Chipotle and Lime Shrimp Tacos
"Adapted from Cuisine at Home Magazine."
- Ready In:
- 1hr 8mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
-
For the Shrimp
- 1⁄2 cup fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoons chili powder (try chipotle or ancho)
- 1 lb large shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 8 (6 inch) flour tortillas
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For the Chipotle Sauce
- 1⁄2 cup crema, sour cream (or combination of two) or 1/2 cup mayonnaise (or combination of two)
- 2 chipotle chiles in adobo, minced
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons honey
- 1 teaspoon fresh lime juice
- salt
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For the Red Cabbage Slaw
- 4 cups shredded red cabbage (about 1/2 a small head)
- 1⁄2 cup sliced scallion
- 1⁄2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar or 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- salt
directions
- Marinate the shrimp in the refrigerator in a marinade made with lime juice, olive oil, and chili powder. Refrigerate for about 1 hour.
- In the meantime, make the chipotle sauce: Combine the mayonnaise (Mexican crema or sour cream) with the minced chipotle peppers, honey, lime juice and season with salt to taste. Refrigerate the sauce until serving.
- Combine the ingredients for the slaw in a medium bowl. Toss to coat the cabbage. Refrigerate until serving.
- Skewer the shrimp on wooden skewers and either cook them on the grill or cook in a cast iron skillet for 4 minutes on each side or until cooked through.
- Lightly sprinkle a few paper towels with water and place on a plate. Top with 8 tortillas and cover with another damp paper towel. Microwave the tortillas to soften them for 1 minute.
- Assemble the tacos: Place a flour tortilla on your plate. Spoon 2 to 3 spoons of red cabbage slaw in the center of the tortilla. Top with 4 shrimp on each taco and spoon a few tablespoons of chipotle sauce over the top of the shrimp.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
gailanng
United States
I'm just me, mother, grandmother...friend to many and a Louisianian. My Cajun and French Quarter Italian descent afforded me exposure to some of the best of foods. My passions are my family, decorating, cooking and gardening. Those very passions push me into constant awareness with always looking for something new to delight the senses, thus my favorite idiom...Inspire me, puuuullllllleeeeeeease! ...and I mean it, too. God Bless America!
