Mexican Food Recipes
Avocado and Shrimp Fajitas
Shrimp fajitas are becoming more popular as an alternative to beef or chicken fajitas, although this recipe is best if you use king prawns. Shrimps and avocado go together well in many recipes from salads to sandwiches and their flavors mingle wonderfully in this shrimp fajitas recipe. If you want to know how to make shrimp fajitas which look and taste fantastic, this is a very nice recipe to follow.
Limejuice and spices such as coriander, paprika, and cumin flavor this delicious shrimp fajitas recipe. Shrimps or, if you are using them, prawns cook very quickly. Once they change color, they are done. If you overcook them, they will turn rubbery so keep an eye on them while they are cooking.
The tortillas are warmed up in the oven to make them flexible as well as warm but since that is the only part of the recipe you need the oven for it might be a better idea to warm them up for twenty seconds or so in the microwave, rather than heat up the oven just for warming them. Of course, if you are baking something else at the same time you might as well put them in there.
How to Make Shrimp Fajitas
Ingredients -
8 flour tortillas
½ cup sour cream
1 ½ tablespoons coarsely chopped coriander
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 small red onion, halved and thinly sliced
½ each red and green bell pepper, seeded and thinly sliced
7 oz medium peeled king prawns or shrimps
1 large tomato, finely chopped
½ teaspoon ground cumin
½ teaspoon mild paprika
½ teaspoon ground coriander
1 large avocado, halved, de-stoned, peeled and chopped
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Wrap the tortillas in foil and bake for 10 minutes or until hot through.
Remove them from the oven. Mix the coriander, sour cream and lime juice together in a small bowl.
Heat half the oil in a nonstick pan over a medium high heat. Add the bell peppers, onion and cook for 2 or 3 minutes or until the onion is soft. Stir continuously. Transfer to a bowl and heat the rest of the oil over a high heat.
Add the king prawns and cook for a couple of minutes or until the prawns curl and change color. Keep tossing them so they cook evenly. Small shrimps might only take 30 seconds.
Add the onion mixture, cumin, coriander, tomato and paprika to the prawns and cook for a couple of minutes, stirring, until aromatic.
Remove from the heat.
Divide the prawn mixture between the tortillas and top with the avocado and some sour cream.
Roll the tortillas up and serve immediately.
(Serves 4)
