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Fish Taco Sauce

By: Rebecca  |  Published: January 14, 2018  |  Updated: January 20, 2021  |   View Our Affiliate Disclosure Policy

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This Fish Taco Sauce is the ultimate topping for fish tacos. It’s a creamy a delicious blend of sour cream, mayonnaise, lime juice, sriracha, garlic, and cumin. via @sugarandsoulco

This Fish Taco Sauce is the ultimate topping for fish tacos. It’s a creamy a delicious blend of sour cream, mayonnaise, lime juice, sriracha, garlic, and cumin.

Readers are LOVING this taco sauce recipe and using it on Burgers, Chicken Nuggets, Wonton Tacos, and more! Whip it up in just 5 minutes and put it on everything!

This Fish Taco Sauce is the ultimate topping for fish tacos. It's a creamy a delicious blend of sour cream, mayonnaise, lime juice, sriracha, garlic, and cumin.

Fish Taco Sauce will be an instant hit with your family! I’ve never been a huge fish lover, but I do enjoy a good grilled fish tacos recipe every now and then. When I was in Mexico last month we ordered some the were pretty much fresh out of the ocean and they were so good.

They had this amazing seasoning on the fish, but I think it was really the fish taco sauce that took them over the edge! Because nothing flavors up a taco like a good crema recipe on a bed of fresh fruits and veggies!

How To Make Fish Taco Sauce

What Kind of Sauce Do You Put On Fish Tacos?

The key to a good fish tacos recipe is the sauce! This sauce is a sour cream and mayonnaise-based sauce with a blend of lime juice, garlic powder, sriracha, and cumin with a touch of salt. This sauce adds a yummy creaminess to balance the light and fresh ingredients traditionally in fish tacos!

How Do You Make It?

Making this sauce recipe is really easy to do!

  1. Begin by combining the sour cream, mayonnaise, sriracha, lime juice, garlic powder, cumin, and salt together in a small bowl.
  2. Next, chill in the fridge for at least 2 hours so the flavor can build.
  3. Finally, serve it fish tacos or anything else you heart desires!
The best sauce for fish tacos!

I promise this Fish Taco Sauce will take your tacos to the next level. My family loves the flavors in this sauce, it a great mix of spicy sriracha, earthy cumin, and zesty lime with a bit of garlic and salt. You could add a couple of dashes of hot sauce for some kick too!

When you combine it with fresh ingredients like pan-seared or grilled white fish or Mahi Mahi, avocados, pico de gallo, and fruit. Wrap it all in a flour or corn tortilla and you’re in for a delicious dinner loaded with flavor!

Recipe for Fish Taco Sauce

It’s very important to let this fish taco sauce chill for at least 2 hours before first using so the flavor can build and if you have leftover, store in the fridge in an air-tight container for up to 2 weeks!

Readers are loving this recipe and have also been using this recipe on burgers and as a vegetable dip! So I can’t wait to try this great recipe on those next! I bet it adds a nice zing to a grilled summertime burger! What will you use this sauce on?

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This Fish Taco Sauce is the ultimate topping for fish tacos. It's a creamy a delicious blend of sour cream, mayonnaise, lime juice, sriracha, garlic, and cumin.

Fish Taco Sauce

Rebecca Hubbell
This Fish Taco Sauce is the ultimate topping for fish tacos. It’s a creamy a delicious blend of sour cream, mayonnaise, lime juice, sriracha, garlic, and cumin.
4.98 from 38 votes
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Prep Time 2 hrs 5 mins
Total Time 2 hrs 5 mins
Course Condiment
Cuisine American
Servings 1 cup
Calories 754

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/3 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 tablespoons lime juice
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
  • 2 teaspoons sriracha
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Instructions
 

  • Mix together all ingredients in a small bowl and chill in the fridge for at least two hours before using.

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Notes

  • It’s very important to let this sauce chill for at least 2 hours before first using so the flavor can build and if you have leftover, store in the fridge in an air-tight container for up to 2 weeks!
  • Try adding some hot sauce for extra kick!
  • Sour cream may be substituted for plain Greek yogurt.

Nutrition

Calories: 754kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 4gFat: 78gSaturated Fat: 21gCholesterol: 91mgSodium: 1944mgPotassium: 215mgSugar: 5gVitamin A: 715IUVitamin C: 16mgCalcium: 127mgIron: 0.8mg
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  1. Hayley says

    September 9, 2020 at 4:11 pm

    5 stars
    Thanks for the recipe! I had shrimp and had no idea what to do with it! Aagh quarantine cooking! Found this recipe and already had everything! So I decided to make grilled shrimp tacos. This sauce was easy to whip up and delicious! I even shredded some cabbage and used some of this sauce to mix it with! Made a perfect slaw to go under the shrimp!

