Shrimp Tacos

For those who’re on the lookout for a fast meal that everybody loves, these are a household favourite!

Shrimp Tacos mix juicy, seasoned shrimp with contemporary, crunchy veggies and your fave toppings for a simple weeknight surprise.

Tuck them into corn (or flour) tortillas and create a taco bar for a enjoyable tackle taco evening.

An Simple Weeknight Meal

Shrimp is a protein that’s fast to prepare dinner making this dish come collectively FAST!
Tuck these into flour or corn tortillas (and even flip them right into a shrimp taco salad).
Add in numerous contemporary veggies to make them wholesome and flavorful!

Elements for Shrimp Tacos

Shrimp: Shrimp are a lean, flavorful protein that cooks up rapidly. Select peeled and deveined shrimp (with the tails eliminated) for simple prep.
Taco seasoning: Provides a burst of zesty, smoky taste. Use selfmade taco seasoning or retailer purchased.
Tortillas: I like the flavour of corn tortillas however flour tortillas (and even crispy taco shells) work too!
Cilantro slaw: A vibrant mix of shredded cabbage, carrots, and a light-weight dressing, it offers a satisfying crunch and a refreshing tanginess.
Lime: A squeeze excessive brightens up the flavors, including a little bit of acidity that ties the entire dish collectively.

Selfmade Taco Seasoning

A easy combination with chili powder, floor cumin, onion powder, garlic powder, oregano, and salt u0026 pepper. Add just a little cayenne pepper for some warmth if you happen to’d like!

Homemade Taco Seasoning Recipe

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Taco seasoning is a flexible spice utilized in so lots of our favourite dishes. This selfmade taco seasoning recipe permits you to management the spices and add rather less or just a little extra warmth! Let the spices meld and luxuriate in it in your favourite recipes.

Prepare dinner Shrimp for Tacos

For the best-tasting slaw, put together it properly forward of time and hold refrigerated so the flavors can all mix. As soon as the dressing is ready, use solely sufficient to maintain the slaw coated however not soaking so it stays crisp and crunchy!

Peel and devein the shrimp (and take away tails if desired). Combine with taco seasoning, garlic, and lime juice.
On a sizzling skillet or grill, prepare dinner shrimp till they’re pink.
Scoop slaw into heat tortillas and add shrimp and desired toppings.

Toppings for Shrimp Tacos

Serve this simple shrimp taco recipe along with your favourite toppings or create a taco bar in your subsequent get-together!

Sauces: Add guacamole, or drizzle with sizzling sauce, bitter cream, or homemade salsa.
Contemporary: Add the cabbage slaw beneath or your favourite coleslaw. Strive a couple of slices of avocado or radishes.
Flavorful: Olives, jalapenos, additional lime wedges, cilantro. Our fish taco sauce makes an excellent shrimp taco sauce too!

Serving Recommendations

Appetizer: Something goes with tacos, making it a easy and enjoyable dinner. For an appetizer, serve some tortilla chips with mango salsa and Pico de Gallo.

Sides: Add Mexican rice, or our tex mex rice, refried beans or corn salad!

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Prep Time 15 minutes

Prepare dinner Time 15 minutes

Complete Time 30 minutes

Writer Holly Nilsson

For the slaw, in a medium bowl, combine collectively inexperienced and purple cabbage, cilantro, mayonnaise, and cumin. Refrigerate.
In a separate bowl, mix shrimp with taco seasoning, lime juice, and garlic powder.
In a pan over medium-high warmth, warmth the olive oil. Add the seasoned shrimp in a single layer. Utilizing tongs, prepare dinner shrimp for 1-2 minutes on both sides till they’re pink and cooked via.
Heat the corn tortillas over an open flame or observe bundle directions.
Fill every heat tortilla with slaw and cooked shrimp, including every other desired toppings.

Prepare dinner the shrimp simply till they flip pink, as soon as cooked, take away them from the pan to keep away from overcooking.
Spice issues up by including some chopped jalapeños or a touch of sizzling sauce to your slaw for an additional kick.
The cilantro slaw might be made in 24 hours upfront and saved within the fridge. The flavors meld collectively fantastically in a single day.
Retailer leftovers in an hermetic container for as much as 3 days. Retailer shrimp individually from tortillas and toppings.

Vitamin info supplied is an estimate and can fluctuate based mostly on cooking strategies and types of components used.

Course Dinner, Entree, Primary Course, Seafood

Delicacies American, Mexican

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