Published: Mar 31, 2022 · Modified: Aug 02, 2024
There’s nothing quite like sitting down to a family dinner of fish taquitos, especially when you can have them ready in about 30 minutes! With fish sticks in the freezer, this delicious meal becomes a weeknight lifesaver. Fish sticks are a freezer staple that makes dinner prep a breeze. Plus, using an air fryer ensures that your fish sticks come out perfectly crunchy every time.
There’s nothing quite like sitting down to a family dinner of fish taquitos, especially when you can have them ready in about 30 minutes! With fish sticks in the freezer, this delicious meal becomes a weeknight lifesaver. Fish sticks are a freezer staple that makes dinner prep a breeze. Plus, using an air fryer ensures that your fish sticks come out perfectly crunchy every time.
Making fish taquitos is not only easy but also a fun activity to do with the whole family. Enlist the help of your kids to roll them up, and turn dinner prep into a bonding experience. These fish taquitos are not just quick to prepare but also incredibly tasty.
One of the best parts about this meal is that if you have any leftovers (though we doubt you will!), they reheat beautifully for lunch or dinner later in the week. Just pop them back in the air fryer or oven for a few minutes, and they’ll be as crispy and delicious as the first time.
Here’s a quick guide to making these scrumptious fish taquitos:
Ingredients
For the Seasoning:
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon chili lime seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic
- 8 grounds of pepper
- Pinch of sea salt
For the Avocado Crema:
- 1 avocado
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1/2 lime
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro
- Salt and pepper to taste
For the Fish Stick Taquitos:
- 12 fish sticks
- 12 mini flour tortillas
- 6 pepper jack cheese sticks
- Vegetable oil spray
Instructions
Make the Avocado Crema:
- Blend Ingredients: To a blender, add sour cream, avocado, lime juice, fresh cilantro, salt, and pepper. Blend until smooth.
- Adjust Seasoning: Taste and adjust seasoning if needed. Spoon into a bowl and place in the fridge.
Prepare the Fish Sticks, Cheese & Tortillas:
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 425°F (220°C). Spray a sheet pan with vegetable oil spray.
- Mix Seasoning: In a small bowl, mix together ground cumin, chili lime seasoning, granulated garlic, pepper, and sea salt.
- Season Fish Sticks: Place the fish sticks on the prepared sheet pan. Spray lightly with vegetable oil and sprinkle the seasoning mixture over the top. We like to make extra fish sticks because everyone loves them!
- Prepare Cheese and Tortillas: Unwrap the pepper jack cheese sticks and split each into 2 pieces. Split the tortillas into 2 foil pouches and set aside.
Time to Bake:
- First Bake: Put the fish sticks into the oven for 4 minutes. Take them out, flip the fish sticks over, and lightly season again.
- Warm Tortillas: Place the pan back into the oven on the second shelf and put the foil pouches with tortillas on the top shelf. You want to warm the tortillas without getting them crispy, as warming them will help keep the taquitos together better.
- Assembly: Now it’s time for assembly! This is a great step to get younger children involved. Have them place a piece of string cheese and one fish stick at the edge of each tortilla, then roll tightly and set aside, seam down. Repeat until all taquitos are assembled.
Final Bake:
- Season and Bake: Lightly spray the same sheet pan and place all the rolled-up taquitos seam down. Sprinkle with seasoning, turn over, sprinkle again, and then place back seam side down.
- Bake Again: Return to the oven for another 4 minutes, then pull out and turn the taquitos over so they brown on both sides. Place back in the oven and check after 3 minutes, but it may take up to 4 minutes until they are nicely browned.
Serve:
- Serve with Salsa and Crema: Serve your delicious fish taquitos with bottled salsa and the avocado crema you made earlier.
In just 30 minutes, you have a delicious, family-friendly dinner ready to enjoy. Fish taquitos are perfect for busy weeknights, and their ease and flavor will make them a regular in your meal rotation. Give them a try, and see how quickly they disappear from the table!
Steps to make these fish taquitos:
Start by prepping your ingredients. Add the seasonings to a bowl and blend. Open the cheese sticks and pull apart into 2 pieces.
Pre-heat air fryer, or convection or standard oven, according to the package directions, and place fish sticks on a sheet pan. Make the avocado crema. Bake the fish sticks.
Prepare the tortillas:
Warm tortillas in foil in oven, while fish sticks are baking. Wrap baked fish stick and 1/2 a cheese stick in the warmed tortilla, placing seam side down to keep them from un-rolling.
Now it is time to bake these fish taquitos up!
Equipment
- sheet pan
- 2 Bowls
- Whisk
- Blender
Ingredients
For the seasoning:
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon chili lime seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic
- 8 grounds pepper
- pinch of sea salt
For the Avocado Crema:
- 1 avocado
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1/2 lime
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro
- salt
- pepper
For the fish stick taquitos:
- 12 Fish Sticks
- 12 mini flour tortillas
- 6 pepper jack cheese sticks
- Vegetable oil spray
Instructions
Make the Avocado Crema:
- To a blender, add sour cream, avocado, lime, and salt and pepper. Blend until smooth.1 avocado, 1/4 cup sour cream, 1/2 lime, 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, salt
- Taste, and adjust seasoning if needed. Spoon into bowl and place in fridge.
Prepare the Fish Sticks, Cheese & Tortillas:
- Preheat oven to 425 F. Spray a sheet pan with vegetable oil spray.
- Mix the spice ingredients together with a fork in a small bowl.1 tablespoon ground cumin, 1 tablespoon chili lime seasoning, 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic, 8 grounds pepper, pinch of sea salt
- Place fish sticks on pan. Spray lightly and sprinkle seasoning over top. We make extra fish sticks because everyone loves them!12 Fish Sticks, Vegetable oil spray
- Unwrap the string cheese, and split each into 2 pieces. Split the tortillas into 2 foil pouches and set aside.12 mini flour tortillas
Time to bake:
- Put fish sticks into oven for 4 minutes. Take out and flip fish sticks over & lightly season.6 pepper jack cheese sticks
- Place pan back into oven on the 2nd shelf, and place the foil pouches on the top shelf.
- You want to warm the tortillas, but not get them crisp. Warming them will help keep taquitos together better.
- Now it is time for assembly! This is where you want to put the younger children in charge of placing the string cheese in the tortilla, and make sure they don’t touch the hot pan!
- Take 2 tortillas out of foil at a time and place on a plate, and add a piece of the string cheese and one fish stick to the edge, and then wrap tightly and set aside seam down. Repeat till all are done.
Time to season and bake:
- Re-spray same pan lightly and place all the rolled up taquitos seam down onto sheet pan. Sprinkle with seasoning, turn over, and sprinkle again, then place back to seam side down.
- Return to oven for 4 minutes, then pull out and turn over, so they brown on both sides. Place back into oven and check at 3 minutes, but may take 4 minutes till brown.
- Serve with bottle salsa, and avocado crema.
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Looks awesome!
Sara,
This is so simple, yet so good! My son had the leftovers today for lunch! Gonna make these for party food!
Sara,
You are so kind! Thank you so much! A great party food!
Can’t wait to try this recipe!!
I would have never thought to use fish sticks this way. They look so delicious!
Sue,
This is such a fast meal! And oh so good! Thank you for your comments!
Dina and Bruce
This is genius! Can wait to try!
Elaine,
This is such a fun meal to make! And the avocado crema is next level!
Dina and Bruce
These fish taquitos were soooo tasty! Loved them!
Paula,
Our day is totally made! Thank you!
Dina and Bruce
Paula,
A fun meal that comes togther quickly!
Dina and Bruce