Quick Shrimp Tacos Recipe

Shrimp Tacos are a quick and easy dinner recipe. Flavorful juicy shrimp, caramelized onions, red pepper, garlic, and Mexican seasonings are piled into corn tortillas. 

You can then dress your Shrimp Tacos with whatever you like. Some favorite toppings are Pico De Gallo, Mango Salsa, Habanero Pineapple Blueberry Salsa, Tomatillo Salsa, tomatoes, avocado, grated cheese, shredded lettuce, and sour cream.

My sweet husband made these last week for me and even took the photos. Why you might ask? Well, you see my darling daughter was helping rinse off the dishes after dinner and accidentally dropped a plate on my white corning ware baking dish. Oops, it's ok sweetie let Mom clean this up! You just go get ready for bed. I don't want you to cut yourself... Can you guess what happened next? 

No, I didn't go take a nice hot bath..Guess again.. No, I didn't curl up in bed with my cozy pajamas and read a good book.. Bingo, I sliced my right middle finger open up the side from below to above my knuckle. (Yes, I'm right handed.) This was followed by Lorna freaking out, "Mom should I call 911?" Me," no I will be ok please whatever you do don't call 911 for this!" 

Then I went on to spend the next 10 minutes trying to decided if I could just wrap it up real good and be on my marry way. Nope it definitely needed stitches!  Off to get stitches at the walk in clinic I went.  I won't go into detail because this is a cooking blog about how it looked but I went in to the walk in clinic 6 minutes before they closed and had my finger scrubbed out (the most painful thing ever) and 5 stitches put in. Now, I look like I'm giving the middle to everyone from all of the bandaging, please don't judge me if you see me. So needless to say the doctor wrote a note to my husband saying no dishes for 10-14 days. I'm really not to be cleaning either and it's really difficult to cook when you can't chop. So the kids and hubby have been helping out a lot!

Ok, now on to how to make Shrimp Tacos: 

Heat 2 tablespoon Olive Oil in a heavy duty pan over medium-high heat.

Add 1/2 whole Diced Sweet Onion and cook until onion starts to caramelize. 

Mix in:

• 1 whole Red Pepper, Seeded and Diced
• 4 cloves Garlic, Minced

Stir in: 

• 2 teaspoons Chili Powder
• 1 teaspoon Ground Cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt

Sauté until fragrant about 1 minute. Add 1 ounce of tequila or water to deglaze pan.

Add 2 pounds Shrimp that are peeled, deveined and tails removed. Cook until shrimp turn pink.

Serve shrimp in warmed corn tortillas or fry the tortillas in a little olive oil if you like them crunchy.  Serve with whatever your favorite taco toppings are like shredded lettuce, diced tomato, grated cheese, Pico De Gallo, Habanero Pineapple Blueberry Salsa, Mango Salsa, and Tomatillo Salsa Verde.

If you're looking to entertain we love serving these Mango Margaritas or Raspberry Margaritas as an easy cocktail. 

Other favorite Mexican Recipes we love are:

• Restaurant Style Mexican Rice
• Cilantro Lime Rice
• Homemade Flour Tortillas
• Homemade Refried Black Beans 
• Shredded Beef Enchiladas
• Slow Cooked Pork Carnitas Tacos
• Shredded Chicken Enchiladas
• Oven Baked Steak Burritos
• Mexican Meatball Soup 

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Dinner

Mexican

Yield: 5

Author: Serena Bakes Simply From Scratch

Quick Shrimp Tacos

Shrimp Tacos are a quick and easy dinner recipe. Flavorful juicy shrimp, caramelized onions, red pepper, garlic, and Mexican seasonings are piled into corn tortillas.

Prep time: 5 MinCook time: 15 MinTotal time: 20 Min

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons Olive Oil
• 1/2 whole Large Sweet Onion, Diced
• 4 cloves Garlic, Minced
• 1 whole Red Bell Pepper, Seeded And Diced
• 2 teaspoons Chili Powder
• 1 teaspoon Cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 1 ounce Tequila Or Water (To Deglaze Pan)
• 2 pounds Shrimp, Peeled, Deveined And Tails Removed
• Corn Tortillas

Instructions

1. In a large sauté pan over medium-high heat add oil and onion. Saute until onion starts to caramelize.
2. Add garlic and red bell pepper. Stir well.
3. Add all seasonings and stir. Cook until seasoning becomes fragrant about 1 minute. Add tequila or water to deglaze the pan.
4. Add shrimp and cook until shrimp turn pink. Shrimp are done when pink.
5. Serve with desired toppings.

Notes

For Serving: Corn Tortilla's (Warmed), Pico De Gallo, Favorite Salsa, Avocado, Guacamole, Limes, Hot Sauce, Sour Cream and anything else your heart desires.

Nutrition Facts

Calories

246.09

Fat

6.97 g

Sat. Fat

1.01 g

Carbs

6.16 g

Fiber

1.39 g

Net carbs

4.76 g

Sugar

1.61 g

Protein

37.46 g

Sodium

466.56 mg

Cholesterol

292.11 mg

The nutritional information and metric conversions are calculated automatically. I cannot guarantee the accuracy of this data. If this important to you, please verify with your favourite nutrition calculator and/or metric conversion tool.

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