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Ingredients for shrimp and marinade:
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3/4 cup beer
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup cilantro leaves
- 1/4 cup of chopped green onion
- 15 to 17 extra large raw shrimp (peeled and deveined)
Ingredients for spicy red sauce:
- 6 arbol chiles
- 1 large tomato
- 1 garlic clove
- 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper
- 1/2 tablespoon salt plus 1/4 teaspoon
- 1/2 cup water (from the water chiles boiled in)
Ingredients for sauteed onions:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 large onion, sliced
- 1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt
Ingredients for serving:
- 8 La Banderita corn tortillas
- 1 large avocado, cut into small chunks
- 1 tomato, cut into bite size cubes
- 1/2 cup cilantro leaves
- 1/2 orange (peeled and cut into small pieces- fleshy part)
- 4 key limes (peeled and cut into small pieces- fleshy part)
- ½ cup sour cream or crema
Instructions
Marinade:
- In a big bowl add all ingredients. Cover and place in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours or if time permits overnight.
Spicy Red Sauce:
- Fill pot with water halfway and add 1/2 tablespoon of salt. Place pot over medium high flame and bring to a boil. Then add chiles de arbol and tomato. Boil for 25 to 30 minutes or until tomato can be pierced with a fork.
- Remove stem from chiles. Next add chiles, tomato, garlic clove, pepper, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, and water chiles boiled in to a blender. Blend for 2 minutes. Place red sauce in bowl and set to the side.
Sauteed Onions:
- In a large frying pan over a medium flame add olive oil, and allow oil to get hot. Then add sliced onion and seasoning salt. Fry on each side for a 5 minutes or until onion is limp. Set to the side.
Back to the shrimp:
- Remove all shrimp from bowl and cut each shrimp in half. Then take a several big wooden skewers and place 5 to 6 pieces of shrimp on each skewer.
- Fire up the grill and allow it to get hot.
- While you’re waiting for the grill to get hot start preparing the taco dress up.
Toppings:
- Cut all vegetables and fruit as directed. Place on table along with sour cream, sauteed onions, and spicy red sauce.
Grill Shrimp:
- Place skewered shrimp on grill. Cook on each side for 3 to 4 minutes. or until pink/white and cooked all the way through.
Heat tortilla
- on open flame or grill until charred.
To Assemble:
- Start with a warm corn tortilla, then add a fork full of sauteed onions, 4 to 5 pieces of shrimp, a big spoon of spicy red sauce, a few pieces of tomato, a few avocado chunks, 2 or 3 cilantro leaves, a dollop of sour cream or crema, and lastly sprinkle with fleshy parts of orange and key lime!
