Shrimp Taco

SHRIMP TACO

I just bought 20 pounds of shrimp from my local seafood market. So I will be making lots of shrimp dishes in the coming weeks. This shrimp taco is my easy dinner meal...its so easy yet so flavorful. I usually double my recipe and use the left overs for a SHRIMP SALAD. 

*****I will post the recipe for the  guacamole, lime slaw, and pico de gallo in a separate post. 

INGREDIENTS:

3 lb large shrimp peel (I usually leave the tail on just to make it easy to grab--strictly optional) 

1 bell pepper ( sliced into little strips) 

1 medium onion (roughly chopped) 

2 TABLESPOON TACO seasoning

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon onion powder

1 teaspoon paprika 

1 teaspoon sugar

1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper

1 teaspoon Tony Chachere's (optional---I like it with a kick--u can use salt) 

olive oil 

6 tortilla 

STRICTLY preferences the options are endless...each one of my kids have a different way of eating it. 

Serve with: 

mexican cheese blend

lime wedge

sour cream 

salsa

**lime slaw

**pico de gallo 

**guacamole 

COOKING DIRECTIONS: 
I just toss everything in a large SKILLET....with some olive oil. I toss in the shrimp, sliced bell pepper, and onion with all the SEASONING.

EVERYTHING toss in the skillet with some olive oil and cook until shrimp is cooked. I find that they all take the same amount of time to cook. I don't like the bell pepper overcooked and soggy.  You don't want to over cook the shrimp because it will be tough.  Continue to toss for about 5-7 minutes on medium low heat.

 Shrimp, bell pepper and onions is cooked....take off heat and ready to assemble.
(I take the tails off the shrimp once I plated it up)

I just lay out the guacamole, lime slaw, and pico de gallo so that they can add whatever they like.

Pull Pork Taco with Asian Slaw

This week I made a huge batch of pull pork and just made my weekly meal into different meals throughout the week....tonight we ate the pull pork with soft taco (tortilla) with an ASIAN SLAW


RECIPE for ASIAN SLAW

INGREDIENTS:
2 cup slaw mix (I buy the premix at my local grocery store)
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
1/4 cup sliced green onion
Juice of 1 LIME
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon OLIVE OIL
pinch sugar


In a bowl mix all the ingredients together.  Season to taste because depending on how much juice or size the lime is...you might have to add more lime juice.
I usually serve with a wedge of lime on the side ;)

ENJOY!!!

PULL PORK recipe 

Ingredients:

3 lb Boston Butt 

1 T garlic powder 

1 teaspoon salt 

1 teaspoon pepper

1 teaspoon Tony Chachere's (creole seasoning) 

Direction:

In a small bowl...mix all your seasoning together. 

In a deep baking pan...season the Boston Butt with season mix. Making sure it's season really well. Next, cover REALLY WELL and TIGHT!! I cover with HEAVY DUTY renoyalds wrap. 

Bake 350 for 1 hr then lower temperature to 200 degree and bake for another 6 hrs (covered). 

Uncover and shredded...I use 2 fork...throw away all the fat. Next bake uncover for another 1 hr so it can dry up  ANY LIQUID that render from the fat..then pour in 2 cup Sweet Baby Ray BBQ sauce.  Then BROIL for a few second....Until the top get a nice golden brown crust. Keep an eye on it because it will burn quickly. You just want a nice crust....not BURNT.