Sweet Chili Shrimp Tacos
This sweet chili shrimp tacos recipe is made over and over in our kitchen – that’s how good it is. You can buy fresh bay shrimp, or defrost it from your freezer, for a delish combination of spicy, sweet, sour and lots of freshness. Best Friday tacos ever if you ask me, so give them a try!
Make your own sweet chili sauce for Shrimp Tacos, a quick meal for last-minute company. Set out the toppings–cabbage, lime, cilantro, mini peppers–for a healthy lunch or dinner for “Taco Tuesday!”
Have you ever made your own sweet chili sauce? It’s easy, but of course if you choose to buy storebought, that’s okay by me! Set out fresh ingredients, like slaw, avocados, guacamole, tomatoes, and cabbage (slaw), or your favorite taco toppings.
Sweet Chili Shrimp Tacos
I really love the combination of tacos, seafood, with an Asian spin. Our sweet and spicy Asian Shrimp Tacos are packed with flavor, and super easy to whip up and get on the table quickly!
This Sweet Chili Shrimp Tacos recipe today is great, because you can make a lot, and leftovers are always good to have. The tacos have a flavorful twist on typical tacos, and who doesn’t love baby shrimp?
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Why I love this recipe
- Packed with flavor – you can make your own sauce, or buy storebought (quicker).
- Buy fresh or frozen baby shrimp.
- Choose your favorite toppings, or serve with a side slaw recipe!
- I also love this recipe because for last-minute guests, for example after-church friends, you can just stop off at the store and pick up a couple pounds of baby shrimp.
Gather these ingredients
- Chili paste
- Honey
- Lime
- Garlic powder
- Ginger
- Fish sauce
- Salt and pepper
- Worcestershire sauce
- Cooked baby shrimp (bay shrimp – you can buy it fresh or frozen)
- Tortillas: use flour or corn (corn is delish if you fry them, but more calories, of course)
- Shredded cabbage: we use purple
- Basil to garnish: or you can use cilantro, but we really LOVE baisl (more Asian)
- Avocado
- Sliced baby bell peppers
- Lime
- Sliced radish
How do you make sweet chili shrimp tacos?
- Make the sauce: In a small bowl, combine chili paste, honey, lime, fish sauce, garlic powder, ginger, Worcestershire sauce, and salt and pepper to taste. Mix together thoroughly, then pour over shrimp and toss. Refrigerate shrimp until tacos are ready to serve.
- Prepare the tortillas: Heat the tortillas or you can fry them in avocado oil. Drain on paper towels and set aside.
- Assemble the tacos: Serve shrimp mixture on tortillas with cabbage, radish, bell pepper, avocado, lime, and fresh basil.
How do you serve shrimp tacos?
One way we decided to keep hospitality simple was to serve taco or tacos bowls, like this easy Sweet Chili Shrimp Tacos recipe. This shrimp mixture is great for bowls or tacos!
The consensus on tacos or bowls is that they’re so casual, everyone dishes up their own, so you can’t help but make guests feel at ease right away. Grab a drink, grab a plate, and dish up!
Serve with our Shrimp Ceviche Recipe With Mango and Avocado. It’s a perfect topping. You can also make our Quick Mango Salsa, Sandy’s favorite quacomole dip, and then whip up our Mexican Vanilla Ice Cream for dessert. A perfect Cinco de Mayo dinner!
Tips and substitutions:
- We use fresh baby (bay) shrimp, but you can also use fresh shrimp. Just make sure to devein them and remove their tails. You’ll also need to cooke the fresh shrimp, where the “baby” shrimp is already cooked (fresh or frozen).
- Usually when you buy baby shrimp, it’s frozen. So bring it home and pop back into your freezer for when you’re ready to use.
- Tortillas: You can use corn (either heat up or you can fry in avocado oil), or use flour tortillas. Corn is the best. Corn tortillas are seen as more authentic and are produced from corn. Flour tortillas are more easily accessible, and are produced from wheat flour.
- You can swap out the fresh basil with cilantro, but for the Asian flare, we love basil.
More recipes to try with baby shrimp:
- Classic Bay Shrimp Pasta Salad Recipe
- Shrimp & Corn Bisque
- Zesty Lime Shrimp Salad
- Mexican Shrimp Salad Board
Tacos don’t have to be served only on Taco Tuesday! Gather your friends together and build relationships over a really, really simple meal like tacos, any day of the week.
Get the Recipe:
Sweet Chili Shrimp Tacos
Ingredients
Make the sweet chili sauce:
- 2 Tbsp chili paste
- 1 ½ Tbsp honey
- 1 lime, juiced
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp ginger
- 1 tsp fish sauce
- Salt and pepper
- ½ tsp Worcestershire sauce
Make the tacos:
- 2 lbs cooked baby shrimp
- Tortillas
- Shredded cabbage
- Basil to garnish
- Avocado
- Sliced baby bell peppers
- Lime
- Sliced radish
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine chili paste, honey, lime, fish sauce, garlic powder, ginger, Worcestershire sauce, and salt and pepper to taste. Mix together thoroughly, then pour over shrimp and toss. Refrigerate shrimp until tacos are ready to serve.
- Serve shrimp mixture on tortillas with cabbage, radish, bell pepper, avocado, lime, and fresh basil.
Notes
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