Making fish tacos for dinner and looking for an easy side dish or two? We’ve got you covered! This list includes all kinds of ideas from refried beans to a variety of salsas that make for the perfect fish taco sides or toppings.
Whether you are making baked, fried or grilled fish tacos you are sure to find a recipe to make them the perfect dish!

Easy Recipes to Serve with Fish Tacos
Simple Black Beans
These Simple Black Beans are full of flavor and easy to make. Whip up a batch to serve with rice or over tacos. The added flavor of red peppers and cilantro make a delicious combination.
Avocado Black Bean and Corn Salsa
This salsa is loaded with tomatoes, peppers, avocado, corn, black beans, and more! Serve on top of fish tacos for a burst of flavor!
Tropical Salsa
This Tropical Salsa is full of sweet and spicy flavors. It turns up the heat and brightens up your tacos. Try on top of tacos or serve on the side with tortilla chips.
Homemade Cilantro Lime Rice
This Homemade Cilantro Lime Rice is the perfect, easy side dish. It is quick, easy to make and loaded with cilantro and lime flavor. This is the perfect side dish for fish tacos.
Malfouf salad (Lebanese Cabbage Salad)
This crunchy and refreshing cabbage salad is packed with herbs and us a simple lemon and olive oil dressing. Quick and easy to make, it makes a delicious side to fish tacos.
Spanish Brown Rice (Mexican Rice)
This Spanish Brown Rice is the perfect side for tacos - easy, flavorful, and simple to prep ahead. Made with pantry staples, it’s a go to side dish that is delicious with steak, shrimp, or grilled vegetables.
Instant Pot Mexican Style Beans
You can make homemade refried Instant Pot Mexican Style Beans that taste just like they came from your favorite restaurant. These beans have extra flavor added using bacon, spices, onions, garlic, and jalapenos. No soaking is required and you can have these beans ready to go in about an hour.
Cucumber Tzatziki Salad
This Tzatziki Greek Cucumber Salad recipe is a tangy twist on traditional tzatziki sauce. Enjoy it as a refreshing summer salad, a cooling side to spicy grilled meat or stuffed into gyros or tacos.
Easy Mango Salsa Dip
Delicious mango salsa that comes together in under 15 minutes! Made with simple ingredients, this tangy mango salsa dip is the perfect side for taco night, goes great with just about meat or seafood for the flexitarians in your family, and is just delicious!
Spicy Cole Slaw
This spicy cole slaw is just the thing to serve with fish tacos and many other dishes. Why serve boring cole slaw when you can spice it up with this easy recipe?
Cucumber Pico de Gallo
Cucumber pico de gallo is a simple fresh salsa recipe brimming with cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, jalapeno, lime, and garlic. Easy to make and delicious on everything!
Peach Guacamole
When you think of guacamole, you think of creamy avocado, spicy jalapenos, tangy onion and garlic, herbaceous cilantro, and bright lime juice. We deliver all of those things, but to a whole new level when we add some sun-kissed sweet peaches to the mix!
Spicy Mexican Rice
The perfect accompaniment to all of your favourite Mexican recipes is none other than a perfect pot of spicy Mexican rice! Cooked in a flavourful, spicy broth, this rice is nothing short of flavourful. After you start cooking your rice like this, plain rice will never be an option!
4 Ingredient Guacamole Recipe
This quick and easy 4 ingredient guacamole is the perfect accompaniment to fish tacos. Perfectly ripe avocado, fresh cilantro, a squeeze of lime, and a pinch of salt are all you need.
Mexican Street Corn Salad With Avocado
This Mexican street corn salad has got all the classic Mexican street corn flavors without all the mess! They’re perfect to serve with tacos or even on a burger!
Elote Dip
Made in 15 minutes, this flavorful Elote Dip made with corn, cheese and Mexican spices, is great for snacking or serving at just about any gathering! Eat it with a spoon or scoop it up with tortilla chips, either way this recipe is a winner!
Mexican Vegetables
Mexican style vegetables are quick, easy and so flavorful! These healthy Mexican vegetables are ready in 15 minutes.
Smoky Pickled Red Onions
Smoky quick pickled red onions are loaded with flavor and ready in minutes! Everyone loves these crisp, slightly sweet, and smoky red onions pickled in red wine vinegar and smoked sea salt brine.
Fried Tomatoes with Corn Salsa
These Fried Tomatoes are on another level! They're fried in a skillet, then topped with a simple, flavorful corn salsa, meaning they can be enjoyed on their own or as a side dish to any meal.
The BEST Air Fryer Chips
By using an air fryer, you can make delicious and perfectly crispy chips without having to heat up the oven or use a lot of oil, meaning healthier chips!
Baked Sweet Potato Fries I Resplendent Kitchen
These air fryer sweet potatoes are crispy and delicious. They are a healthy alternative to deep-frying!
Chile Corn Salsa {Qdoba Copycat}
This chile corn salsa is packed with fresh, sweet corn that is charred to perfection with smokey poblano peppers. The right amount of spice, zesty lime and salt bring this delicious corn salsa together, just like the restaurant version!
Tangy No-Mayo Coleslaw Recipe
This tangy no-mayo coleslaw is made with a vinaigrette base giving it a lively tangy taste that is perfect on its own as a side dish or to top off pull pork sandwiches, tacos, burgers or alongside some fish and chips!
Mexican Corn Ribs
It's your favorite Mexican street corn on the cob, but cut into much less messy, grabbable, fun, Mexican Corn Ribs! Grilled and spiced then topped with cotija cheese and fresh cilantro, these vegetarian and gluten-free corn "riblets" are the perfect way to use that fresh summer corn!
Air Fryer Frozen Cauliflower
With minimal prep & just 6-8 minutes of cooking you can make the best Air Fryer Frozen Cauliflower. With a flavor packed rub with a bit of a spicy kick, this cauliflower is a great easy side for any meal.
Easy, Garlicky Padron Peppers (For Garlic Lovers!)
These easy and garlicky Padron peppers are perfect with fish tacos. Slowly fried in olive oil and finished with fresh garlic and coarse sea salt. So good!
Creamy Avocado Sauce for Tacos
A quick and easy green sauce that includes something unique. It's not just sour cream and avocado that make this sauce super smooth and creamy. Add it to tacos, quesadillas or any other Mexican dish.
Air Fryer Parsnip Fries
Try a different approach to fries and give our air fryer parsnip fries a whirl. Crispy outside, soft inside, and a delicious sweet, nutty flavour, air fryer parsnip fries are fantastic and a healthier side dish option.
Shrimp Ceviche Recipe (Ceviche de Camaron)
Shrimp Ceviche, or Ceviche de Camaron, is made by marinating plump shrimp, onions, tomatoes, bell pepper, and cilantro in a refreshing combination of freshly squeezed lime, lemon, orange, and grapefruit juice. Enjoy this light, healthy, and super easy-to-make side dish for fish tacos.
Warm Brussels Sprouts Caesar Salad
Warm Brussels Sprouts Caesar Salad is quick and simple side dish for almost any meal!
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