Whatever type of taco you’re in the mood for—light and delicious fish tacos, true Mexican “street” tacos or cheesy, loaded Tex-Mex tacos—you’re sure to find it here.
Our Favorite Fish Taco Recipes
We’d never claim that there’s ONE best fish tacos recipe. Because why choose!? We love all three of these fish tacos equally—there’s one for every mood.
- Carnitas Tacos. Turn our favorite pork carnitas recipe into our favorite taco recipe ever by adding just a few simple ingredients.
- Shrimp Tacos. Our super easy shrimp taco recipe comes complete with a slightly spicy avocado crema and topped with a crispy cabbage slaw that’s totally irresistible.
- Spicy Fish Tacos. Featuring tender pieces of panko-crusted white fish loaded into warm tortillas, then topped with a crunchy cabbage slaw and drizzled with homemade spicy mayo, these crispy fish tacos totally rock.
- Grilled Tilapia Tacos. Fresh and light, this grilled fish taco recipe is healthy, adaptable—use any firm white fish that is available and affordable—and always a crowd-pleaser.
- Beer-Battered Fish Tacos. loaded with a slightly spicy, creamy coleslaw and topped off with a lime-spritzed crema, are pure heaven in a tortilla.
The Best Street Tacos
The phrase “street tacos” refers to tacos that are made in a more traditional way, and meant to reflect the tacos you’d typically get as a street food in Mexico. When you see the phrase “street tacos” it usually means that the tacos you’re getting will be smaller and a bit simpler than other types of tacos—and are an especially stark contrast to Tex-Mex tacos—and made with corn tortillas instead of flour. Here are three street taco recipes we just adore:
Chicken Street Tacos With Mango Slaw. Topped with a crunchy, sweet lime-mango slaw, this easy chicken taco recipe is easy, healthy weeknight heaven.
- Carne Asada Tacos. Nothing more and nothing less than the very best carne asada tacos recipe we could possibly create! Juicy steak, corn tortillas and fresh guacamole make for one killer dinner—just add margaritas.
Slow-Cooker Barbacoa Beef Tacos. Savory, juicy barbacoa beef tacos—just like the ones at Chipotle!—topped simply with crunchy radishes and diced onion, are a cinch to make thanks to our trusty slow-cooker.
Chicken Tinga Tacos. A few choice canned ingredients—like smoky chipotles in adobo and fire-roasted tomatoes—and a store-bought rotisserie chicken make this easy chicken tinga recipe a weeknight go-to.
Tex-Mex Taco Recipes & Other Outside-the-Box Taco Recipes
We’ve got a real soft spot in our hearts for Tex-Mex food. Drenched in sauces and usually as loaded up with cheese as possible, it’s not authentically Mexican at all—it is a cuisine all its own. These hearty, Tex-Mex style taco recipes always hit the spot:
Breakfast Tacos. Because you can't fly to Austin every time you're craving breakfast tacos. But at least you can make them at home until your next visit! Loaded with bacon, eggs, avocado and cheddar cheese, our breakfast taco recipe is good enough to get you through!
Crispy Ground Beef Tacos (Cover Photo). Beefy taco filling, hot and crispy from the pan and spiced just-so, loaded into a fried flour tortilla and topped to your heart's content—plenty of sour cream and pico on ours, please!—beef tacos are one of the speediest, easiest weeknight dinners out there.
Jerk Chicken Tacos. Fresh lime juice and homemade jerk seasoning liven up the simple grilled chicken thighs that fill our pineapple-loaded, tropical fever dream of a jerk chicken taco recipe.
Deliciously Vegan Taco Recipes To Love
We know, we know—vegan tacos don’t sound all that exciting. But, the way we make ‘em, they’re actually every bit as texturally interesting and powerfully flavored as their meaty counterparts. Here are our two very favorite vegan taco recipes:
Roasted Cauliflower Tacos. Crispy roasted taco-seasoned cauliflower is piled into a warm tortilla and honestly you could stop there and dinner would be yummy. The avocado crema we make has sour cream, but just leave it out for a still-delicious sauce that’ll ensure your tacos are 100% vegan.
Sweet Potato Tacos. Bulked up with black beans and a crispy cabbage slaw, this vegan taco recipe has a hint of sweetness from the roasted sweet potatoes, so it’s super kid-friendly.
Not Tacos: Taco-Adjacent Recipes That Rule
From the best taco seasoning ever—we even rounded up 10 ways to use it!—to a deeply all-American, salsa-and-sour cream dressed taco salad, these taco-related recipes are every bit as awesome as the more classic taco recipes that inspired them.
Homemade Taco Seasoning. Smokey and savory, with a satisfying mild heat, our homemade taco seasoning is an adaptable, simple way to turn a ho-hum dinner into a “make again, please!”.
Taco Salad. The best taco salad recipe starts with seasoned beef and gets better from there, with toppings piled high—beans, corn, cheese, avocado and chips. Finish it off with taco salad dressing and DIG IN!
Taco Soup. What’s easier than taco night? Taco SOUP night! Rather than fussing around with warming tortillas in one pan, and seasoned beef sizzling in another, we’ve taken the ease of taco night and made it even better by soupifying it!
Crock-Pot Taco Meat. Just three-ingredients and the use of our trusty slow-cooker make this Crock-Pot taco meat recipe an easy win.
- Crock-Pot Chicken Taco Meat. A shredded chicken taco feast is even easier to make than you think. Like, three ingredients easy.
Taco Night, Every Night
You could truly eat for about a month on the taco recipes we’ve rounded up here, so you’re welcome! Taco night can become taco month! That’s our kind of month. Try these taco recipes, and let us know how you like them, OK? Share a photo and tag us on Instagram using @themodernproper and #themodernproper so that we can see your stuff! Happy eating!
