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Easy fish tacos with chipotle ranch sauce are perfect for a weeknight dinner or menu plan. Spicy, creamy and delicious, these simple tacos are the perfect dinner tonight.

Some days, I get so busy with work and commitments to others, that I forget to plan dinner. And before I know it, it’s 5:30 and the kids are whining about “what’s for dinner?”.

So I’m standing there in the kitchen more than likely in a bit of a panic, staring in pantries and the refrigerator trying to figure it out. Yeah.

It happens a lot. If you work from home, you might actually understand that. Well, or you have five teenagers and a toddler that keep you running in every direction at any given moment. That too.

These wonderful Fish Tacos with Chipotle Ranch Sauce were born out of one such evening. I was opening cabinet doors, running from one end of the kitchen to the other, trying to throw together a meal.

I found taco shells. Score. I found frozen fish, another score. I immediately realized I had at least the two main ingredients for Fish Taco’s.

Couldn’t be that hard to put together a meal from that.

We had this delicious Chipotle Ranch Sauce in the fridge in a jar from a previous meal. All my blogging friends know I am the Queen of Ranch.  

Can’t even remember who first called me that. Might have been my super awesome, amazing foodie friend Jen who sadly isn’t blogging her delicious recipes anymore. Hey, at least I have FB with her. 😉

Anyway, the Chipotle Ranch Sauce is amazing in these taco’s and they came together in no time. You can add whatever toppings and ingredients you want, too, making this a pretty versatile dish.

Printable Recipe for Fish Tacos with Chipotle Ranch Sauce (down below)

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Fish Tacos with Chipotle Ranch Sauce

Yield: 6

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Easy fish tacos with chipotle ranch sauce are perfect for a weeknight dinner or menu plan. Spicy, creamy and delicious, these simple tacos are the perfect dinner tonight.

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Ingredients

For Fish Tacos:

• 1 box or bag of frozen crispy fish tenders, we used Van de Kamp's
• Shredded lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, whatever you want on the tacos
• Taco Shells

For the Chipotle Ranch Sauce:

• 1 1/2 cups of ranch dressing
• 2 chipotle chiles in adobo sauce, drained

Instructions

For the Chipotle Ranch Sauce:

1. In your blender, pour in the ranch dressing and then add the chipotle chiles. Blend until smooth. Refrigerate for up to 1 week. (the sauce gets better the longer you let it sit, so if you make it ahead of time, it tastes even better)

For Fish Tacos:

1. Prepare 1-2 fish tenders per person (per taco) as directed on the back of the package. (this took 20 minutes for us) When finished, slice the fish up anyway you'd like to put it in the taco.
2. Grab a taco shell. Place shredded lettuce, tomatoes, cheese and whatever else you'd like inside the taco shell.
3. Top with the cooked fish tenders. And then drizzle the Chipotle Ranch Sauce over all of it.
4. Enjoy!!

Want some more fantastic taco recipes?

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Nicole Cook

Nicole Cook is the owner/editor of Daily Dish Recipes, a lifestyle blog with an emphasis on food/cooking/cocktails and much more.
She calls the Midwest home – Missouri to be exact. Coffee is her go-to drink, music is her vice and she is endlessly tethered with devices to her online world. She loves all things planner, lives for her great big family and loves her pets endlessly!
Her motto in life: Live Simply, Dream Big, Be Grateful, Give Love, Laugh Lots. Always, always laugh lots.

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