It’s #TacoTuesday, or #CincodeMayo, and you don’t feel like having the same old (very familiar) tacos? Well have I got 25 Unique Taco Recipes for you! Each taco recipe has an interesting twist (or two), most are really healthy, and all are sure to tickle your taste buds!
I live on the border in McAllen, TX. Tacos are definitely a “thing.” In New Mexico, it was all about chile. In south Texas, it’s about TACOS.
Tacos are so versatile, flavorful, and easy to customize. By the simplest definition, a taco is food stuffed into a folded tortilla. With one exception (a pita taco), that describes these tacos. I’ve brought you chicken, fish and seafood, beef, pork, lamb, vegan and vegetarian, and even bison!
🐓 Chicken Taco Recipes
Fusion taco recipes with exotic spices and creative salsas… These chicken tacos are sure to shake up your #TacoTuesday repertoire! Take a break from the ordinary and serve up one of these chicken taco recipes for #TacoTuesday, #CincodeMayo, or any day of the week!
Taco Tuesday gets even better when you serve up these Hawaiian Huli Huli Chicken Tacos topped with a fresh pineapple, mango, and avocado salsa for dinner!
From the sea: Fish and seafood are probably my favorite taco protein because they cook so quickly and taste so delicious! I want to try all 8 of them! Healthy fish and seafood make great taco fillings, and cook so quickly… shrimp, fish, and even oysters! These fish and seafood tacos are perfect for weeknight dinners!
While these Peruvian-Inspired Fish Tacos look like their Mexican counterpart, they’re delightfully different. Your firm white fish soaks in a simple ají amarillo-lime marinade, and they get topped with a fresh goldenberry pico de gallo. These vibrant tacos with “a twist” come together quickly, and they’re super healthy and gluten free!
These blackened salmon tacos are topped with quick pickled radishes and red onion, an avocado cilantro cream and served on blue corn tortillas for one amazing bite!
After marinating the fish in tequila and lime juice, I paired the fish with avocado crema, a cucumber corn salsa and some pickled red onions. Nothing fancy, and all 3 can be made in under 10 minutes … no lie. This whole dinner is actually incredibly speedy in addition to be extremely tasty.
These fried oyster tacos feature crunchy cornmeal breaded and fried oysters are adorned with a bright and colorful citrus salsa, avocado slices, radishes, and shredded cabbage…
This is for the carnivores looking for a “unique” taco recipe. They probably don’t qualify for either “healthy,” or “healthyish.”😆 However, they are delicious and worth any extra effort!
Slow cooker Korean street tacos with Ginger, garlic, sriracha, beef, and tomatoes simmer in the slow cooker until tender, get wrapped in flour tortillas with napa cabbage slaw, and kimchi.
Get creative with your leftover corned beef! Try these mouthwatering Irish Tacos with Corned Beef and Horseradish Slaw. A delicious twist on Taco Tuesday!
Discover a unique twist on Taco Tuesday with indulgent air fryer Pork Belly Tacos. Topped with watermelon salsa and avocado, they’re a flavor explosion. #BeyondMereSustenance #PorkBellyTacos
A Mexican twist on the classic bulgogi recipe replaces the sliced steak with a ground beef and mushroom blend, then it’s piled into fresh tortillas with rice, veggies, kimchi, and a drizzle of sriracha!
Try my Tatanka Tacos: thinly sliced coffee-rubbed bison steaks are served on corn tortillas with spicy avocado crema, tangy red cabbage slaw and green onions.
An ultra fresh corn tortilla (tortilla de maiz) is stuffed with crispy diced and seasoned beef tongue (lengua), caramelized onions, and salsa verde… Adventurous foodies will find them worth the effort!
Lomo Saltado Tacos feature the classic Peruvian-Chifa lomo saltado (beef stir-fry) wrapped in soft tortillas, and topped with Latin-American toppings like queso fresco, uchukuta sauce (rocoto pepper hot sauce), salsa criolla or Mexican quick-pickled onions, and avocado.
Vegan and Vegetarian Tacos are built around texture, seasoning, and contrast instead of protein alone. They aren’t “missing the meat!” Whether you practice #MeatlessMonday, or follow a plant-based diet, you’re sure to find a “unique” taco recipe below.
Don’t spend hours prepping and frying falafel balls when you could whip up these Deconstructed Falafel Pita Tacos in under 20 minutes. Dinner’s served!
A fair mix of sweet, spicy and salty, these Salsa Verde Cauliflower and Lentil Tacos with Mango Pomegranate Salsa are deliciously addictive but so super healthy!
Spicy Air Fryer Tofu Tacos feature extra firm tofu coated with taco seasoning and crisped up in your air fryer, then wrapped in warm corn tortillas. Topped with your favorite fresh salsa, creamy avocados, and salty queso fresco, these tacos are a healthy, vegetarian option you’ll want to add to your taco repertoire!
Did you find a few you want to make? I hope to try them all! Pour a cold one and enjoy! P.S. If you need even more creative and healthyish taco ideas, don’t miss 25 Creative Healthy and Healthyish Taco Recipes!
What a diverse collection of tacos! I don’t know which one to start with. I did just buy a pound of Gulf shrimp, so that shrimp tacos are looking good.
Tacos come in so many flavors and colors! Definitely try the shrimp tacos if you have some good shrimp. That’s one of my blogger friend’s most popular recipes!
What a diverse collection of tacos! I don’t know which one to start with. I did just buy a pound of Gulf shrimp, so that shrimp tacos are looking good.
Tacos come in so many flavors and colors! Definitely try the shrimp tacos if you have some good shrimp. That’s one of my blogger friend’s most popular recipes!
These look fantastic! I’m really looking forward to trying every single recipe in this roundup.