Grilled Shrimp Tacos
From shandy 14 years ago
- 30 to make
- Serves 4
Marinated large shrimp, sauce and a red cabbage coleslaw all layered on top of Tequila refried beans. The recipe for the refried beans is separate from this recipe and posted. A fresh, simple and delicious meal!
Ingredients
- For the Shrimp Tacos: shopping list
- 1/2 c. fresh lime juice shopping list
- 1 T. olive oil shopping list
- 2 t. chili powder shopping list
- 1 lb. large shrimp, peeled and deveined (24) shopping list
- 8 flour tortillas shopping list
- For the Chipotle Sauce: shopping list
- 1/2 c. mayonnaise or sour cream shopping list
- 1 1/2 t. minced chipotle chilies in adobo sauce shopping list
- 1 1/2 t. honey shopping list
- 1 t. fresh lime juice shopping list
- Salt to taste shopping list
- For the Red Slaw: shopping list
- 4 c. shredded red cabbage shopping list
- 1/2 c. sliced scallions shopping list
- 1/2 c. chopped fresh cilantro shopping list
- 1 T. olive oil shopping list
- 1 T. distilled white vinegar shopping list
- Salt to taste shopping list
How to make it
- Whisk together 1/2 c. lime juice, 1 T. oil, and chili powder for the tacos. Add shrimp and chill until ready to skewer.
- Preheat one side of the grill to medium-high and the other side to medium-low.
- Whisk together mayonnaise, chipotle's, honey, and 1 t. lime juice for the sauce. Season with salt and chill until ready to serve, or up to 1 hour. See Photo
- Combine cabbage, scallions, cilantro, 1 T. oil, and vinegar for the slaw. Season with salt and chill until ready to serve, or up to 1 hour.
- Wrap tortillas in foil. Thread shrimp onto 4 metal or soaked bamboo skewers. See Photo
- Grill foil-wrapped tortillas, covered, over medium-low heat, 3-4 minutes. Flip and grill 3-4 minutes more. Grill shrimp skewers, covered, over medium-high heat, 1-2 minutes per side. Remove tortillas and skewers from the grill.
- To serve, divide slaw and shrimp among 8 tortillas; drizzle with sauce See Photo. I also added Tequila refried beans to the base of the tortilla before adding fillings. Recipe is posted.
Red Cabbage Slaw
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Shrimp Taco Fillings
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Shrimp Taco Skewers on top of Wrapped Tortilla shells.
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Reviewed by 5 people-
5 forks made these for my wife she loved them
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this recipes is great , i like it delicious. i hope i could make it this weekend. thank you visit http://ahmz-homecooking.blogspot.com
ahmz
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I really loved the sauce in this! Hot but not too hot. I used chipotle chili powder when chili powder was needed. It was raining here today so I broiled my shrimp and heated the tortillas up in the oven. I didn't make the beans though. Very flavor...more
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