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Fish Tacos with Mango Salsa

When we went out West this past summer one of our stops was Las Vegas where my husband's cousin Diane lives. After one of our day-trip outings Diane introduced to us the wonderful world of fish tacos! Her husband Greg had some Alaskan halibut (that he caught while in Alaska!) which he grilled to perfection. The most fun thing was getting a "lesson" from Diane as to how to construct our tacos with all the sauces and fixins! Fortunately I videoed the presentation 😁. That night with Greg, Diane, and their daughter Natalie was arguably the most fun event we experienced in Vegas!

Diane's tacos are garnished with what she calls "B sauce" 😜, cabbage, avocado, mango salsa, pico, cilantro, and lime. When we got home and I wanted to try my hand at it,  I had to figure out what to substitute the halibut with. I found this great rub for tilapia fish tacos, prepared them on the grill (both in honor of Greg and also I hate the smell of fish cooking inside my house), and then broke them apart. I was also ambitious enough to make homemade mango salsa and pico. I got the fish frozen at Sam's and we were super excited to find "B sauce" at either Costco or Target (chipotle flavor)! It is truly a key ingredient. We add a side of black beans and of course some chips and salsa.

Thanks to Greg and Diane this meal has been a fav of ours ever since! Click here and enjoy the video of Dianne's colorful presentation!



(I used Vidalia onion instead of purple onion here - purple is best!)


Greg's amazing halibut

Cousin Trip to the Grand Canyon!


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  1. Joy O.September 19, 2021 at 7:34 PM

    omgomg B Sauce is the BOMB, for real - the manager at Earth Fare saw me eyeing the label as he was stocking and told me I needed to try it, that it was delish, so I got one for me and the hotter type for Bo and he loved it, too - highly recommended

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