Hey People!
I thought about it and I figured, okay I'll make up the birthday shrimp taco recipe.
We made some shrimp tacos the week before my birthday when we were at Candlewood but we A) didn't have salt and B) were kind of just making it up with what we could get minimally. But they were so good I wanted to have them again as my birthday dinner.
Now, I am not a chef nor do I claim to be. This is truly just off the top of my head and measurements aren't exact. Literally do what you'd like to the flavor levels you'd like. *shrugs*
Travis wasn't happy I'm sharing this recipe since we think if we ever open a food truck or restaurant (truly not sure when that would ever happen) we'd definitely have this on the menu...but I just gave the basics.
Sadly, this was the only photo I took of the tacos...
But! Here's what I can remedy of the recipe:
Ingredients:
-Any shrimp of choice (we used extra large pre-cooked frozen shrimp), you'll need about 4pcs of shrimp per taco.
-Butter (about 2-3 tbs for the shrimp and extra for browning the tortillas
-Garlic (about 2-3 cloves, minced)
-4-6 tortillas, depending on how many people and how many tacos are being had (we had two each)
-1/2 to 1c of guacamole (I make my own, not gonna share the recipe but store bought or your own is fine)
-Half a bag of broccoli slaw
-About 1/4c of a creamy lime dressing (we used store bought)
-1-2tbs mediterranean seasoning
-1 lime
-1/4 to 1/2c Salsa verde (again, we used store bought)
-About 1/2 to 1c. Mexican cheese blend for topping (honestly use however much you'd like, I think the more the merrier)
Directions:
1) If the shrimp hasn't been thawed, do so. Peel, de-vein and remove tails.
2) Take the broccoli slaw out of the bag into medium bowl. Add cilantro lime dressing and mix. Squeeze rest of half of the juice from one half of the lime to slaw and mix.
3) Add butter and garlic to pan and heat to just melt. Add thawed shrimp and sauté until just turn pink. Make sure to not overcook shrimp or it becomes rubbery. This should take only a few minutes on medium to medium-high heat.
4) Remove shrimp from pan and set aside, if no butter remains in pan, melt a bit more to brown tortillas. Heat/ lightly brown tortillas in pan on both sides at same temp. Once brown, set aside.
5) Assemble tacos with shrimp, slaw, guac, salsa verde, and cheese to top. Squeeze other half of lime on top of each taco for added acidity.
6) Enjoy!
xoxo
Myia
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