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Grilled Shrimp Tacos with Key Lime Marinade

  • Author: Ole Mex
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: Marinade: 40 minutes • Grill: 8 - 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 0 hours
  • Yield: Servings : 8 Tacos

Ingredients

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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!

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