Easy, quick, and delicious recipe for homemade shrimp fajitas using shrimp, green pepper, onions, lime and just a few spices!
Ingredients
- olive oil: 0.5 cup
- fresh cilantro: 0.5 cup (divided, chopped)
- chili powder: 3 Tbsp
- cloves garlic: 4 piece (minced)
- lime juice: 1 Tbsp
- salt: 0.5 tsp
- frozen shrimp - thawed, peeled, deveined, and cleaned: 1 pound
- cooking spray:
- onion, sliced into rings and rings separated: 1 piece
- green bell pepper, sliced into strips: 1 piece
- serrano Chili pepper: 1 piece (sliced, to taste)
- flour tortillas: 4 piece (8 inch)
- cheddar cheese: 1 cup (to taste, shredded)
- lettuce: 0.5 cup (to taste, shredded)
- sour cream: 0.25 cup (to taste)
- tomatoes: 0.25 cup (to taste, chopped)
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Stages of cooking
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Whisk olive oil, 1/4 cup cilantro, chili powder, garlic, lime juice, and salt together in a bowl; add shrimp, toss to coat, and marinate in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
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Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat; spray with cooking spray. Add onion, green bell pepper, and serrano chile pepper; saute until tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer vegetables to a bowl and cover with aluminum foil to keep warm.
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Pour shrimp and marinade into the same skillet over medium-high heat; cook until shrimp are pink and opaque, about 2 minutes per side. Stir vegetables into shrimp mixture; cook and stir until heated through, 2 to 3 minutes.
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Spoon shrimp-vegetable mixture onto tortillas and top each with Cheddar cheese, lettuce, sour cream, tomatoes, and remaining 1/4 cup cilantro.
