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Southwestern Shrimp Soft Tacos

A Caribbean seafood recipe built around minced red onion, finely chopped garlic, honey.

CaribbeanSeafoodNon-VegetarianHigh Fibre

Recipe data: curated worldwide recipe dataset. Catalog image prepared for Nutritional Density.

Southwestern Shrimp Soft Tacos plated on an off-white linen surface
Cuisine
Caribbean

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 tbsp minced red onion
  • 1/2 tsp finely chopped garlic
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 1 tsp chopped fresh cilantro
  • 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 1/2 tsp Jamaican jerk or Cajun seasoning
  • 1/8 tsp paprika
  • 16 shrimp, shelled, deveined, tails removed
  • 2 ears corn (or 1 cup canned or frozen and thawed)
  • Vegetable-oil cooking spray
  • 6 Roma tomatoes, diced
  • 1 green onion, chopped
  • Lime- or lemon-pepper seasoning
  • 4 lowfat whole-wheat tortillas
  • 1 tsp chopped fresh cilantro
  • 1 green onion
  • chopped

Nutrition not verified

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Method

  1. Combine marinade ingredients with 1/4 cup water and season with salt. Add shrimp; refrigerate 1 hour.
  2. To make relish, cut corn kernels off cob. Lightly spray a sturdy skillet with cooking spray and heat over moderately high heat.
  3. ) Stir-fry corn until golden brown. Pour corn into a bowl and add remaining relish ingredients; season with salt.
  4. Remove shrimp and reserve marinade. Lightly spray the same skillet with cooking spray and heat on high until very hot.
  5. Toss in a few shrimp at a time and cook until just opaque; remove shrimp. Pour marinade into pan, bring to boil and boil for 2 minutes; lower heat and simmer until thick.
  6. Put 4 shrimp on each tortilla; top with corn relish and marinade sauce. Sprinkle with cilantro and green onion.

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