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    Vegan Fish Tacos

    Published: May 20, 2022 Updated: May 20, 2022 by Alison Andrews This post may contain affiliate links

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    Vegan Fish Tacos

    These vegan fish tacos are so good! Crispy beer battered vegan ‘fish’ with fresh veggies, vegan feta and the best vegan fish taco sauce! Perfect for Taco Tuesdays.

    Vegan fish tacos on a gray plate.

    These vegan fish tacos are here to take your Taco Tuesday experience to the next level! Or any day ending in ‘y’, really.

    They are fresh tasting and delicious, loaded with zesty flavor, crunchy veggies and vegan feta.

    The star attraction is our crispy beer battered vegan fish. This is made from scratch using celeriac (celery root) as the ‘fish’, battered in a beer batter and fried to perfection.

    The whole experience is brought together by the vegan fish taco sauce, that is just so good, you’ll definitely want to use it for other things!

    And if you love a good taco, then you’ll also be a huge fan of our vegan tacos, jackfruit tacos and vegan taco meat.

    Ingredients For The Vegan Fish:

    Ingredients for vegan fish.

    Vegan Fish Ingredient Notes

    • Celeriac – should be at least 1 and ½ pounds (680g) or bigger.
    • Cold beer – cold beer makes for a cold batter, and this equals crispy beer battered fish. When the cold batter hits the hot oil, it makes it super crispy.
    • Nori sheets – are stuck to the celeriac pieces to add ‘fishy’ flavor.
    • Sesame oil – works great for high heat frying. You can switch it for a different oil with a high smoke point.
    • White rice flour – helps to make it ultra crispy.
    • Chopped nori sheets – are mixed into the beer batter to add extra fishy flavor. The easiest way to chop nori sheets is using a scissors.

    Ingredients For The Vegan Fish Tacos:

    Ingredients for vegan fish tacos.

    Taco Ingredient Notes

    • Red cabbage – red/purple or green cabbage are both great to use. Or switch it for shredded lettuce.
    • Vegan fish – we make the vegan beer battered fish from scratch, but if you have a different recipe or a brand of store-bought vegan fish then you’re welcome to use that instead.
    • Vegan feta – can be store-bought vegan feta or make your own using our recipe for homemade vegan feta.
    • Lime juice – should ideally be freshly squeezed for the best flavor.
    • Flour tortillas – you can use store-bought tortillas or make your own homemade vegan tortillas.
    Vegan fish tacos on a gray plate.

    How To Make Vegan Fish Tacos

    You will find full instructions and measurements in the recipe card at the bottom of the post. This is a summary of the process to go along with the process photos.

    Celeriac Fish:

    • Peel the celeriac.
    Celeriac on a wooden board and peeled.
    • Cut the peeled celeriac in half and slice each half into ½ inch thick pieces.
    Celeriac sliced into pieces.
    • Add 3 quarts (~3 liters) of water and a teaspoon of salt to a large pot and bring it to the boil. Add the celeriac pieces to the boiling water, cover the pot and let it boil for 10 minutes until the celeriac is fork tender.
    • Remove the celeriac pieces from the pot and place them onto a wire cooling rack.
    Celeriac in a pot of water and then on a wire rack.
    • When the celeriac pieces have cooled slightly but are still warm, take one piece at a time and place it onto a sheet of nori. Let the nori stick to the one side of the celeriac and then use a scissors to trim the nori sheet, so that you have a piece of celeriac with nori skin on one side of it.
    Cutting pieces of seaweed to fit each piece of celeriac.
    • Place the celeriac piece back onto the wire rack. Repeat with all your celeriac pieces so that all the pieces have a piece of nori skin on one side.

    Top Tip: Don’t let the boiled celeriac cool down too much. You want it to still be warm and slightly moist to the touch so that the nori sheets will stick to it easily. If it’s too hot, the nori sheet will recoil from it, but if it’s too cool, it won’t stick at all.

    Celeriac pieces topped with seaweed on a wire rack.

    Dusting With Rice Flour:

    • Add ¼ cup of rice flour to a bowl. Gently dip each piece of celeriac in the rice flour so that it’s coated on all sides.
    Dipping celeriac pieces in rice flour.
    • Place all the rice flour coated pieces of celeriac back onto the wire rack.
    Celeriac and seaweed pieces dusted with rice flour on a wire rack.

    Beer Batter:

    • Sift all purpose flour into a mixing bowl and add rice flour, salt, baking powder and chopped nori. Mix together.
    Mixing dry ingredients in a mixing bowl.
    • Add cold beer and gently whisk until the flour is just mixed in and you have a thin batter. Don’t overmix.

    Top Tip: Want to make it alcohol free? Switch the beer for sparkling water and increase the baking powder by ¼ teaspoon.

