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shrimp taco's

(1 rating)
lkostura avatar
Recipe by
Lou Kostura
@lkostura
Belmont, CA

With today being ash Wednesday I needed to come up with a meatless meal. This seemed to fit the bill for tonight. For the taco seasoning you can use the packaged seasoning, however I mix my own and use way less salt in it than the packaged stuff.

(1 rating)
yield 3 -4
prep time 15 Min
cook time 15 Min
method Saute

Ingredients For shrimp taco's

  • FILLING
  • 1 lb
    shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 1/2 tsp
    garlic powder-granulated
  • 1/2 tsp
    toasted onion powder-granulated
  • 2 Tbsp
    avocado oil
  • 1 pkg
    taco seasoning mix
  • 1 1/2
    limes, juiced
  • 2 Tbsp
    homemade taco seasoning (optional instead of packaged)
  • 1/2 c
    water
  • TOPPINGS
  • 2
    roma tomatoes seeded and diced
  • 1/2
    onion yellow diced
  • 1 bunch
    cylantro
  • 1 c
    monterey jack cheese grated
  • pickled jalapeno (see my homeade recipe)
  • taco sauce of choice
  • lettuce shreaded (optional)
  • SHELLS
  • 1 pkg
    corn tortillas

How To Make shrimp taco's

  • 1
    remove tails from cleaned deveined shrimp and chop each into thirds. remember to used separate cutting board to avoid cross contamination
  • 2
    de-seed and dice roma tomato's, dice onion, clean and rough chop cylantro, grate cheese if you bought block
  • 3
    lightly saute shrimp in avocado oil add granulated garlic and onion
  • 4
    when shrimp start turning pink add taco seasoning, mix well, add water, mix well continue to saute until water is almost evaporated ( i cover and crack cover open for this step. about 10 minutes on med. heat does it) remove from heat and squeeze in 1 1/2 limes
  • 5
    while filling is cooking heat a comal (a shallow round cast iron skillet) to medium high again add a little avocado oil and heat your corn tortilla's. I remove them and place in a towel fold and cover with towel
  • 6
    fill shells with toppings of choice and enjoy
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