Southwest Shrimp Tacos

Southwest Shrimp Tacos

🥘 Ingredients

  • Roma tomato
    2 unit
  • Southwest Spice Blend
    2 tbsp
  • cooking oil
    1 tbsp
  • flour tortillas
    12 unit
  • hot sauce
    2 tsp
  • lime
    1 unit
  • lime juice
  • minced
  • paper towels
  • pepper
  • poblano pepper
    2 unit
  • red onion
    2 unit
  • salt
  • shrimp
    20 oz
  • sour cream
    2.667 tbsp
  • sugar
    1/2 tsp

🍳 Cookware

  • medium bowl
  • medium bowl
  • small bowl
  • large pan
  1. 1
    Wash and dry all produce. Zest and quarter lime . Halve, peel, and thinly slice red onion ; mince a few slices until you have 2 TBSP (4 TBSP for 4 servings). Finely dice Roma tomato . Halve, deseed, and slice poblano pepper into 1/4-inch-thick strips.
    lime: 1 unit, red onion: 2 unit, Roma tomato: 2 unit, poblano pepper: 2 unit
  2. 2
    Rinse shrimp under cold water, then pat dry with paper towels . In a medium bowl , toss shrimp with Southwest Spice Blend and a squeeze of lime juice . Set aside to marinate.
    shrimp: 20 oz, paper towels, shrimp, Southwest Spice Blend: 2 tbsp, lime juice
  3. 3
    In a second medium bowl , combine minced onion, tomato, half the lime zest, 1/4 tsp sugar ( sugar for 20 servings), and a squeeze of lime juice to taste. Season with salt and black pepper .
    minced, sugar: 1/2 tsp, salt, pepper
  4. 4
    In a small bowl , combine sour cream with as much hot sauce as you like. Stir in water 1 tsp at a time until the crema reaches a drizzling consistency. Season with salt.
    sour cream: 2.667 tbsp, hot sauce: 2 tsp
  5. 5
    Heat a large drizzle of cooking oil in a large, preferably nonstick, large pan over medium-high heat. Add the poblano, sliced onion, salt, and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and tender ⏱️ 7 minutes . Transfer to a plate. Add another drizzle of oil and the shrimp to the pan. Cook until the shrimp are opaque and cooked through ⏱️ 4 minutes . Stir in the remaining lime zest and the juice from the remaining lime wedges. Season with salt and pepper.
    cooking oil: 1 tbsp
  6. 6
    Meanwhile, wrap flour tortillas in damp paper towels and microwave until warm and pliable ⏱️ 30 seconds . Divide the tortillas between plates and fill with the shrimp and veggies. Top with pico de gallo and the crema. Serve.
    flour tortillas: 12 unit