Grilled Shrimp Tacos
These quick and easy Grilled Shrimp Tacos with a fresh, tangy cabbage slaw and a cool, creamy, spicy chipotle-lime sour cream are so good, everyone will be coming back for more!
Servings: 10 tacos
Calories: 303kcal
Ingredients
For the Red Cabbage Slaw:
- 4 cups shredded red cabbage
- 2 to 3 large green onions, thinly sliced (about ½ cup)
- ½ cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- salt and pepper, to taste
For the Chipotle-Lime Sour Cream:
- ½ cup sour cream
- ½ tablespoon finely chopped chipotle chiles in adobo
- ½ tablespoon honey
- ½ tablespoon lime juice
- salt, to taste
For the Shrimp and Tacos:
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 tablespoons lime juice
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- ½ teaspoon cumin
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 2 pounds raw shrimp (25 to 30-count), peeled and de-veined, tails removed (thawed if frozen)
- 10 taco-sized flour tortillas
Instructions
- Preheat the grill to medium-high heat.
Make the Red Cabbage Slaw:
- Place the shredded red cabbage, green onions, cilantro, 1 tablespoon olive oil, and rice vinegar in a large bowl; toss until well-combined. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.
Make the Chipotle-Lime Sour Cream:
- In a small bowl, stir together the sour cream, chipotles in adobo, honey, and ½ tablespoon lime juice until well-combined. Season with salt to taste; set aside.
Make the Shrimp and Assemble the Tacos:
- In a large bowl, whisk together the 2 tablespoons olive oil, 4 tablespoons lime juice, chili powder, cumin, garlic powder and salt and pepper to taste. Add the shrimp and toss until they are evenly coated.
- Grill the shrimp just until they are cooked through, about 2 to 3 minutes per side. They will turn bright pinkish-orange in color, form a C shape, and the insides will be opaque white
- To assemble the tacos, place some of the shrimp in each tortilla, then top with the some of the red cabbage slaw and drizzle with some of the chipotle-lime sour cream.
Recipe Notes
- Not a fan of cilantro? You can make the slaw without it, and it will still be delicious! Replace it with fresh parsley if you'd like.
- Add more or less chipotles to the sour cream to adjust the heat level.
- If the grates on your grill have spacing that is large enough that the shrimp might easily fall through, use a grill basket or put the shrimp on skewers (if using wooden skewers, be sure to soak them for 30 minutes before using so they don't burn on the grill).
- No grill? No problem! Use a grill pan or frying pan and cook them on the stove.