Description
The Best Spicy Shrimp Tacos Recipe you’ll ever make – ready in 30 minutes and loaded with flavor. Pan Seared Shrimp rubbed with a smoky spicy rub, served on corn tortillas, and topped with a cilantro lime slaw, fresh pico and an epic avocado crema!
Ingredients
Spicy Shrimp Tacos:
- 2lb. jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 2汤匙avocado oil
- 1 teaspoongarlic powder
- 1 teaspoonsmoked paprika
- 1/2 teaspoonground cumin
- 1/8 teaspoonsea salt
- 1/2 teaspoonancho chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoonground black pepper
- 16corn tortillas
- cooking spray
- optional: freshpico de gallo
Cabbage Slaw:
- 2 cupsgreen cabbage, thinly sliced
- 2 cupspurple cabbage, thinly sliced
- 2汤匙lime juice
- 1/4 cupchopped fresh cilantro
- 1 teaspoonhoney
- salt & pepper to taste
Avocado Crema:
- 2avocados
- 1garlic clove
- 1/4 cupfresh cilantro
- 1/4 teaspoon孜然
- 1/8 teaspoonred pepper flakes
- 1 1/2 tablespoonlime juice
- 2汤匙s red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoonolive oil
- salt to taste
Instructions
Cilantro Lime Slaw:
- To a large bowl, add green cabbage, purple cabbage, 2 tablespoons of lime juice, cilantro, honey, salt and pepper. Gently toss to coat and set aside.
Avocado Crema:
- To a food processor add, avocado, garlic, 1/4 cup cilantro, cumin, red pepper flakes, 1.5 tablespoons of lime juice, red wine vinegar, olive oil and salt. Blend until smooth and looks like a puree or dressing. Set aside.
Spicy Shrimp Tacos:
- To a small bowl, add 1 teaspoon garlic powder, 1 teaspoon smoked paprika, 1/2 teaspoon cumin, 1/8 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon ancho chili powder and 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper. Stir to blend everything together.
- Add shrimp to a bowl, season shrimp with spice blend and toss to coat.
- Heat a large non-skillet skillet to medium high heat.
- Add avocado oil to pan once hot and immediately add seasoned shrimp. Sear each side for 2-3 minutes.
- Remove shrimp from pan and set on a plate to rest.
- To heat corn tortillas: heat a skillet to medium high heat, spray both sides of tortilla with cooking spray and cook for 1-2 minutes on either side until browned.
- Assemble Spicy Shrimp Tacos: To one heated corn tortilla add 2 tablespoons of avocado crema, 1/3 cup slaw, 2-4 shrimp and (optional) pico de gallo.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:1 taco
- Calories:167
- Sugar:2 g
- Sodium:331 mg
- Fat:6 g
- Saturated Fat:1 g
- Carbohydrates:14 g
- Fiber:3 g
- Protein:16 g
- Cholesterol:113 mg
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