Recipe Rescue: Seriously Good Shrimp Tacos!

Sometimes when I am not really familiar with a cuisine or spice combination it takes me a few tries to get it right, this time I hit the nail on the head right out of the gate. I looked over a few ways to do shrimp tacos, looked at what I had in the cupboard and did some recipe free-falling.  The result? No leftovers!

What You'll Need:

Shrimp
1 lb frozen medium shrimp
1 fresh lime
1 Tbsp chili powder blend
1 Tbsp basil olive oil-regular olive oil will work
1 tsp minced garlic
pkg of small corn torilla's
1/4 bunch chopped cilantro

Avocado-Tomatillo Sauce
1/2 avocado chopped
2 medium tomatillo's chopped
1/2 onion chopped
1/2 fresh lime
1 jalapeno-seeds optional
1 Tbsp sour cream
1 tsp salt
cilantro, couple sprigs

Putting It All Together:

clean shrimp and remove tail, put in medium bowl and add the oil, minced garlic,
juice from lime, chili powder blend and cilantro mix well and set aside. in the blender
add onion and tomatillo and blend till broken down then add the juice from half of the lime and
the jalapeno and blend till mixed well now add the sour cream, cilantro and salt pulse a couple of
times. pour into a bowl and chill till dinner.
Get a medium skillet hot, do not add any oil add a shrimp and listen for the sizzle, if its there,
add the shrimp and cook about 2 minutes each side or 4 minutes total-stirring often.

warm tortillas on hot skillet and put in a concealed container to maintain warmth.
serve with lettuce, tomatoes, avocado etc... I also Julienne a 1/4 of a cucumber for a
topping. I also tossed some yellow rice with cilantro and lime juice.

If you have any fussy eaters in the house like my Colton, I made him beef and cheddar brats that I wrapped croissants in strips around with some homemade mac and cheese. He doesn't like shrimp, but seemed very pleased with his 'special' menu! :) (shh... don't tell the older kids, they had to eat what I put on the table, put come on, Colton is my baby)