Best Mexican Shrimp Tacos With Sour Cream Sauce

shrimp tacos topped with sour cream sauce

5 from 6 votes

Best Mexican Shrimp Tacos With Sour Cream Sauce

These easy Mexican shrimp tacos are spicy and delicious; they are made with shrimps, avocado, veggies, feta cheese and drizzled with creamy cilantro sour cream sauce.

Course Dinner, Lunch

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword Easy Shrimp Tacos

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 6 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Servings servings

Calories 189kcal

Author Radwa

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.

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