56 Tacos For Every Taco Tuesday Spread
Any day is taco day.
Tuesday just isn't enough to celebrate the most versatile food out there. Whether stuffed with perfectly fried fish or loaded with carnitas, crunchy or soft, we can't stop at just one.
1.Rick Martinez's Pork Volcánes al Pastor
Pork shoulder is marinated in a blend of guajillo and morita chiles, achiote paste, garlic, and fresh citrus juice. Then it's baked in the oven until super crispy.
2.Healthy Baked Salmon Tacos
Sometimes simple is best, like in the case of these no-frills baked salmon tacos. They're nutritious yet comforting at the same time.
Recipe: Healthy Baked Salmon Tacos
3.Instant Pot Beef Birria Tacos
This savory braised beef filling comes together in the Instant Pot, which saves you lots of cooking time. The best part of all, though, is the outrageously good broth made with chiles, garlic, onion, and lots of spices.
Recipe: Instant Pot Beef Birria Tacos
4.Marcela Valladolid's Baja-Style Fish Tacos
The secret to these light and airy yet crispy fish tacos is the batter, which is made with dark Mexican beer, flour, salt, and pepper. Top them with a sour cream and citrus sauce, plus some shredded cabbage for crunch.
5.Chicken Tinga Tacos
The key to these pulled chicken tacos is the tomato-based marinade. It's made with sweet onion, garlic, chipotle peppers in adobo, fire-roasted tomatoes, and spices, which are pulsed in the blender until smooth and creamy.
Recipe: Chicken Tinga Tacos
6.Rick Martinez's Duck Carnitas Tacos With Radish Escabèche
Tacos worthy of a special occasion, these duck carnitas are worth every ounce of the effort. There's a bit of cooking involved, but you can bake the duck legs up to three weeks in advance.
7.Mexican Street Corn Chicken Tacos
We all know street corn is one of the best Mexican side dishes, so why not use it to enhance your tacos?
8.Chickpea Tacos with Slaw
These vegetarian-friendly tacos call for chickpeas, which are seasoned with cumin, chili powder, smoked paprika, and cayenne, then roasted until crispy. To make these vegan, just use a non-dairy yogurt in the sauce.
Recipe: Chickpea Tacos With Slaw
9.Barbacoa Beef Tacos
Start with a cheap cut of beef like chuck roast. It gets so tender when cooked in the slow cooker that you can basically shred it with two forks.
Recipe: Barbacoa Beef Tacos
10.Smoked Salmon Breakfast Tacos
Brunch, anyone? These lox and egg tacos pair perfectly with micheladas.
Recipe: Smoked Salmon Breakfast Tacos
11.Vegan Birria Tacos
This meatless take on birria tacos calls for a mixture of jackfruit and shredded oyster mushroom, but you could choose one or the other. Dipped in the fragrant chile-spiced broth, it's a convincing substitute for the traditional beef or lamb filling.
Recipe: Vegan Birria Tacos
12.15-Minute Turkey Tacos
These ground turkey tacos are easy, affordable, and on the table in about 20 minutes. Of course, you can always use ground chicken, beef, or even your favorite plant-based meat substitute.
Recipe: 15-Minute Turkey Tacos
13.Air Fryer Shrimp Tacos
These shrimp aren't dredged in flour or breadcrumbs — they're simply coated in spices and still manage to get super crispy thanks to the air fryer.
Recipe: Air Fryer Shrimp Tacos
14.Roasted Butternut Squash and Mushroom Tacos
This recipe calls for baby Bella mushrooms, but use whatever you can get your hands on or a mix like oyster mushrooms, shiitakes, or creminis. Together with black beans and roasted sweet potato, this combination is totally meatless but still very filling.
15.Bang Bang Shrimp Tacos
While these crispy, spicy shrimp tacos might not be a traditional taco filling, they are seriously satisfying. It's all about the spicy sauce made with mayonnaise, sweet chili sauce, honey, and hot sauce.
Recipe: Bang Bang Shrimp Tacos
16.Grilled Chicken Street Tacos
The key to the most flavorful chicken tacos is using dark meat: boneless, skinless chicken thighs are the way to go.
Recipe: Grilled Chicken Street Tacos
17.Crispy Black Bean Tacos with Cilantro Lime Sauce
When you combine golden-brown crispy tortillas, savory black bean filling, and creamy dipping sauce, you know there are good things ahead.
18.Sheet Pan Hawaiian Pineapple Shrimp Tacos
You can never have too many sheet pan recipes in your dinner rotation. Here, even the jalape?os are roasted in the oven and then blended into a decadent sauce with a good kick.
19.Slow Cooker Carnitas Tacos
Carnitas are easy to make, but they require several hours of cooking to get them really tender. Rather than watch the oven all day long, toss pork shoulder, citrus juice, garlic, and some spices into your slow cooker and just wait for dinner to cook itself.
