Cajun Blackened Tilapia Lettuce Wraps
with Black Beans, Scallions & Lemony Chili Crema
- Milk
- Fish
Cue the brass band, because your taste buds are about to take a trip to the Big Easy! We’re talking tender, flaky blackened tilapia and saucy, smoky red beans piled into cool, crisp lettuce leaves for delicious contrast. It’s all finished with a drizzle of sweet and tangy lemony chili crema, a sprinkle of scallions, and a final squeeze of lemon for your zesty self. Now if we could only perfect our Hurricane cocktail...
Ingredients
1 unit
Veggie Stock Concentrate
1.5 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk)
1 unit
Baby Lettuce
½ ounce
Sweet Thai Chili Sauce
11 ounce
Tilapia
(Contains: Fish)
1 unit
Lemon
1 unit
Black Beans
2 unit
Scallions
1 teaspoon
Garlic Powder
1 tablespoon
Blackening Spice
Not included in your delivery
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
2 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Wash and dry produce. • Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens. Drain beans. Zest and quarter lemon (for 4 servings, zest one lemon and quarter both). Trim and discard root end from lettuce; separate leaves.
• Heat a drizzle of oil in a medium pot over medium-high heat. Add scallion whites; cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened and fragrant, 30-60 seconds. • Stir in beans, garlic powder, stock concentrate, ¼ cup water (1⁄3 cup for 4 servings), and a big pinch of salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and cook until thickened, 7-8 minutes.
• Meanwhile, pat tilapia* dry with paper towels; rub with Blackening Spice and season with salt. • Heat a drizzle of oil in a large, preferably nonstick, pan over medium heat. Add tilapia and cook until browned and cooked through, 5-7 minutes per side. Transfer to a cutting board.
• In a small bowl, combine sour cream, half the chili sauce (all for 4 servings), juice from half the lemon, and as much lemon zest as you like. • Add water 1 tsp at a time until mixture reaches a drizzling consistency.
• Once beans are done, remove from heat; stir in juice from one lemon wedge (two wedges for 4 servings). • Cut tilapia into 12-16 pieces.
• Divide lettuce leaves between plates; fill with tilapia and as many beans as you like. Sprinkle with scallion greens and drizzle with crema. • Serve with any remaining lemon wedges and any remaining beans on the side.
Tilapia is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 145°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many enjoyed the fresh, light flavors, though some found it bland and wanted more seasoning or acidity.
- Ease of prep: Quick and easy to make, with simple instructions that even kids could follow 🍲.
- Suggestions: Consider adding a crunchy element, like corn or pico de gallo, for texture and flavor boost.
- Portions: Surprisingly filling for a light meal; some found it made more servings than expected.
- Serving style: Try as a salad or grain bowl for easier eating; some preferred tortillas over lettuce wraps.
Reviews from our home cooks
This Hello Fresh meal ain't no joke. It has several tastebud pops. Protein: Tilapia, Black Beans Fiber: Lettuce, Black Beans Carbs: Lettuce, Tomatoes I'll be gathering ingredients for this one again and again. Also this serving is supposed to be for 1 person but as you can see that easily feeds 2 people and especially if you make a side dish of brown rice. The most surprising part of this recipe is fresh squeezed lemon in the black beans. I never would have thought of that and it's delicious!
My family and I really enjoyed this recipe. The blackened Tilapia was wonderful. And the best part was it felt very clean, light, refreshing, and was filling.
4 very good meals. I improvised by chopping the lettuce and cooking the Tilapia in bite sized pieces. I layered with beans on bottom, then Tilapia & mixed in lettuce with sauce on top.
I like the change up in flavors and ingredients in a lettuce wrap. This was also by far the best lettuce wrap/cups I've ever gotten (super curved and firm). Do kind of wish there was a side of potato or bread
The level of spice surprised me, the beans were so flavorful, and the lettuce was crisp and wonderful.
The tilapia had a great flavor! Loved it! The beans were tasty too! The chili sauce was also good! The only ingredient that I had a problem with was the romaine lettuce. It was wilted. Thank goodness I had some romaine in the fridge to substitute. I made a pot of cheese grits to serve along side the blackened tilapia. By the way, try putting that in the box sometime instead of coucous. It was delicious!
This was probably my favorite recipe of the week. What a smart way to do a fish taco. I have always begged HF to offer more fish options, and I love how this one uses a firm lettuce as a "taco shell". Please offer recipes like this which use lettuce as a shell/wrap.
Easy to make and delicious! I cut up the lettuce and made it more of a salad. Very filling
Our 5 year old gobbled these up after saying "I want rice with my beans" and we were thoroughly impressed with the flavors. Especially the chili sauce to top off the wraps. We'd love this one again!
Sweet Thai chili sauce didn't go well with beans and blackened fish it was a combo of Mexican food and Thai and not in a good fusion way. We added taco style hot sauce and it was much better, and we put some of the sour cream in the beans instead of mixing all of it with the Thai sauce. Aside from that, it was fresh and we enjoyed having fish lettuce wraps.