    Adding beer to a mixing bowl and mixing into a batter.
    • Add 2 tablespoons of sesame oil to the frying pan and heat it on medium heat until hot.
    • Dip a piece of celeriac into the batter, coating it on all sides.
    Dipping celeriac pieces in a beer batter.
    • Add it to the hot frying pan, nori skin side down.
    • Repeat the battering process until you have enough celeriac pieces to comfortably fit in your frying pan without over-crowding.
    • Cook for around 3 minutes until the nori side is crispy and golden brown and then gently flip each piece and fry for 2-3 minutes on the other side until golden brown and crispy.

    Top Tip: The oil must be hot when you add the battered celeriac pieces. If the oil is too cold, they will just get soggy. If the oil is hot then they will get crispy and delicious. The battered celeriac pieces should sizzle when they hit the pan.

    Adding beer battered celeriac to a frying pan and then flipping.
    • Transfer the celeriac pieces to a baking tray lined with paper towels to soak up excess oil.
    • Heat another 2 tablespoons of sesame oil in the frying pan and then repeat the battering and frying process so that all the celeriac pieces are golden brown and crispy. Add more oil as needed.
    Fried vegan fish pieces on a tray lined with paper towels.

    Vegan Fish Taco Sauce:

    • Add vegan mayonnaise, sriracha sauce, garlic powder, smoked paprika and lime juice to a mixing bowl. Mix together until well combined.
    Adding sauce ingredients to a mixing bowl and mixing.

    Assembling:

    • Heat your flour tortillas according to package directions.
    • Then build your tortillas, starting with a layer of shredded red cabbage, then chopped tomatoes, vegan fish, sliced avocado, sliced red onion, crumbled vegan feta, chopped cilantro and finally a drizzle of taco sauce.
    Assembling a vegan fish taco on a gray plate.
    • Serve with lime wedges on the side!
    Assembling a vegan fish taco on a gray plate.

    Tips For Success

    Mix and match your toppings. Feel free to use whatever toppings you like. Other great options are pico de gallo salsa or restaurant style salsa and vegan guacamole or vegan sour cream. Of course you can add any fresh salad veggies that you have on hand too.

    Sauces. Drizzle your tacos with fish taco sauce, or if you’re not a fan of fish taco sauce, then try our vegan tartar sauce or vegan chipotle sauce.

    Gluten free. If you need this to be gluten free then simply use a gluten free all purpose flour bend for your beer batter and make sure your tortillas are gluten free and you’re all set.

    Vegan fish tacos on a gray plate.

    Storing Tips

    If you have leftovers then the best thing is to store everything in separate containers in the fridge for 2-3 days and then bring everything out when you’re ready to start assembling some more tacos.

    The best way to reheat the vegan fish is in the air fryer – this way it restores the crisp factor. Reheat at 350°F in the air fryer for 5-10 minutes. Or you can reheat it in the oven at 350°F for 10 minutes or until heated through.

    Then simply heat your tortillas and assemble your tacos.

    Vegan fish tacos on a gray plate.

    More Vegan ‘Seafood’ Recipes

    1. Vegan Crab Cakes
    2. Vegan Shrimp
    3. Vegan Scallops
    4. Vegan Tuna
    5. Vegan Paella
    Vegan fish tacos on a gray plate.

    Did you make this recipe? Be sure to leave a comment and rating below!

    Vegan fish tacos on a gray plate.

    Vegan Fish Tacos

    These vegan fish tacos are so good! Crispy beer battered vegan 'fish' with fresh veggies, vegan feta and the best vegan fish taco sauce! Perfect for Taco Tuesdays.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: American
    Diet: Vegan
    Prep Time: 50 minutes
    Cook Time: 20 minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
    Servings: 8
    Calories: 573kcal
    Author: Alison Andrews

    Ingredients

    Celeriac 'Fish'

    • 1 Large Celeriac (1 ½ pounds/680g)
    • 1 teaspoon Salt For Boiling
    • 2-3 Nori Sheets

    Dusting:

    • ¼ cup White Rice Flour (40g)

    Beer Batter:

    • ¾ cup All Purpose Flour (93g)
    • ¼ cup White Rice Flour (40g)
    • ¼ teaspoon Salt
    • 1 ¼ teaspoons Baking Powder
    • 3 Tablespoons Nori Chopped
    • 1 Bottle Beer (12 ounces)

    Frying:

    • ¼ cup Sesame Oil

    Fish Taco Sauce:

    • 1 cup Vegan Mayonnaise
    • 1 Tablespoon Sriracha Sauce
    • 1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
    • ¼ teaspoon Smoked Paprika
    • 1 Tablespoon Lime Juice Freshly Squeezed

    Tacos:

    • 8 Large Tortillas Flour or Corn
    • 2 cups Red Cabbage Shredded
    • 1 cup Chopped Tomatoes
    • 1-2 Medium Avocado Sliced
    • ½ cup Red Onion Sliced
    • 1 cup Vegan Feta Crumbled
    • ½ cup Cilantro Chopped

