These easy Mexican shrimp tacos made with well-seasoned (spicy) shrimp, cabbage, feta cheese, avocado and topped with sour cream cilantro sauce. These healthy shrimp tacos will be ready in less than 20 minutes, and all the family will love them.
If you have some shrimp in your freezer, why don't you try this shrimp taco recipe? It is healthy, delicious, and flavourful.
Check also my quick and easy chicken tacos recipe.
Mexican Shrimp Tacos Ingredients
Sauce
Spring onion, chopped
Cilantro
Salt
Lemon juice
Garlic
Olive oil
Sour cream
Shrimp
Butter
Chilli powder
Paprika
Shrimp
Garlic powder
Cumin
Onion powder
Taco fillings
Taco shells
Green cabbage, shredded
Purple cabbage, shredded
Avocado, cut into small pieces
Feta cheese, crumbles
How to make these Easy Mexican Shrimp Tacos?
Making the cilantro sour cream sauce: Put all the taco sauce ingredients in the food processor and mix until a smooth mixture forms.
Cooking the shrimp: Pat the shrimp dry with a paper towel then mix it with chilli powder, cumin, onion powder, garlic powder, and paprika. Make sure the shrimp are coated well with the spices.
Next, heat some butter on a skillet over medium heat. Cook the shrimp for 3 minutes on each side then turn off the heat.
Preparing the fillings: Shred green and purple cabbage, dice the avocado, and crumble the feta cheese.
Assembling everything: Go in this order.
In each taco shell add: some green cabbage, purple cabbage, one tablespoon of the taco sauce, shrimps, some chopped avocado, and then sprinkle some feta crumbles. Add more sauce if you like.
Top Tips!
- You can top these delicious Mexican tacos with ketchup, mayonnaise or mustard.
- Also, can serve these tacos with sriracha sauce (if you like it spicy), salsa or with homemade guacamole.
- You may add any veggies you prefer such as onion, tomatoes or carrots.
Add-ins to this recipe
You can add tomatoes, cucumber, radish, sweetcorn, or lettuce.
Recipe FAQs
Yes, you can. Just use mini tortilla wraps. You can also choose to toast them over the stove flame.
The best dishes to serve with taco is a salad, roasted veggies, or potatoes.
Blend the below ingredients using the blender or food processor. 1 avocado, ½ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon ground black pepper, ½ jalapeno pod, ¼ cup cilantro, one lemon juice, and 1 tablespoon cider vinegar.
parsley or basil are the best substitute for cilantro
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Best Mexican Shrimp Tacos With Sour Cream Sauce
Ingredients
sauce
- ½ cup spring onion, chopped
- ½ cup cilantro
- 1 lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 cloves garlic
- ¼ cup olive oil
- ½ cup sour cream
Shrimp
- 300 g shrimp
- 2 tablespoon butter
- ½ teaspoon chilli powder
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon cumin
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
Taco Fillings
- 16 taco shells
- 2 cups green cabbage , shredded
- 2 cups purple cabbage , shredded
- 1 avocado , cut into small pieces
- 150 g feta cheese , crumbled
Instructions
To make the sauce
- Place all the auce ingredients in the blender or food processor and mix until a smooth mixture forms.
To cook the shrimp
- Pat the shrimp dry with a paper towel then put them in a mixing bowl and mix with cumin, chilli powder, onion powder, garlic powder, and paprika. Coat the shrimp well with the spices.
- After that, heat the butter on a skillet over medium heat and cook the shrimp for 3 minutes on each side.
To Prepare the fillings
- Shred green and purple cabbage, dice the avocado, and crumble the feta cheese.
To Assemble everything
- In each taco shell add: some green cabbage, purple cabbage, one tablespoon of the taco sauce, shrimps, some chopped avocado, and then sprinkle some feta crumbles. Then add more sauce if you like.
Notes
- You can top these delicious Mexican tacos with ketchup, mayonnaise or mustard.
- Also, can serve these tacos with sriracha sauce (if you like it spicy) or with homemade guacamole.
- You may add any veggies you prefer such as onion, tomatoes or carrots.
Nutrition
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Tacos are my favorite Mexican dinner, and this certainly looks amazing!
You could use a little bit of onion or shallot.
Wow! Just in time for Taco Tuesday at my house. These look fresh and delicious.
I made this for lunch and it was delicious! Thanks.
These tacos were amazing, I served them with salsa.
Delicious recipe for the weekends.