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shrimp tacos with pico de gallo and avocado yogurt sauce
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Shrimp Tacos with Avocado Yogurt Sauce
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
25 mins
 

Need some Inspo for a Taco Tuesday? Try these Quick-n-Easy Shrimp Tacos, loaded with Pan Roasted Shrimps, Pico De Gallo, drizzled with a Creamy Avo Yogurt Sauce … Simple & AMAZING…!!

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Mexican
Keyword: mexican, shrimp tacos, tacos
Servings: 3
Author: Akhila
Ingredients
For the pan roasted shrimp
  • 1 lb shrimp (peeled, deveined, tails removed)
  • 1 tsp chili powder (plus more if you like it hot)
  • ½ tsp cumin powder
  • 1 garlic (minced)
  • Salt and pepper
  • Olive oil (as required)
For the avo yogurt sauce
  • 1 large avocado (scooped out)
  • 1 garlic clove
  • ¼ cup plain greek yogurt
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 small handful of cilantro leaves
  • ¼ cup water up to ½ cup (to thin it out)
  • Salt (as required)
For pico de gallo
  • 2 to matoes (cubed)
  • ½ onion (finely chopped)
  • 1 garlic clove (minced)
  • 1 jalapeno (remove seeds, chopped)
  • ¼ cup cilantro (finely chopped)
  • ½ of lime (squeezed)
  • Salt (as required)
For the tacos
  • Corn or flour tortilla
  • Lettuce (chopped)
  • Lime wedges (to serve)
Instructions
For the pan roasted shrimp
  1. Combine shrimp with chili, cumin, garlic, salt and pepper in a small bowl.
  2. Heat a pan with oil on medium high heat. When the oil is hot, add the shrimp and allow it to cook for 4-5 minutes flipping them half way through the cook or once you start to see them turning pink and opaque. Transfer to a plate and keep aside.
For the avo yogurt sauce
  1. Mix all the ingredients in a blender and blend until it becomes smooth. You can add ¼ cup water (up to ½ cup) depending on how thin you want your sauce to be. Adjust salt as needed.
For pico de gallo
  1. Combine tomatoes, onion, jalapenos, garlic, cilantro in a medium sized bowl. Squeeze lime juice and season with salt and pepper. Give everything a good stir and its ready.
Assemble

  1. Tortillas: Warm tortillas in a pan and store them in an aluminum foil until ready to serve.

  2. Load tortillas with roasted shrimp, lettuce, pico de gallo & drizzle avo yogurt sauce, serve immediately. Enjoy!