Cilantro Lime Shrimp Tacos

Happy taco Tuesday friends!  I don’t know about you, but I could eat tacos, burritos, fajitas or some variation of those pretty much everyday!  I’ve been making these shrimp tacos for about a year and my family absolutely loves them!

I’m a bit picky when it comes to shrimp.  After reading up on farmed seafood, I will only eat wild seafood.  Depending on the season, prices and the selection at my local grocery store I sometimes buy fresh wild shrimp or I will get frozen, raw wild shrimp.  For this recipe you will need 1 pound or more of shrimp.

Ingredients

• 1-2 pounds of raw shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1 yellow onion diced
• 2-3 limes
• 1 large bunch of cilantro
• 1 -2 bell peppers – your choice on color
• 1-2 jalapeños deseeded and deveined – adjust to your liking
• 1 cup of green salsa
• 2 tsp of carne asada seasoning

Directions

1. Sauté for 5-7 minutes the onion, bell peppers and jalapeños in a small amount of olive oil.Next add the shrimp.

2. Shrimp should be raw and peeled.

 

3. Add 1 cup of green salsa and 2 tsp of carne asada seasoning.  I used the seasoning and salsa pictured below; both are from Costco.

 

 

4. Add to the sauce pan the juice of 2 -3 limes.

This manual juicer has become one of my go to tools in the kitchen.

 

5. Chop 1 bunch of cilantro and add to pan.

 

6. Do not overcook shrimp.  Simmer until shrimp are pink.  Typically shrimp will be done in a couple of minutes.

 

I served these on small street taco style flour tortillas with cilantro lime quinoa and non-fat refried beans.  The shrimp are seasoned so well that the only thing I added to them was avocado.

If you try these out, let me know what you think.  The salsa and jalapeños you use can really affect the spiciness of the recipe. I would suggest starting with one jalapeño and going from there or completely omitting the jalapeños if you prefer a more mild flavor.