Fish Taco Sauce
Fish Taco Sauce is quick, easy, and the perfect way to add a little, creamy, tangy kick to fish tacos or sandwiches. It makes a wonderful fry sauce as well.
Fish taco sauce is our go-to sauce for mahi mahi tacos, beer battered fish, and crab cakes. It also tastes great on fish taco bowls! This sauce is packed with citrus flavor with a bit of a spicy touch. Some of our other favorite sauces are this chipotle cream sauce, homemade remoulade sauce, and tzatziki sauce.
Fish Taco Sauce Recipe:
Have you ever had baja fish tacos or tilapia fish tacos? Fish tacos are some of my favorite seafood dishes.
Quick, simple and fresh. I love the meatiness of the fish, the soft tortillas, the crisp fish taco slaw, and best of all this spicy fish taco sauce.
It can be difficult to find the right fish taco sauce, though. Our recipe with mayo adds a tangy kick of lemon to cut through any meaty white fish.
We made this fish taco sauce without sour cream, but you could easily substitute a little sour cream for some of the mayonnaise if you’d like.
Our taco sauce is easy to make, comes together in about 5 minutes, and is very versatile. Your entire family will love this taco sauce.
We also have a homemade dill sauce and homemade tartar sauce if this type of sauce isn’t what you’re looking for!
How to Make Spicy Fish Taco Sauce:
- In a medium mixing bowl, mix all the spices, then add the mayonnaise and lemon juice.
- Enjoy the sauce immediately or refrigerate it until ready to use.
Fish Taco Sauce Tips and Variations:
- Intensity: As it’s stored in your fridge, the flavors will become more intense.
- Mayonnaise: We used full-fat mayonnaise for this recipe. Something like Miracle Whip is not going to taste the same, so we recommend that real deal, full-fat mayo be used.
- Pairing: Obviously, we love to use this sauce on fish tacos, but it also pairs well with our fish taco slaw, use it in place of classic coleslaw dressing, and several other recipes that we’ve linked to above.
- Spices: We love the blend of spices in this recipe, but they can be adjusted to your tastes. If you want to make this recipe less spicy, reduce or omit the chipotle.
- Sour Cream: We made this recipe without sour cream, but you could swap out some of the mayonnaise for sour cream if needed.
Storage Recommendations:
Room Temperature: We do not recommend storing this taco sauce at room temperature due to the mayonnaise base.
Refrigerator: Fish taco sauce should be stored in the refrigerator in an airtight container and be discard after 3 to 4 days.
Freezer: We do not recommend freezing this fish taco sauce.
Other sauce recipes you may love:
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cup mayonnaise
- 1 ½ tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice, juice from ½ a lemon
- 1 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning
- ½ teaspoon dried dill
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon ground cumin
- ¼ teaspoon chipotle powder
- ¼ teaspoon smoked paprika
- ¼ teaspoon garlic salt
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients together in a medium bowl.1 ¾ cup mayonnaise1 ½ tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice1 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning½ teaspoon dried dill½ teaspoon onion powder¼ teaspoon ground cumin¼ teaspoon chipotle powder¼ teaspoon smoked paprika¼ teaspoon garlic salt¼ teaspoon kosher salt⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
- Keep cold in the refrigerator until ready to use.
- The sauce can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 4 days in an airtight container.
I love me some fish tacos and this sauce looks wicked good!!! The flavor combinations look perfect. Can’t wait to try this yummy recipe.
Thank you, Katie1 Us too, Kim and I hope you enjoy the sauce. 🙂
I love me some fish tacos and this sauce looks wicked good!!! The flavor combinations look perfect. Can’t wait to try this yummy recipe.
I’m so not ready for Cinco de Mayo to be over! I think I’m going to keep the party going this week by making up some tacos that are slathered in this flavorful sauce!
Thank you, Rachel! We hope you make it last and wish you a wonderful week. 🙂
Omgosh, I wish I had this with my tacos last week. We have a street food truck park in New Orleans and they are totally missing this creamy sauce. Wish I had this sooner!
Thank you, Jessica! Kim and I hope you enjoy the sauce the next time you eat the tacos 🙂
I’m so not ready for Cinco de Mayo to be over! I think I’m going to keep the party going this week by making up some tacos that are slathered in this flavorful sauce!
Omgosh, I wish I had this with my tacos last week. We have a street food truck park in New Orleans and they are totally missing this creamy sauce. Wish I had this sooner!
What a great combination of flavours, I love fish tacos and make them regularly for my family so this would go down a treat in my house.
Thank you, Michelle! We hope you decide to make it sometime for your family 🙂
Love the spices you used for this sauce! I’m not a big mayo fan so i’ll swap it out for Greek yogurt instead. Can’t wait to try it. Also, Fiesta Friday’s?! I’ve never heard of that but I like it better then taco Tuesday’s!
Thank you, Jennifer! LOL, it was kind of an “on-the-fly,” label for Fridays. Besides, it seems like Taco Tuesday restricts you to just tacos, why not celebrate all things Tex-Mex? Have a great day 🙂
What a great combination of flavours, I love fish tacos and make them regularly for my family so this would go down a treat in my house.
Fish tacos are my #1 craving right now. So light and fresh and great for hot, humid nights. As much as I love tacos, I am ALL about condiments. If there’s not some sort of sauce on my taco it’s disappointing. Can’t wait to try this new sauce on Tuesday!
Thank you, Lauren! Kim and I hope you enjoy the sauce. 🙂
Love the spices you used for this sauce! I’m not a big mayo fan so i’ll swap it out for Greek yogurt instead. Can’t wait to try it. Also, Fiesta Friday’s?! I’ve never heard of that but I like it better then taco Tuesday’s!
Fish tacos are my #1 craving right now. So light and fresh and great for hot, humid nights. As much as I love tacos, I am ALL about condiments. If there’s not some sort of sauce on my taco it’s disappointing. Can’t wait to try this new sauce on Tuesday!
This sauce looks so addicting! I can’t wait to try it!
Thank you, Madi! We hope you enjoy it 🙂
This sauce looks so addicting! I can’t wait to try it!
I like the combination of spices! That would be a nice sauce with any mild white fish.
Thanks, Anne! You’re absolutely right. This sauce pairs well with a white fish. Mahi Mahi is one of my favorites. 🙂
I like the combination of spices! That would be a nice sauce with any mild white fish.