too and the slaw actually tastes better if you give it time to absorb the flavors!
So let’s get started, shall we?
Melt butter in your favorite skillet over medium high heat. Cover salmon with blackened seasoning mix (you can make your own with my recipe here) – only one side if the skin is still on the bottom of the fish. Place salmon skin side down in melted butter and saute for 5 minutes. Flip salmon and saute for 5 more minutes. If you want, remove the skin after you flip it and add more blackened seasoning. Remove salmon from pan, allow to cool for a few minutes, then shred with a fork and set aside.
While the fish is cooking, combine all ingredients to make the red cabbage slaw. Place the slaw in the fridge to let the ingredients mingle.
Last, make the lime cream sauce by simply combining all ingredients. If you don’t have one of these [easyazon_link identifier=”B001VGS1M6″ locale=”US” tag=”sililo-20″]microplanes[/easyazon_link], you need one! It makes zesting citrus and grating hard cheeses a snap! Place cream sauce in the fridge so its flavors can come together too.
If you have time, heat up the tortillas to make them taste even better! If you want, you can even make your own flour tortillas pretty easily with my recipe here. Serve these yummy salmon street tacos with lime wedges, chopped jalapeno, and cilantro. Enjoy!
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Salmon Street Tacos Approved by 5/6 of My Family
Ingredients
Salmon
- 1 lb wild caught Alaska salmon
- 3-4 TBS blackened seasoning mix
- 2 TBS butter
Red Cabbage Slaw
- 1/2 head small red cabbage, finely chopped
- 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
- 3/4 cup thinly sliced red onion
- 1 1/2 TBS fresh lime juice
- 1 TBS EVOO
- finely chopped jalapeno, to taste
- 1/2 – 1 tsp REAL Salt
Lime Cream Sauce
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 tsp finely grated lime zest
- 2 tsp fresh lime juice
Instructions
- Melt butter over medium high heat. Cover salmon with blackening seasoning – only one side if the skin is still on the bottom of the fish.
- Place salmon skin side down in melted butter and saute for 5 minutes. Flip salmon and saute for 5 more minutes. If you want, remove the skin after you flip it and add more blackening seasoning.
- While the fish is cooking, combine all ingredients to make the red cabbage slaw. Place the slaw in the fridge to let the ingredients mingle.
- Last, make the lime cream sauce by simply combining all ingredients. Place cream sauce in the fridge so its flavors can come together too.
- To assemble the salmon street tacos, simply add a bit of everything to a tortilla of your choice and enjoy!
Nutrition
Yes, tacos? or No, tacos? What’s your call on street tacos? ๐
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The best part of this post is the title! The struggle is real! The recipe looks great too ๐