    Serving:

    • Lime Wedges
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    Instructions

    Celeriac Fish:

    • Peel the celeriac. Cut the peeled celeriac in half and slice each half into ½ inch thick pieces.
    • Add 3 quarts (~3 liters) of water and a teaspoon of salt to a large pot and bring it to the boil. Add the celeriac pieces to the boiling water, cover the pot and let it boil for 10 minutes until the celeriac is fork tender.
    • Remove the celeriac pieces from the pot and place them onto a wire cooling rack.
    • When the celeriac pieces have cooled slightly but are still warm, take one piece at a time and place it onto a sheet of nori. Let the nori stick to the one side of the celeriac and then use a scissors to trim the nori sheet, so that you have a piece of celeriac with nori skin on one side of it.
    • Place the celeriac piece back onto the wire rack. Repeat with all your celeriac pieces so that all the pieces have a piece of nori skin on one side.

    Dusting With Rice Flour:

    • Add ¼ cup of rice flour to a bowl. Gently dip each piece of celeriac in the rice flour so that it's coated on all sides.
    • Place all the rice flour coated pieces of celeriac back onto the wire rack.

    Beer Batter and Frying:

    • Sift all purpose flour into a mixing bowl and add rice flour, salt, baking powder and chopped nori. Mix together.
    • Add cold beer and gently whisk until the flour is just mixed in and you have a thin batter. Don't overmix.
    • Add 2 tablespoons of sesame oil to the frying pan and heat it on medium heat until hot.
    • Dip a piece of celeriac into the batter, coating it on all sides.
    • Add it to the hot frying pan, nori skin side down.
    • Repeat the battering process until you have enough celeriac pieces to comfortably fit in your frying pan without over-crowding.
    • Cook for around 3 minutes until the nori side is crispy and golden brown and then gently flip each piece and fry for 2-3 minutes on the other side until golden brown and crispy.
    • Transfer the celeriac pieces to a baking tray lined with paper towels to soak up excess oil.
    • Heat another 2 tablespoons of sesame oil in the frying pan and then repeat the battering and frying process so that all the celeriac pieces are golden brown and crispy. Add more oil as needed.

    Fish Taco Sauce:

    • Add vegan mayonnaise, sriracha sauce, garlic powder, smoked paprika and lime juice to a mixing bowl.
    • Mix together until well combined.

    Assembling:

    • Heat your flour tortillas according to package directions or your preferred method. You can heat them in a frying pan, or stack them up, cover them in foil and bake them in the oven at 350°F (180°C) for around 15 minutes until heated through. Our latest preferred method is to heat them in our panini press.
    • Then build your tacos, starting with a layer of shredded red cabbage, then chopped tomatoes, vegan fish, sliced avocado, sliced red onion, crumbled vegan feta, chopped cilantro and finally a drizzle of taco sauce.
    • Serve with lime wedges on the side.

    Notes

    1. Celeriac – should be at least 1 and ½ pounds (680g) or bigger.
    2. Chopped nori sheets – the easiest way to chop nori sheets is using a scissors.
    3. Cold beer – makes for a cold batter, and this equals crispy beer battered fish. When the cold batter hits the hot oil, it makes it super crispy.
    4. Sesame oil – works great for high heat frying. You can switch it for a different oil with a high smoke point.
    5. Vegan fish – if you have a brand of store-bought vegan fish that you like then you’re welcome to use that instead and save time in this recipe.
    6. Vegan feta – can be store-bought vegan feta or make your own using our recipe for homemade vegan feta.
    7. Don’t let the boiled celeriac cool down too much. You want it to still be warm and slightly moist to the touch so that the nori sheets will stick to it easily. If it’s too hot, the nori sheet will recoil from it, but if it’s too cool, it won’t stick at all.
    8. The oil must be hot when you add the battered celeriac pieces. The battered celeriac pieces should sizzle when they hit the pan.
    9. Make it alcohol free: Switch the beer for sparkling water and increase the baking powder by ¼ teaspoon.
    10. Make it gluten free: If you need this to be gluten free then simply use a gluten free all purpose flour bend for your beer batter and make sure your tortillas are gluten free and you’re all set.
    11. Storing: If you have leftovers then the best thing is to store everything in separate containers in the fridge for 2-3 days and then bring everything out when you’re ready to start assembling some more tacos.
    12. Reheating: The best way to reheat the vegan fish is in the air fryer – this way it restores the crisp factor. Reheat at 350°F in the air fryer for 5-10 minutes. Or you can reheat it in the oven at 350°F for 10 minutes or until heated through.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1Taco | Calories: 573kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 36g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 1203mg | Potassium: 596mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 631IU | Vitamin C: 28mg | Calcium: 240mg | Iron: 3mg
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