Gorton’s Seafood Grilled Fish Tacos

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So remember when I went to the Evening at the Expo party at BlogHer ’12, and took this silly photo at the Gorton’s Seafood booth?

If you like it then you shoulda #PutAWheelOnIt!

Well I tweeted it with the #PutAWheelOnIt hashtag. You know, just doin’ my usual blogger thang. And then I find out…

Yup, that’s me in the Gorton’s e-newsletter!

…I was the lucky winner of a YEAR’S SUPPLY OF GORTON’S SEAFOOD!!!!

THANK YOU GORTON’S!

Could a prize be ANY more up my alley?! I am a mondo seafood lover! And my mom is always hesitant to cook it at home because she feels like restaurants can always “do it so much better”. Thanks to Gorton’s, we’re armed with plenty of tools to dispel that feeling! And with use of my first Gorton’s purchase, I’d so far call that mission a great success.

Does that look like it came from a box to you?!

Gorton’s Seafood Grilled Fish Tacos:

Ingredients: (NOTE: you can use other varieties of Gorton’s grilled fish products or even other brands, but the below Gorton’s products are specifically what I used!)

  1. Gorton’s Garlic Butter Grilled Fillets
  2. Gorton’s Signature Grilled Tilapia
  3. 1 cup of pico de gallo
  4. 1 tsp of cumin
  5. Ortega Whole Grain Corn Taco Shells

Directions:

  1. Prepare fillets according to microwave instructions on boxes.
  2. Put whole fillets into pot (like one pictured below) and use whatever utensils preferred to cut fish into tiny pieces (see below photo).
  3. Add pico de gallo and cumin, stir together until well blended.
  4. Turn burner on low heat to keep taco filling warm.
  5. Spoon into taco shells and serve!

Mix and match!

How easy is that?! And it’s not a meal in the Croswell home without black beans, so my mom opened up a can of those and put them together in another stove-top pot with extra garlic and more pico de gallo.

What’s a Mexican meal without beans?!

She also had steamed up some broccoli with MORE garlic, because if there’s one thing in the Croswell house more commonplace than greens, it’s garlic. I fixed myself a marvelous plate.

A fitfluential meal indeed!

And then I fixed myself ANOTHER marvelous plate. Because that’s the way you do it after an evening gym session! I know that many folks say breakfast “should” be the biggest meal of the day, but my biggest meal is always, without fail, dinner. Probably because it’s my FAVORITE meal of the day!

My mom could not get over a) how affordable Gorton’s products are (even if you’re spending money on them and didn’t just win a year’s supply of seafood :-P ) or b) how simple it was to make the fish. Those are both fabulous qualities for a product to possess, but my number one was the fact that the fish tasted so darn fresh. Not at all bland, not at all “fake”. Just tasted like white fish should taste! It almost seems like it shouldn’t have tasted so good since it was so easy to put this meal together, but hey, we’ll take it.

Thank you to Gorton’s Seafood for my free seafood! I can’t wait to share more recipes on the blog throughout the year!

Do you have any recipe suggestions that I could use Gorton’s products in?

Have you ever made your own fish tacos?

Do you prefer your fished tacos grilled or fried? I won’t judge if you say fried ;-) it is indeed yummy!

23 Responses to "Gorton’s Seafood Grilled Fish Tacos"

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  1. runwiki

    September 6, 2012 at 11:18 am

    Congrats on the fish! Those tacos look amazing! I’m headed to the store for some Gorton’s!

    Reply
    • Caitlin

      September 6, 2012 at 12:35 pm

      Thanks Lisa, good to hear, let me know what you pick up!

      Reply
  2. Alex @ therunwithin

    September 6, 2012 at 11:40 am

    I couldn’t be more jealous, these are my favorite and go to protein source. I wish I could buy them more but they are expensive.

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    • Caitlin

      September 6, 2012 at 12:36 pm

      My mom got them on sale! It was just $7 for both boxes!

