One-Pan Banh-Mi-Style Shrimp Tacos

One-Pan Banh-Mi-Style Shrimp Tacos

🥘 Ingredients

  • cilantro
    ½ ounce
  • cooking oil
  • flour tortillas
    12 unit
  • lime
    2 unit
  • mayonnaise
    4 tbsp
  • mini cucumber
    2 unit
  • pepper
  • rice wine vinegar
    3.333 tbsp
  • salt
  • shredded carrots
    8 oz
  • sriracha
    2 tsp
  • sugar
    ½ teaspoon
  • sweet soy glaze
    1/2 c

🍳 Cookware

  • small bowl
  • large pan
  • small bowl
  1. 1
    Wash and dry all produce. Halve lime . Trim and halve mini cucumber lengthwise; thinly slice crosswise into half-moons. Finely chop cilantro .
    lime: 2 unit, mini cucumber: 2 unit, cilantro: ½ ounce
  2. 2
    In a small bowl , combine half the rice wine vinegar (you'll use the rest later), juice from half the lime, sugar (1 teaspoon for 4 servings), and a pinch of salt . Stir in cucumber. Set aside to quick-pickle.
    rice wine vinegar: 3.333 tbsp, sugar: ½ teaspoon, salt
  3. 3
    Heat a drizzle of cooking oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add shredded carrots and cook, stirring, until just tender, ⏱️ 1 minutes . Season with salt and pepper . Turn off heat; transfer to a plate.
    cooking oil, shredded carrots: 8 oz, pepper
  4. 4
    Heat another drizzle of oil in same pan over medium-high heat. Add beef; season with a pinch of salt and pepper. Cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until browned and cooked through, ⏱️ 4 minutes to ⏱️ 6 minutes . Stir in sweet soy glaze and remaining vinegar. Bring to a simmer, then immediately turn off heat. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
    sweet soy glaze: 1/2 c
  5. 5
    In a second small bowl , combine mayonnaise with sriracha to taste. Season with salt. Stir in water 1 tsp at a time until mixture reaches a drizzling consistency.
    mayonnaise: 4 tbsp, sriracha: 2 tsp
  6. 6
    Wrap flour tortillas in damp paper towels and microwave until warm and pliable, ⏱️ 30 seconds . Divide tortillas between plates and fill with saucy beef, carrots, pickled cucumber (draining first), and cilantro. Drizzle with Sriracha mayo. Cut remaining lime into wedges and serve on the side.
    flour tortillas: 12 unit
  7. 7
    Shellfish is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 145 degrees.