Description
Delicious shrimp tacos topped with a refreshing cilantro lime slaw, perfect for any occasion.
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 corn tortillas
- 3 cups green cabbage, shredded
- 2 avocados, mashed
- ¼ cup Cotija cheese
- ⅓ cup red onion, thinly sliced
- Lime wedges, for serving
- 1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp parsley flakes
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- ½ tsp salt
- Freshly ground pepper to taste
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 5 green onions, chopped
- ½ cup cilantro leaves
- Juice of 2 limes
- ½ jalapeño pepper (optional or to taste)
- ½ cup nonfat Greek yogurt
- ¼ tsp salt (or to taste)
- Freshly ground pepper to taste
Instructions
- Combine the olive oil, green onions, cilantro leaves, minced garlic, lime juice, salt, pepper, Greek yogurt, and jalapeño pepper in the bowl of your food processor or blender. Pulse until smooth. If it’s too thick, add water as needed.
- Season the shrimp with minced garlic, chili powder, ground cumin, parsley flakes, salt, pepper, and olive oil.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and cook the shrimp for 2 minutes on each side. Set aside.
- Reserve some of the sauce for drizzling over the tacos and mix the remainder with the shredded cabbage.
- Assemble the tacos with mashed avocado, slaw, cooked shrimp, red onion, and Cotija cheese.
- Serve with lime wedges and extra sauce.
Notes
For a deeper flavor, marinate the shrimp for 30 minutes before cooking.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: main course
- Method: Sautéing
- Cuisine: Mexican
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 taco
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 500mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 40g
- Fiber: 5g
- Protein: 22g
- Cholesterol: 170mg