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    Default Simple, but' Scrumptious' Jumbo Shrimp Tacos

    (Recipe to make 2 tacos each for 2 persons

    Ingredients:

    - 4 - 8" soft flour tortillas
    - 8- 10 Jumbo shrimps (i.e. prawns - 16-20 to the lb. size)- each sliced into 2 or 3 smallish bite-sized pieces

    - Accompanying ingredients to toss over the fried shrimp pieces for finishing the tacos: (After sauteeing the shrimp pieces in melted butter for 2-3 minutes to cook them through & lightly brown them, just before you're ready to finish assembling the tacos).

    Combine:

    - Approx. 1 & 1/2 cups or so of finely shredded red or green cabbage
    - 2 -4 finely slivered (julienne cut) green onions (green parts only)
    - 1/4 jalapeno pepper, finely diced (seeds & inside ribs removed)
    - Juice of 1/2 lime mixed through the above greens


    Sauce to spoon and partially spread over the lightly browned & heated tortillas before adding the fried shrimps; & also later drizzled over the combined greens placed on top of the shrimps to finish the tacos:

    Combine:

    - 3 tbspns of both sour cream and mayo,
    - 1-2 heaping tbspns of store-bought seafood sauce,
    - Juice of the other 1/2 of the lime,
    - Dash of sugar
    - Optional: several dashes of your favorite hot sauce, or 1/4 tspn finely diced jalapeno pepper (again - no seeds or ribs) for those who like more heat !


    To sum up for clarity:

    - Prepare the greens mixture ahead

    - Also prepare the sauce ahead

    - Fry the shrimps pieces in butter to cook & lightly brown,

    - Separately warm & lightly brown the tortillas

    - Spread some sauce on each warmed tortilla, over which you then add 6 or so pieces of the cooked shrimps to each tortilla

    - Add a moderate handful of the mixed greens over the layered shrimp pieces on each taco, and drizzle more sauce over the greens

    - Fold the tacos & enjoy !

    Suggestion:

    If you wish you could sprinkle a bit of this ' dry rub' mixture over the shrimp pieces before frying:

    - 1/4 tspn each of dry powdered cumin, cayenne, celery salt, paprika, coriander, chili powder, salt and pepper, and, if you have it, ancho chile powder.
    Last edited by discuspaul; 12-18-2021 at 12:13 PM.

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    Default Re: Simple, but' Scrumptious' Jumbo Shrimp Tacos

    Anything shrimp for me! I'll be giving this a try!!

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    Default Re: Simple, but' Scrumptious' Jumbo Shrimp Tacos

    Sounds really good Paul! I love shrimp, may try this sometime. Thanks for the recipe!
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