      Reply
  3. Lisa

    September 6, 2012 at 2:24 pm

    That is super exciting you got a years supply!
    Although I don’t like seafood I’m still happy you got a good ol’ supply going:)
    I do like regular tacos with chicken or beans though! Yum, now I’m craving Mexican!

    Reply
    • Caitlin

      September 6, 2012 at 2:25 pm

      I had a Mexican themed dinner the last two nights – I’m sure you saw my Instagram of the sweet potato black bean enchiladas from last night!

      Reply
  4. sloanepitman

    September 6, 2012 at 2:45 pm

    A YEAR? Girl. That rocks. You know I’m jealous. Haha I’m going to have to live vicariously through your droolworthy instagrams! (who am I kidding, I do that already).

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    • Caitlin

      September 6, 2012 at 3:13 pm

      Hahah and you as well! I get so jealous of any UT gear I see pop up in your pics. It’s hard to find it up here (so I stock up when I visit..hoping the dad will buy me a nice TN present next weekend :D haha)

      Reply
  5. Claire @ Live & Love to Eat

    September 6, 2012 at 2:47 pm

    A year’s supply?! Holy moley. I don’t think I’d ever get sick of fish tacos.

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  6. Eva @ committed2nutrition

    September 6, 2012 at 3:24 pm

    Holy CRAP!!! congratulations!!! that is freakin’ awesome. I am glad to read that the fish actually tastes FRESH.. that’s obviously the biggest issue with fish. I have trader joes in the freezer and made swordfish the other day, but it tasted wayyyyyyy too fishy (swordfish)…maybe I need to try some gorton’s!! ;)

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    • Caitlin

      September 6, 2012 at 3:29 pm

      Swordfish is so iffy sometimes! I think that it’s harder to do a higher quality frozen fish that is meant to taste fishy if that makes any sense. Like I’d be wary of a frozen tuna steak! But I can’t wait to try their grilled salmon, that’s a fishy fish so we’ll see how it goes. I totally recommend these though!

      Reply
  7. Kristin @ My Mission Impossible

    September 6, 2012 at 3:27 pm

    I still can’t believe you won this…so exciting!!! Recipe looks great and I look forward to seeing many, many more..like for a year lol! xoxo

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    • Caitlin

      September 6, 2012 at 3:29 pm

      Bahaha good thing you def will!

      Reply
  8. Kristin @ My Mission Impossible

    September 6, 2012 at 3:30 pm

    Sorry, this didn’t show up the first time, so I reposted…

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    • Caitlin

      September 6, 2012 at 3:30 pm

      No worries, i deleted the duplicate :)

      Reply
  9. Erica @ For the Sake of Cake

    September 6, 2012 at 4:01 pm

    That’s an awesome prize!!! I haven’t used any Gorton’s products before, but I think I’ll pick some up next time I go grocery shopping; they look so easy!

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    • Caitlin

      September 6, 2012 at 4:02 pm

      Totally recommended, Erica. My mom even got these on sale!

      Reply
  10. fortheloveofkale

    September 6, 2012 at 4:55 pm

    A CaitPlusAte recipe?! Whaaaat. Love it. I can only imagine how happy you and your mom were enjoying this. :-)

    Reply
  11. Sarah

    September 6, 2012 at 6:56 pm

    Winning stuff is the best, right!? Especially if the winnngs are of the edible variety I think:). Iv never had a taco, of any kind, they’re not real big round these parts( sunny Scotland). But they look good. I’d probably tell people I like my tacos grilled , but ACTUALLY prefer them fried. Let’s face it, sometimes fried food just hits.the.spot:).
    Xxx

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  12. PavementRunner

    September 6, 2012 at 7:45 pm

    What? What? Ok, I officially no longer like you. I friggin LOVE fish tacos. I mean, seriously LOVE fish tacos. That is my GO-TO food after a race. Well, Mexican in general, but give me some fried fish tacos and it’s a wrap.

    I’m not talking to you anymore.

    Reply
  13. Linz

    September 6, 2012 at 8:36 pm

    a year worth of seafood?? AMAZING!!!!

    Reply
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