Shrimp Fajitas
Smoky shrimp, charred peppers, warm tortillas and lime.
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Shrimp goes from raw to rubber in seconds - pull them as soon as the second side curls and turns opaque. Carryover heat in the pan does the rest.
Ingredients
Everything below makes 4 servings.
- 1¼ lblarge shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1red bell peppersliced
- 1green bell peppersliced
- 1 mediumyellow onionthinly sliced
- 3garlic clovesminced
- 1 tspground cumin
- 1 tspchili powder
- 1 tspsmoked paprika
- 3 tbspolive oil
- 2lime1 juiced, 1 for wedges
- 8flour tortillas
- ¼ cupfresh cilantrochopped
- 1¼ tspkosher salt
In the app these rescale to however many people you're feeding.
Nutrition
Per serving, as written.
- 480calories
- 34gprotein
- 48gcarbs
- 14gfat
Swaps move these numbers. A different protein or base changes them.
Instructions
Knife work first, then the stove. Nothing below asks you to chop while something burns.
- Toss shrimp with cumin, chili powder, smoked paprika, juice of 1 lime, 1 tbsp olive oil, ¾ tsp salt. Rest 10 min.
- Slice peppers and onion into strips. Mince 3 garlic cloves. Chop cilantro. Wedge 1 lime.
Char peppers
Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in cast iron over high. Add peppers and onion and pinch salt. Don't stir 3 min - let them char. Stir, cook 2 min more. Add garlic, 30 sec. Transfer to plate.
6 min · hands onSear shrimp
Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in same pan over high. Add shrimp in single layer, sear 1.5 min. Flip, sear 1 min more until pink and curled. Return peppers, toss 30 sec.
3 min · hands onWarm tortillas
Warm flour tortillas in a dry skillet or over gas, 20 sec per side.
3 min · hands onPlate
Pile shrimp and peppers onto warm tortillas. Top with cilantro and a lime wedge.
1 min · hands onMake it yours
Every swap here is one Maui already knows how to make, including what it does to the timing.
Press tofu, cube, sear 3 min per side instead of shrimp's 2-3 total. Adds about 2 minutes.
Use 2 corn tortillas per portion.
Use 2 per portion - corn tortillas are smaller and tear more easily.
Press and cube before searing.
What keeps
Slice and season peppers ahead, marinate shrimp up to 4 hr. Day-of takes 12 min.
Do NOT reheat cooked shrimp - texture suffers.
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