This easy traditional Mexican shrimp tacos recipe is made with well-seasoned (spicy) shrimp, cabbage, feta cheese, and avocado, topped with sour cream cilantro sauce (the best taco sauce ever!).
These spicy shrimp tacos will be ready in less than 20 minutes, and all the family will love them.
Check also my quick and easy chicken tacos recipe.
If you have some shrimp in your freezer, why don't you try this shrimp taco recipe? It is healthy, delicious, and flavourful.
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Why does this recipe work?
- This easy shrimp tacos recipe is perfect for easy weeknight dinners.
- This simple recipe uses simple ingredients and easy step-by-step instructions to follow.
- For all seafood lovers, You may add any seafood you love along with shrimp and make a delicious seafood taco.
Mexican Shrimp Tacos Ingredients
For the sour cream cilantro sauce
- Spring onion: Also called green onion.
- Cilantro: Use fresh cilantro.
- Salt: A little goes a long way.
- Lemon juice: You can replace it with fresh lime juice.
- Garlic: For extra flavor.
- Olive oil: Use extra virgin olive oil; you can also use avocado oil instead.
- Sour cream: To give the sauce a creamy and delicious taste.
Shrimp
- Butter: To cook the shrimps.
- Chilli powder: To give some heat to your shrimps. You can add also a pinch of cayenne pepper to make an extra spicy shrimp tacos.
- Paprika, garlic powder, cumin and onion powder: To season the shrimps.
- Shrimp: Also called Prawn. This recipe uses fresh shrimp (prawn).
For the taco fillings
- Taco shells: You can replace taco shells with either corn tortillas or flour tortillas.
- Green cabbage: Shredded cabbage will and some crunchiness to your tasty tacos.
- Red cabbage: For extra colors.
- Avocado: Cut it into small pieces.
- Feta cheese: Feta cheese on shrimp tacos is so delicious. You may use cotija cheese instead.
How to make these Easy Mexican Shrimp Tacos?
Step one - Make the cilantro sour cream sauce
Put all the taco sauce ingredients in the food processor and mix until a smooth mixture forms. Transfer to a small mixing bowl and set aside.
Step Two - Cooke the shrimp
Pat the shrimp dry with a paper towel, transfer to a medium bowl and then mix it with chilli powder, ground cumin, onion powder, garlic powder, and paprika. Make sure the shrimp are coated well with the spices.
Next, heat some butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add the shrimp in a single layer to the hot skillet and cook for 3 minutes on each side then turn off the heat.
Step Three - Prepare the fillings
Shred green and purple cabbage, dice the avocado, and crumble the feta cheese.
Step Four- Assemble Tacos
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.
Tips and Variations
- Use your favorite toppings: You can top these delicious Mexican shrimp 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.
- For best results, use fresh ingredients.
- You can season the shrimp with taco seasoning if you prefer.
- Don't over-cook the shrimp, this is important because If over-cooked, they will have a rubbery texture.
Add-ins to this recipe
- You can add tomatoes, cucumber, radish, sweetcorn, or lettuce.
- Top your tacos with some fresh pineapple.
- red onion slices.
- Any salsa you like such as mango salsa or pineapple salsa.
Best sauces for shrimp tacos
You can also serve spicy shrimp tacos with:
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
Serving suggestions
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Recipe Card
Mexican Shrimp Tacos Recipe
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 sour cream cilantro sauce
- Place all the auce ingredients in the blender or food processor and mix until a smooth mixture forms.½ cup cilantro, 1 lemon juice, ½ teaspoon salt, 2 cloves garlic, ¼ cup olive oil, ½ cup sour cream, ½ cup spring onion
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.300 g shrimp, ½ teaspoon chilli powder, ½ teaspoon paprika, ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder, ¼ teaspoon cumin, ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- After that, heat the butter on a skillet over medium heat and cook the shrimp for 3 minutes on each side.2 tablespoon butter
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.2 cups green cabbage, 2 cups purple cabbage, 1 avocado, 150 g feta cheese, 16 taco shells
Notes
- Use your favorite toppings: You can top these delicious Mexican shrimp tacos with ketchup, mayonnaise or mustard.
- Also, can serve these tacos with sriracha sauce (if you like it spicy), salsa or homemade guacamole.
- You may add any veggies you prefer, such as onions, tomatoes or carrots.
- For best results, use fresh ingredients.
- You can season the shrimp with taco seasoning if you prefer.
- Don't over-cook the shrimp; this is important because If over-cooked, they will have a rubbery texture.
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Hanna J
Good recipe! Thanks. However, I used a flour tortilla because I am not a fan of taco shells.
Molly
Delicious recipe for the weekends.
Luna
These tacos were amazing, I served them with salsa.
Olivia
I made this for lunch and it was delicious! Thanks.
Nova Max
Wow! Just in time for Taco Tuesday at my house. These look fresh and delicious.
Emma
You could use a little bit of onion or shallot.
Liam
Tacos are my favorite Mexican dinner, and this certainly looks amazing!