Spicy shrimp and cabbage slaw topped with avocado lime crema and a drizzle or two of sriracha sauce. This combination creates the best shrimp taco you’ve eaten so far.
Have you ever eaten really good shrimp tacos? I make fish tacos on occasion at home but I have never dived in to homemade shrimp tacos, that is until now. Recently I ordered some fish tacos at Tacos John’s but unlike most of their food I wasn’t thoroughly impressed with the shrimp street tacos. I owed it to the fact that I had not gotten them from the Hastings Tacos John’s, which serves the best Tacos John’s food. A little Taco John’s 101 for ya there.
That is why I decided to try my hand at some delicious spicy sriracha shrimp tacos. They are without a doubt FABULOUS!!
They are fabulous for their flavor and fabulous for how easy they come together. In the recipe, note I marinated the shrimp in the marinade for about a half hour which is about how long it takes to get the cabbage slaw and avocado lime crema together.
So no need to worry about waiting for that 30 minutes to hurry itself up. Once you have your cabbage slaw and avocado lime crema ready to go and it’s close to that 30 minutes, just get going on your shrimp.
Feel free to use uncooked shrimp, but I never mind the convenience of already cooked shrimp especially if you can find it at a good price.
Ingredients
Corn tortillas
Shrimp
Olive oil
Sriracha sauce
Soy sauce
Garlic
Limes
Sour cream
Avocado
Salt
Green cabbage
Sesame oil
Honey
Spicy Sriracha Shrimp Tacos
Ingredients
- Corn tortillas
- 1 pound small to medium cooked shrimp thawed and tails removed
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Shrimp Marinade
- 1 tablespoon Sriracha sauce
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- ½ tablespoon lime juice
Avocado Lime Crema
- zest of ½ lime
- 2½ tablespoons lime juice
- 1 cup sour cream- I used light
- ½ avocado mashed
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
Cabbage slaw
- 2½ cups green cabbage shredded
- ½ teaspoon sesame oil
- 2 teaspoons honey
- zest + juice 1 lime
- Optional Topping- Sriracha sauce
Instructions
- Combine shrimp in a medium bowl with all the shrimp marinade ingredients.Stir to combine, cover and refrigerate for at least a half hour.
- Meanwhile prepare avocado lime crema. Combine mashed avocado with remaining ingredients and whisk together until smooth. Refrigerate until ready to use.
- Prepare cabbage slaw. Combine all slaw ingredients in a medium bowl and stir to combine. Refrigerate until ready to use.
- Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Sear shrimp for 5-6 minutes, flipping halfway through. Remove from heat.
- In a dry skillet, heat tortillas over medium heat until warmed.
- Arrange shrimp tacos. Lay out corn tortilla, toss cabbage slaw down the middle of tortilla, top with shrimp and avocado lime crema. Repeat for remaining shrimp tacos. Drizzle a bit of sriracha sauce on top if you like a little more heat to your tacos. Enjoy!!!
