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Healthy Shrimp Tacos with Lime Yogurt Sauce

Healthy Shrimp Tacos with Lime Yogurt Sauce

Ingredients

Serves 2 (4 tacos)

Shrimp

  • ½ bag shrimp, tails removed (or white fish)
  • 2 tsp avocado oil
  • Juice of ½ lime
  • 1 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 tsp chili powder
  • ½ tsp coriander (optional)
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 pinch sea salt and pepper
  • 4 corn tortillas
  • ½ cucumber, chopped for garnish

Lime Yogurt Sauce

  • ¼ cup Greek yogurt
  • ¼ ripe avocado
  • ¼ small jalapeño
  • Juice of ¼ lime
  • 1 pinch sea salt
  • 1 sprig cilantro
  • 1 sprig fresh parsley
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 2 tsp nutritional yeast (optional)

Carrot & Cabbage Slaw

  • ¼ cup purple cabbage, shredded
  • ½ carrot, grated
  • 2 tsp mayonnaise (or Greek yogurt)
  • 1 pinch chili powder
  • 1 pinch sea salt
  • 1 tsp apple cider vinegar or lime juice
  • 1 sprig cilantro, chopped

Method

  1. A few hours before cooking, combine the shrimp with the marinade ingredients and refrigerate.
  2. When ready to cook, blend all lime yogurt sauce ingredients in a food processor until smooth. Refrigerate.
  3. Mix together all carrot and cabbage slaw ingredients in a bowl. Refrigerate.
  4. Preheat oven to 350°F. Wrap tortillas in parchment paper and warm in the oven.
  5. Heat a skillet on medium with avocado oil. Cook shrimp about 3 minutes per side until white all the way through.
  6. Assemble tacos with slaw, shrimp, cucumber, fresh herbs, and a generous drizzle of lime yogurt sauce.

Notes: Serve in lettuce wraps or over rice as a burrito bowl.