Recipe: Slow Cooker Carnitas Tacos
20.Spicy Salmon Tacos
If you're looking for a weeknight meal that can be on the table in 30 minutes flat, this recipe is for you. Salmon is rubbed in a chipotle marinade, baked until flaky, then served in tortillas with a citrusy, creamy sauce.
Recipe: Spicy Salmon Tacos
21.Huli Huli Chicken Tacos
These tacos get a Hawaiian twist thanks to a pineapple, soy, and garlic marinade and a sweet-meets-tangy mango and avocado slaw.
Recipe: Huli Huli Chicken Tacos
22.Chipotle Cauliflower Tacos with Garlic Aioli
Recipe: Chipotle Cauliflower Tacos
23.Grilled Steak Tacos
Fire up the grill for these steak tacos. The ingredients are simple — flank steak, citrus juice, and some spices — but the flavors are incredible.
Recipe: Grilled Steak Tacos
24.Air Fried Avocado Tacos
Cut an avocado into thick slices and dredge the pieces in egg and flour seasoned with garlic powder, paprika, and more spices. Pop it into the air fryer for about 10 minutes and you'll have crispy on the outside, creamy on the inside avocado fries that make for a delicious taco filling.
Recipe: Air Fried Avocado Tacos
25.Vegetarian Crispy Cauliflower Tacos with Mango Salsa
Panko-coated cauliflower = crunchy perfection.
Recipe: Vegetarian Crispy Cauliflower Tacos with Mango Salsa
26.Steak, Poblano, and Mushroom Tacos
27.Loaded Crock Pot Carne Asada Tacos
Let it be known: Fries make everything better.
28.Roasted Sweet Potato Tacos with Black Beans and Goat Cheese
29.Roasted Cauliflower and Chickpea Tacos with Cilantro-Lime Crema
30.Classic Chicken Tacos
Mandatory sides: tomato salsa, guac, jalape?os, and Coronas.
Recipe: Classic Chicken Tacos
31.Easy Crock Pot Chicken Tacos with Mexican Rice
Finished off in the oven for maximum levels of melty-ness.
32.Flank Steak Tacos
33.Chicken-Bacon Flatbread Tacos with Chipotle Cream Sauce
I know this isn't a traditional taco because it uses flatbread instead of tortillas, but I make no apologies when bacon is involved.
Recipe: Chicken-Bacon Flatbread Tacos with Chipotle Cream Sauce
34.Cilantro-Lime Potato Tacos
Potato, po-taco.
Recipe: Cilantro-Lime Potato Tacos
35.15-Minute Rosemary, Citrus, and Shrimp Tacos
The best kind of meal: quick and easy.
36.Salmon BLT Tacos
Recipe: Salmon BLT Tacos
37.Tacos de Carnitas with Chive Pesto
38.Scrambled Egg and Chorizo Breakfast Tacos
39.Vegan Jackfruit Al Pastor Tacos
Recipe: Vegan Jackfruit Al Pastor Tacos
40.Crock Pot Mojo Chicken Tacos with Jalape?o Avocado Crema
41.Pressure Cooker Beef Barbacoa Tacos
42.Sweet Potato Tacos with Avocado Salsa
43.Lobster Tacos
Recipe: Lobster Tacos
44.Steak Tacos
Recipe: Steak Tacos
45.Salsa Pulled Pork Tacos
Recipe: Salsa Pulled Pork Tacos
46.Vegetarian Kitchen Sink Tacos with Tempeh
47.Beer Battered Fish Tacos with Spicy Habanero Slaw
48.Gluten Free Breakfast Tacos
Recipe: Gluten Free Breakfast Tacos
49.Coconut-Lime Pork Tacos with Black Beans and Avocado
Put the lime in the coconut and mix it all up.
Recipe: Coconut-Lime Pork Tacos with Black Beans and Avocado
50.Barbacoa Beef Cheek Tacos
The beef cheeks end up marbled and melting after over three hours in the oven.
Recipe: Barbacoa Beef Cheek Tacos
51.Slow Cooked Pork Tacos
Tender pork + homemade pickled onions = true love.
Recipe: Slow Cooked Pork Tacos
52.Citrus Pulled Pork Tacos
Rethink everything you ever thought about pulled pork.
Recipe: Citrus Pulled Pork Tacos
53.Grilled Flank Steak Tacos with Feta + Oregano Salsa
The feta gods have answered our prayers.
54.Chipotle Braised Lamb Tacos with Balsamic-Soaked Raisins
55.Fish Tacos on the Grill
This might just be the best thing about summer.
Recipe: Fish Tacos on the Grill
56.Cuban Pulled Pork Tacos
The delicious sauce and marinade goes on everything.
Recipe: Cuban Pulled Pork Tacos
This article contains content previously curated by Hannah Loewentheil, Melissa Jameson, Lauren Pacek, Delaney Ratzky, Cyrus Kowsari, Bry Duca, and Alix Traeger. It was compiled by Lavanya Narayanan.
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