Fish Taco Sauce
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 Is The Best Sauce For Fish Tacos!
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 that 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!
This recipe is the best blend of flavor! I usually do eat sriracha or fish tacos … but I decided to try this out, and wow! My tastebuds were delighted! It was so delicious! I can’t wait to try it on other foods. So quick and easy to make. I will definitely recommend it, and it will be something I’ll make again!!!!! Thank you for the recipe. You just got a new follower and fan!
Readers love this recipe and have also been using it 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?
Why Use This Sauce For With Fish?
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!
Fish Taco Sauce Recipe Ingredients
All you need is a handful of pantry staple ingredients and a couple of other fresh ingredients to make this delicious Mexican-inspired sauce!
- Sour cream
- Mayonaise
- Lime juice
- Garlic powder
- Sriracha
- Cumin
- Salt
How Do You Make A Crema?
Making this sauce recipe is really easy to do!
- Begin by combining the sour cream, mayonnaise, sriracha, lime juice, garlic powder, cumin, and salt together in a small bowl.
- Next, chill in the fridge for at least 2 hours so the flavor can build.
- Finally, serve it fish tacos or anything else your heart desires!
It’s very important to let this fish taco sauce chill for at least 2 hours before first using it so the flavor can build.
I promise this Fish Taco Sauce will take your tacos to the next level. My family loves the flavors in this sauce; it’s 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!
How To Serve This Sauce
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 flour or corn tortillas, and you’re in for a delicious dinner loaded with flavor!
Fish tacos are best served right after the fish is done cooking. This means you’ll want to prep your sauce at least two hours before cooking and make sure any other ingredients are prepped too so you’re ready to assemble and enjoy everything fast.
Not only is it delicious on tacos, but it goes great on Steak Fajitas, too!
Fish Taco Toppings
I find that a great slaw can go a long way in tacos, but it’s the sauce that really brings everything together. Pickled red onions and avocado are other favorites of mine! As for cheese we tend to prefer queso fresco or cotija cheese. But you can use a shredded Mexican cheese blend also.
What Is Served With Fish Tacos?
Tacos can be great on their own, but if you want to make them a full meal, we love everything from cilantro lime rice and refried beans to seasoned french fries. And don’t forget to serve it with the best skinny margarita recipe!
Storing White Sauces
If you have leftovers, store the sauce in an air-tight container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks!
Fish Taco Sauce Recipe FAQs
What is a Baja sauce?
Baja Sauce was a popular Taco Bell sauce option in the 90s and 00s but was discontinued in 2014. It is similar to this Fish Taco Sauce recipe except that it usually has cilantro and blended bell pepper in it.
What is the best fish for tacos?
Any flaky white fish is a great option because they tend to have a mild flavor and great texture for capturing sauce! We enjoy the following:
- Tilapia
- Haddock
- Pacific Cod
- Mahi Mahi
- Halibut
- Sea Bass
- Cat Fish
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Did You Make This Recipe?
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This recipe was originally published in January 2018 and was updated in April 2024 with new photos.
The Best Fish Tacos Sauce
Ingredients
- ½ cup sour cream
- ⅓ cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 2 teaspoons sriracha
- 1½ teaspoons garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground cumin
Instructions
- Mix together ½ cup sour cream, ⅓ cup mayonnaise, 2 tablespoons lime juice, 2 teaspoons sriracha, 1½ teaspoons garlic powder, ½ teaspoon salt, and ¼ teaspoon ground cumin in a small bowl.
- Chill in the fridge for at least two hours before using for best results.
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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.
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This is soooo good! I keep this in the fridge all the time in a silicone squeeze bottle, but I normally make it with Greek-style yogurt instead of sour cream. (I usually have the former on hand and do not have the latter.) Not just on _fish_ tacos–sometimes I have it over sauteed ground beef on a big bed of lettuce.
Seriously BEST fish taco sauce ever. Very versatile also.
Perfect even when I switch siracha for cholula original hot sauce
Glad you enjoyed it!
Simply perfect
this has been my go to sauce whenever I make fish tacos! thank you so much for this amazing recipe~
The perfect compliment to our tacos! I love how the ingredients were easy to put together and we even use the sauce with other things now too!
Yes, it’s such a versatile sauce!
I absolutely love fish tacos! This sauce is so BOMB!! definitely takes the tacos to the next level!
So glad you liked it!
This was amazing! We now use it on turkey wraps, club sandwiches and a condiment with any fish dish.
It really is such a great sauce that tastes good on so many things!
Family of 9 all loved this sauce
I’m so glad everyone enjoyed it!
Can’t wait to make this, given all of the great reviews! Do you have a fish taco recipe to share also?
This is the fish taco recipe I have. It uses frozen fish but you could make it with your favorite fresh fish as well.
For an absolutely shameless cheat–we use breaded fish sticks from Trader’s… Since I often have the sauce all made in a squeeze bottle in the fridge along with Trader Joe’s organic soft tacos (which my husband eats for lunches), this is a last minute dinner that literally goes together in 10-15 minutes. I use 1-1/2 or 2 fish sticks per taco with some lettuce greens, shredded carrots and the sauce. Super yum.
Excellent fish taco sauce!
Great tasty sauce, I don’t like srirhara sauce so I used homemade salsa, it was wonderful for my fish tacos
Perfect sauce for fish tacos. My family lovesit!
This recipe is the best blend of flavor! I usually do eat sirracha or fish tacos … but I decided to try this out and wow! My tastebuds were delighted! It was so delicious! I can’t wait to try it on other foods. So quick and easy to make. I will definitely reccomend and it will be something I’ll make again!!!!! Thank you for the recipe. You just got a new follower and fan!
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!
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!
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!
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.
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!
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.
Oh my heart this sauce is over the moon!! Thanks for sharing. Keep your great recipes coming please!! Thanks
I’m so glad you loved it!
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.
It should be fine in an airtight container in the fridge for a few weeks!
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.
I’m so glad you liked it! Thanks so coming back to leave a review!