Shrimp Tacos

 We first made these shrimp tacos for a friend and were really pleased with how good they are. We lost the original recipe, so this was a reimprovisation that still nailed it.

We did the Perfect Guacamole and some Knorr’s Spanish Rice as sides.

Saute up half an onion and half a green pepper for about five minutes and then add the shrimp. You only need a tablespoon or so of oil because the shrimp cooks up with the veggies.

Shorebird likes to eat them with just a little bit of shredded Mexican cheese. I like to make a little lime-yogurt sauce to go on them.

We’ve learned you can do a lot with Greek yogurt. I mixed it with some cilantro, the juice of one lime, sea salt and a little bit of chopped jalapeno.

And now this is a new trick we just learned. You can quickly heat tortillas on an ungreased skillet.  It warms them up just as quickly as the microwave but you can more easily do multiple ones at a time. If you try to heat three tortillas in the microwave they either stick together or you have to put moist paper towels between each one.

   Ingredients

• 1 lb peeled shrimp
• 1/2 green pepper
• 1/2 small onion
• 1 tablespoon oil
• Flour or corn tortillas (we’ve done it with both, and both are great)
• Mexican cheese or the below yogurt mixture

Ingredients for yogurt mixture

• 1 little thing of Greek yogurt (this was a 5 oz container and made more than we needed). Sour cream would probably work too.
• Juice of 1 lime
• 1 small jalapeno
• Pinch or two of sea salt
• 6 leaves of cilantro, chopped

Directions

1. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil over medium heat
2. Saute onions and pepper about 5 minutes so that onions are starting to turn soft
3. Add the shrimp and saute until shrimp are cooked, about 5 minutes
4. If you like them with Mexican cheese, skip to step six!
5. Mix yogurt, lime juice, sea salt, jalapenos, and cilantro, stir well
6. Heat your tortillas, add the shrimp mixture, add cheese and yogurt and you’re ready to go!

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