Grilled shrimp tacos with avocado and lime crema on grilled fresh corn  tortillas  come together quickly for an easy and festive summer meal out on the patio.

Grilled Shrimp Tacos with Avocado-Lime Crema

By Sue Lau  | Palatable Pastime

It’s the second Thursday of the month and  that means it’s time for the #ImprovCooking food blogging group,  hosted by Nichole  Little to come together and create recipes using two  unique ingredients.

This month it is all about avocado  and  lime. And  I thought an avocado  lime crema would be fantastic on some  grilled shrimp tacos- because even though  it  is Thursday, we can  still eat tacos, right? I can eat them any  day of  the week!

It  is yet another excuse for me to fire up the grill,  which I  love to do. But unlike using the smoker which can  take all day (and sometimes into  the night) these easy to make shrimp tacos grill up  in just a few short  minutes.

The crema is also very easy to  spin  up in the food processor with just a few simple ingredients.

1 Ingredient + 1 Ingredient= Endless Possibilities

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Grilled Shrimp Tacos with Avocado-Lime Crema

Sue Lau

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Prep Time 30 mins

Cook Time 10 mins

Course Main Dish

Cuisine Mexican

Servings 10 tacos

Ingredients

  

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• 2 pounds large gulf shrimp peeled and deveined
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 20 fresh corn tortillas
• olive oil as needed for grilling
• 1/2 cup chopped red onion
• 1/2 cup minced fresh cilantro
• 2 fresh limes cut into wedges
• Ingredients for Avocado-Lime Crema:
• 1 avocado pitted
• 1/2 cup Mexican crema or thin sour cream
• 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon minced garlic

Instructions

 

• Place ingredients for crema in a food processor and pulse until smooth; keep chilled.
• Season shrimp with cumin, salt, pepper and a drizzle of oil.
• Drizzle double layers of corn tortillas with a little oil.
• Grill shrimp on a mesh grilling sheet several minutes or until opaque and lightly curled.
• Grill double layers of corn tortillas until warm and lightly charred.
• Serve shrimp on double layers of tortilla with onion, cilantro, and avocado-lime crema, with lime wedges on the side to squeeze over as desired.

Notes

From the kitchen of palatablepastime.com

Keyword Grilling, shrimp, tacos

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