Shrimp Tacos

I haven't had shrimp tacos in a long time. I had plans for this shrimp for something else, but tacos sounded better today.

I used this recipe loosely (mostly cuz I didn't have all the ingredients): https://www.delish.com/cooking/a21271308/cilantro-lime-shrimp-tacos-recipe/

Taco ingredients 

(I eyeballed everything, cuz who has time for measuring?)

• 1/2 cup of lime juice
• a few sprinkles of dried cilantro (At my house, the fresh never gets used before it goes bad...)
• 1/3 of an elephant garlic clove (Those jokers are huge, I ordered regular garlic for my delivery, but all they had was this kind. Need proof of its enormity? Click here: Wiki for Elephant Garlic)
• 1/2 tsp.  cumin 
• 1 tbsp. olive oil
• Kosher salt 
• 12 oz. shrimp, peeled and deveined (mine was frozen and had shells on)
• 6 tortillas

Slaw (aka dressed cabbage)

• Couple of large leafs from a green cabbage - sliced thinly
• Some lime juice
• 1 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
• A dash of Brianna's Cilantro Lime Dressing (TOTAL COINCIDENCE that their current advertisement on this page was shrimp tacos. Wow...)
• Kosher salt

Used Sriracha instead of the lime/mayo in the recipe. (I figured I kind of already added it to the slaw.) 

Procedure: 

1. Thaw the shrimp. So, on the bag of the shrimp it says you can run cold water over it for like 8 minutes to thaw it. So, I did that and then shelled them. They were already deveined. 
• If you never deveined a shrimp before check this video out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOTMQ2oXdLE
2. Marinated the shrimp. (Everything but the tortillas, threw it into a bowl tossed it haphazardly around and then went away to do something else.) Be careful not to leave it too long or the marinade will literally cook the shrimp. I left mine in there a bit long and my shrimp was already turning pink.
3. Cooked the shrimp. I don't own a grill, so I cooked it on the stove top but bonus, I also threw in the juice of the marinade so that was delicious. Place in a vessel with the marinade until ready to serve. The warmed marinade will help keep the shrimp warm also.
4. Make the slaw. Clearly, I had almost nothing to make the slaw with. Thought I had onions, but nope. So, I washed and sliced thinly the cabbage leafs and tossed it in the slaw. I'm not normally a slaw person. But this turned out creamy and delicious. 9/10. (If I had onions, it would have been 10/10.)
5. Warm up the tortillas and then assemble your taco.

It was delicious. 9/10 would make again.

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