Its Taco Tuesday! This month Recipe Redux wanted us to do a healthy take on a taco. These sweet scrumptious shrimp tacos are packed with vitamins, minerals, taste and low in calories. The shrimp provides essential choline, the veggies and fruit provide significant antioxidants. A great combo of sweet and tangy with a balance of protein, healthy fats, and carbohydrates. I hope you like them as much as my family does!
Sweet Shrimp Tacos
Ingredients
- Shrimp:
- 1 pound of large shrimp approximately 20, deveined and tails removed
- One lime zest and juice
- 1 T chopped cilantro
- 1 T extra virgin olive oil
- Garlic powder onion powder, and cayenne pepper
- Two mediums chopped red peppers
- 1/2 red onion chopped
- 1 clove minced garlic
- 1 large tomato chopped
- 1 cup corn
- 1/2- teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon chopped cilantro
- Salsa:
- 1 cup chopped pineapple
- 1 cup chopped peach
- 1 shallot minced
- 1/4- cup cilantro chopped
- 1 avocado cut in small pieces
- 1 lime tested and juiced
- 1- tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- Salt and pepper
- Cilantro yogurt dressing:
- 1/2 cup Greek yogurt
- 1 tsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp. cilantro chopped
- 1 tsp. lime juice
- 1/4 tsp. lime zest
- Corn tortillas
- Shredded red cabbage
Instructions
- Marinate the shrimp:
- Mix the lime juice, zest, extra virgin olive oil and cilantro in a small bowl. Sprinkle the shrimp liberally with garlic powder, onion powder and lightly with cayenne pepper. Pour the lime cilantro mixture over the shrimp and spread out in a single layer; let marinate for 1/2 hour.
- Make the veggies:
- Sauté the peppers, red onion, garlic, corn, and tomato in a small amount of oil till tender. Add the shrimp, cumin and lime and cook until done (I like when its browned).
- Make the salsa:
- Mix all salsa ingredients and salt and pepper to taste.
- Make the cilantro yogurt:
- Mix all ingredients for the yogurt together.
- Toast the corn tortillas
- Putting it all together:
- Place shrimp mixture (3 shrimp) on top of a corn tortilla, top with desired amount of salsa and red cabbage and finish with a dollop of the cilantro yogurt dressing
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