Grilled Shrimp Tacos

Posted by Troy | Filed under Last Night's Dinner

The red cabbage slaw totally made these. Although the chipotle sauce also totally made them.

The grilled shrimp totally made them.

No. The slaw.

But honestly as awesome as these grilled shrimp tacos are, I think what I created with the leftovers may have been even better.

Southwest Grilled Shrimp Tacos

For the Shrimp Tacos

  • ½ cup fresh lime juice
  • 1 Tbsp. olive oil
  • 2 tsp. chili powder
  • 1 lb. large shrimp, peeled and deveined (24)
  • 8 flour tortillas (6-inch)

For the Chipotle Sauce

  • ½ cup mayonnaise or sour cream (we use sour cream)
  • 1½  tsp. minced chipotle chiles in adobo sauce
  • 1½ tsp. honey
  • 1 tsp. fresh lime juice
  • salt to taste

For the Red Slaw

  • 4 cups shredded red cabbage
  • ½ cup sliced scallions
  • ½ cup chopped fresh cilantro
  • 1 Tbsp. olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp. distilled white vinegar
  • salt to taste

Directions

Whisk together ½ cup lime juice, 1 Tbsp. oil, and chili powder for the tacos. Add shrimp and chill until ready to skewer.

Preheat one side of the grill to medium-high and the other side to medium-low.

Whisk together mayonnaise, chipotles, honey, and 1 tsp. lime juice for the sauce. Season with salt and chill until ready to serve, or up to 2 days.

Combine cabbage, scallions, cilantro, 1 Tbsp. oil, and vinegar for the slaw. Season with salt and chill until ready to serve, or up to 1 hour.

Grill shrimp skewers, coverd, over medium-high heat, 1-2 minutes per side. Remove tortillas and skewers from the grill.

To serve. divide slaw and shrimp among 8 tortillas (ours were homemade); drizzle with sauce. 

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Permalink | May 25th, 2010

4 Responses to “Grilled Shrimp Tacos”

  1. Shrimp Recipe Says:
    May 26th, 2010 at 8:25 am

    I’ve made shrimp tacos before, but your tacos really looks better than mine, lol! I think it’s the red cabbage. I’d really love to try this recipe of yours, thanks for sharing by the way. And one more thing, where can I get adobo sauce?

  2. Troy Says:
    May 26th, 2010 at 11:27 am

    The chilis in adobo sauce you should be able to find in the ethnic section of your local supermarket (I call them grocery stores).

    We actually used a shortcut and bought adobo salsa (comes in a can right next to the sauce) and mixed that with sour cream. I’ve tried that mixture on just about everything!

  3. jentrified Says:
    May 23rd, 2011 at 12:32 am

    Made this last night. Killer. Thanks.

  4. Troy Says:
    May 23rd, 2011 at 10:24 am

    awesome jen! did you have leftover slaw for burgers? you’ve got to try it

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