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Taco night, sorted — shrimp tacos, easy Mexican street tacos, birria, crockpot shredded chicken, and carne asada for busy weeknights and weekend crowds.
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This shrimp taco recipe is the only one you need! A perfect way to mix up taco night!
Kylee StecIngredients
- Shrimp
- Cumin
- Chili powder
- Paprika
- Garlic
- 1-2 Jalapeños
- 1 Pineapple(canned works)
- 1 Orange juice
- lots! Lime juice
- half a head Cabbage
- 1/2 cup Greek yogurt or sour cream
- Chives or green onions
- lots! Cilantro
- 2 per person Flour tortillas
- 2 Avacados
- 1/2 Purple onion
- Onion powder
Instructions
- 11. The shrimp! This is super simple! Heat a skillet with some garlic, olive oil, and I added a handful of white onion in there. Salt and Pepper! Once hot get those shrimp cooking! I sprinkled cumin, chili powder, paprika on top. Then flipped and sprinkled some more. Give it a dash more of each of you like extra spice! Adding spice is all a personal preference and who you are cooking for!
- 22. Pineapple Jalepeno Salsa! I love the sweetness of pineapple on the taco! Dice dice dice those jalepenos! Save some for the guacamole and slaw! Heat the jalepenos in a skillet with some garlic. I used a whole jalepeno. Then take a can of pineapple any kind and mix it in on the skillet. After getting a nice char add to a big handful of cilantro, juice of one orange, and some lime!
- 33. The Slaw!! Cilantro and Lime together the perfect combo! Slice the slaw! (About half the head) Dice the cilantro! (A big handful!) mix in the lime, garlic, salt, onion powder. Measure with the heart! Then stir in the sour cream or Greek yogurt about 1/2cup….. Add some jalepenos for some extra spice!
- 44. Guac!! Avacados(2), purple onion(1/2), some garlic, 1/2 handful of cilantro, 1/2 jalepeno, salt, and pepper!
- 55. Assemble!! Warm flour tortilla and put the taco together! Enjoy!
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Tacos stretch a pound of meat into dinner for everybody, and they let each person build their own plate. That alone makes them worth keeping in the weeknight rotation.
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Quick Tips
- 1
Warm the tortillas right
Heat corn tortillas 30 seconds a side in a dry skillet until they smell toasty and fold without cracking. Stack them in a clean towel to stay soft.
- 2
Sear the shrimp fast
Shrimp need about 2 minutes per side over medium-high heat. Pull them the moment they curl and turn opaque or they'll go rubbery.
- 3
Rest the steak
Let carne asada or chuck rest 10 minutes before slicing, then cut against the grain into thin strips so every bite stays tender.
- 4
Squeeze lime at the end
Add fresh lime juice right before serving, about half a lime per plate. Added early it cooks off and tastes flat.
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