The other day I came across a recipe for shrimp tacos which sounded really interesting. The use of shrimp in tacos sounded like a refreshing change from the standard ground beef tacos. I am always looking for ways to fit more prawns into my meal plan and shrimp tacos was a perfect excuse. The shrimp tacos were pretty tasty and the recipe was really easy and quick. I placed some salsa verde and cilantro in the tacos. You could also add any other tacos toppings like shredded cheese, sour cream, etc.
Shrimp Tacos
Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 25 minutes Servings: 2
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin (ground)
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 2 cloves garlic (chopped)
- 1/2 pound shrimp
- 4 large tortillas (corn tortillas for gluten free)
- salad greens
- cilantro
- salsa verde
- 1 lime (sliced)
directions
- Heat the oil in a pan.
- Add the cumin and chili powder and saute for a few minutes.
- Add the garlic and saute until fragrant, about 30-60 seconds.
- Add the shrimp and saute until cooked, about 1-3 minutes per side.
- Place the salad greens, cilantro, salsa verde and shrimp in the tortilla.
yum! shrimp tacos are a fav, that’s for sure. i love blackened fish tacos, shrimp tacos with a sweet sauce…and the winner…crispy fish tacos.
these look great, you can just see the flavor all over em!
This is an original idea for me. Shrimp tacos, but I love it. And the colour of the shrimps near the lime ,made my mouth watering
Kevin – Love the post…aren’t shrimp tacos the bomb-diggy;)?!!
Fish tacos also sound interesting!
wow!
i am impressed that you can make all these interesting dishes everyday! (is it everyday?)
i eat out more of the time. haha…
Kevin, I’d give up meat if I had seafood tacos all the time.
Also, I think a cilantro-sour cream would have been the icing on the cake!
yet another great looking dish, kevin!
Looks gorgeous! I love your photos. Here’s another recipe for shrimp tacos that I wrote for Cooking Light earlier this year . . . it’s ended up being one of my favorites.
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yum!
Wow those shrimp look cooked to perfection, Kevin! Yum!
Have I been hiding under a rock? How did I miss so many of your wonderful recipes. As usual you have surpassed yourself with your creativity and photography!!!
Okay I am moving to your neighbour hood so that I can invite myself to your meals 🙂
Wow, those look soooo goooood!
i made these last night they were so so good BUT…i put a slice of avocado and queso fresco on the tacos and i also used corn tortillas instead they were WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!