Blackened Shrimp Tacos with Mango Avocado Salsa
Shrimp tacos made with a homemade blackened seasoning mix, topped with refreshing mango avocado salsa and feta cheese. Yum!
If you’ve made the Mango Avocado Salsa I shared with you previously and enjoyed it as a snack, you are going to LOVE these blackened shrimp tacos with the salsa. The combination is heavenly!
This entire meal takes about 25 minutes from start to finish, which is pretty quick. Guess what? If you make the salsa ahead of time, you can whip up these delicious and super healthy shrimp tacos in less than 10 minutes. Now, that’s extremely quick, right?
This taco recipe starts with a homemade blackened seasoning. Once your shrimp is well coated with the seasoning mix, cook it with some olive oil on the stove. Then, you are pretty much ready to assemble your tacos.
The blackened seasoning mix and the Mango Avocado Salsa also work perfectly for fish. So you could use this exact recipe to make amazing fish tacos as well. No mayo, no breading, just loads of fresh ingredients.
These shrimp tacos are incredibly simple to make and unbelievably yummy! Squeeze some fresh lime juice before enjoying. Hmmm… so good!
Give this recipe a try and I bet you are going to want to make it again and again.
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Blackened Shrimp Tacos with Mango Avocado Salsa
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 2 servings 1x
- Category: Main, Gluten Free
- Method: Stove
- Cuisine: Mexican
Description
Shrimp tacos made with a homemade blackened seasoning mix, topped with refreshing mango avocado salsa and feta cheese. Yum!
Ingredients
For the blackened seasoning mix:
- 1 teaspoon chili powder or cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
For the shrimp tacos:
- 1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined (about 30 shrimp)
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 6 corn tortillas or flour tortillas
- 6 tablespoons crushed feta cheese
For the Mango Avocado Salsa, find the recipe here.
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients for the blackened seasoning mix in a small bowl.
- Place prepared shrimp in a medium bowl and add the seasoning mix to it. Mix until the shrimp is well coated.
- In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add seasoned shrimp and cook until no longer pink, stirring occasionally for about 2-3 minutes. Set aside.
- Make the Mango Avocado Salsa. (I recommend that you make it ahead of time, so making these tacos is even quicker.)
- To assemble the tacos, warm tortillas in a microwave for 30 seconds. Place 5 shrimp in the middle of a tortilla, add 2-3 spoonfuls of Mango Avocado Salsa, and top with 1 tablespoon feta cheese. Assemble the rest of the tacos and serve with lime wedges if desired. Enjoy!
Notes
- The prep time for this recipe includes the time spent on making the Mango Avocado Salsa.
- The nutrition facts are calculated with one cup of the Mango Avocado Salsa.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 749
- Sugar: 4.2g
- Sodium: 1584mg
- Fat: 20.8g
- Saturated Fat: 5.3g
- Carbohydrates: 98.37g
- Fiber: 9.17g
- Protein: 45.97g
- Cholesterol: 260mg
About the Author
Sharon Chen is an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, an author and a sous vide fanatic who believes food not only brings healing but also connection. As the creator of StreetSmart Kitchen, she's on a mission to help you find balance, ease, joy, and simplicity in the kitchen as you improve your well-being.
AMAZING, wow. I’ve made these for dinner the last 3 nights because myself and my family loved them that much! I’ve never been a huge fan of shrimp but I devoured these, such beautiful perfectly balanced flavours, honestly the best thing I’ve eaten in a long time! Tried them with hard taco shells and preferred them that way, also tried it with chicken instead of shrimp as my brother is a bit fussy and it turned out great. Thanks for the recipe!
Very cool! Thanks for your comment, Kate! So pleased to hear that you enjoyed this recipe and the blacken seasoning works well for chicken too! I am gonna have to try it as well. 🙂
These shrimp tacos are fabulous! Great flavor and so easy to prepare. We love the salsa, too. Great combination of flavors. This recipe is going into my Best of 2018 recipe file. Thank you!
Hello Kathy, so glad to hear that you enjoyed this recipe and that best of 2018 recipe file sounds very interesting. haha…
Hong Kong !! how exciting, hope you have a wonderful time living there.
This looks a lovely recipe I will be trying it very soon.
Thanks Tricia! It’s a big change but an adventure as well. 🙂
This tacos look delicious! My daughter and husband love shrimp so this is a keeper!
Oh, this looks super yummy. I will definitely have to try this. I love trying new recipes!!
Love the idea of mango and avocado together – pinning for later!
Your recipe looks amazing! Great photos. I’m not a shrimp lover, but I could easily change the meat to chicken! My husband has to eat out if he wants shrimp. 🙂
These shrimp tacos look really good! I love switching it up sometimes and make shrimp tacos. They are so good. I love making blackened tilapia with shrimp on top.
These look delicious! I love mango salsa! If only I could get the rest of my family on board!
The mango avocado salsa sounds DELICIOUS! I could eat it all day long.