    Reply
  2. Carla a Scott says

    August 26, 2020 at 4:00 pm

    5 stars
    This is really a good sauce. I didn’t have any sriracha, so I used Chipotle sauce and it really added a nice flavor to it. Thanks!

    Reply
  3. Jordana Ochoa says

    July 16, 2020 at 7:24 pm

    5 stars
    My favorite sauce ever!!! But I’ve seen this recipe on someone else’s blog post a looooong time ago! don’t take people’s recipes without giving them a shoutout!

    Reply
    • Rebecca Hubbell says

      July 16, 2020 at 8:49 pm

      Hi Jordana, I’m so glad you enjoyed the recipe. I believe you are referring to the allrecipes fish taco sauce recipe and while this has similar ingredients, it is different. My recipe has salt and cumin in it and has an increased amount of lime juice and sriracha for a bigger pop of flavor. Once three ingredients in a recipe are changed, it is considered an original recipe.

      Reply
      • Jordana says

        July 17, 2020 at 12:47 am

        5 stars
        Hello! I really don’t mean to be the Karen! Haha. It wasn’t an Allrecipes fish taco sauce. It was a made from scratch blog post, & the ingredients are the exact same!

      • Rebecca Hubbell says

        July 17, 2020 at 12:26 pm

        Hi Jordana, Mine was published in January 2018 and the recipe from Tastes Better From Scratch was published in April 2018 so… the dates are at the top of the posts for your reference.

  4. Lynn says

    July 11, 2020 at 1:19 pm

    5 stars
    Oh my heart this sauce is over the moon!! Thanks for sharing. Keep your great recipes coming please!! Thanks

    Reply
    • Rebecca Hubbell says

      July 11, 2020 at 10:05 pm

      I’m so glad you loved it!

      Reply
  5. Pam says

    June 3, 2020 at 8:07 pm

    5 stars
    My family loves this sauce, It’s great for fish tacos. The only problem is that we don’t use it all. Anyone know how long it will last if you save it.

    Reply
    • Rebecca Hubbell says

      June 3, 2020 at 8:11 pm

      It should be fine in an airtight container in the fridge for a few weeks!

      Reply
  6. Kathy Soule. says

    May 20, 2020 at 12:26 am

    5 stars
    This is truly the best all purpose sauce and soooo easy to make I have put it on my fish tacos, my left over shredded park tacos, and time I as a great dip
    Do for Sure so good. And will love it.

    Reply
    • Rebecca Hubbell says

      May 20, 2020 at 2:28 pm

      I’m so glad you liked it! Thanks so coming back to leave a review!

      Reply
  7. Matt says

    April 30, 2020 at 10:23 pm

    5 stars
    This sauce is the absolute truth! Did it with mahi mahi tacos tonight, and it was immaculate. It’s going to be a taco night staple forever! Thank you!

    Reply
    • Rebecca Hubbell says

      May 1, 2020 at 10:28 am

      I’m so glad you loved it!

      Reply
  8. Steven Wayne says

    April 19, 2020 at 9:06 pm

    5 stars
    This sauce was also amazing on ground beef tacos. Very tasty.

    Reply
    • Rebecca Hubbell says

      April 20, 2020 at 10:50 am

      I’m so glad you enjoyed it!

      Reply
  9. Maya says

    April 16, 2020 at 7:22 pm

    5 stars
    Excellent sauce. I made blackened salmon tacos. The sauce was perfect. I followed the recipe exactly.

    Reply
  10. Joan says

    March 27, 2020 at 2:29 pm

    We don’t like sour cream, and I can’t stand yogurt. Can we just use mayonnaise?

    Reply
    • Rebecca Hubbell says

      March 29, 2020 at 4:11 pm

      Hi Joan, I’ve never made it without sour cream or yogurt, but without one of those, it’s really just flavored mayo as opposed to a sauce. If you think you’ll enjoy that on your tacos that go ahead and omit.

      Reply
    • Amy says

      May 5, 2020 at 4:03 pm

      5 stars
      You dont taste the sour cream

      Reply
  11. Shelley says

    March 10, 2020 at 8:43 pm

    5 stars
    Omg! This sauce is the best. We love making fish or shrimp tacos. We love it. My husband wants fish tacos non stop now.

    Reply
    • Rebecca Hubbell says

      March 11, 2020 at 10:26 am

      I’m so glad you guys love it!!!

      Reply
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