Chipotle Shrimp Tacos with White Sauce
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These tacos have spicy-sweet chipotle shrimp topped with pico de gallo, shredded cabbage, and a tangy white sauce! Pair them with a dry Maison Louis Jadot Mâcon-Villages Chardonnay for a perfect summer meal. The easiest way to prep these tacos is the "here and there" approach. Whip up the white sauce here, the pico de gallo there (both of these benefit from chilling awhile to let the flavors meld). Shred the cabbage here, pack up the tortillas for warming there. When you're ready to eat, just cook up the shrimp, assemble the tacos, pour the wine, and serve!
Author: Willow Bird Baking, using chipotle shrimp adapted from Grandbaby Cakes and pico de gallo adapted from Pioneer Woman, and white sauce adapted from Food Network
Serves: 8 tacos
Ingredients
White Sauce Ingredients:
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup milk
- 4 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt
Pico de Gallo Ingredients:
- 3/4 medium red onion, diced (you should end up with about 1 cup)
- 4 Roma tomatoes, diced
- 2/3 cups chopped fresh cilantro leaves
- 1 jalapeño, seeded and diced very finely
- lime juice from one small lime
- salt, to taste
Chipotle Shrimp ingredients:
- 1/2 (7-ounce) can chipotle peppers in adobe sauce
- 1 pound large shrimp, deveined with tails and shells removed
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- salt, to taste
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 2 tablespoons Maison Louis Jadot Mâcon-Villages Chardonnay
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
Other Bits and Pieces:
- thinly shredded Napa cabbage
- lime juice
- fresh cilantro
- queso blanco
- 8 corn tortillas
Instructions
- Make white sauce: Whisk together mayonnaise, milk, lemon juice, and garlic sauce. Stick in the refrigerate to chill and let the flavors meld for at least a half hour.
- Make the pico de gallo: Toss tomato and onion together with the finely diced jalapeño and cilantro in a medium bowl. Add the lime juice and salt (remember you can always add more but can't take it away, so start small). Mix and taste, adjusting the amounts of salt, lime, and jalapeño as needed. Set aside in the fridge for at least a half hour, tossing occasionally. I then pulsed mine through a food processor a few times because I like a finer pico de gallo on my tacos.
- Warm the tortillas: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Wrap two stacks of 4 tortillas each in aluminum foil and warm them for 15-20 minutes or until soft and warm.
- Make the Chipotle Shrimp: Process the chipotle peppers and sauce in a food processor until smooth. Place the puree, shrimp, and garlic together in a zip-top bag and gently work the bag around until the shrimp are well coated. Place the shrimp in the refrigerator for 20 minutes to marinate. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat until it shimmers. Pour the shrimp and sauce out into the prepared skillet. Sprinkle with salt, lime juice, and wine. Cook for around 4 minutes, tossing the shrimp as needed, until the shrimp are cooked through. Remove from the heat and gently mix in the butter.
- Assemble the tacos: Top each corn tortilla with three chipotle shrimp, a spoonful of pico de gallo, some shredded cabbage, a spritz of lime juice, fresh cilantro, queso blanco, and a drizzle of white sauce. Serve immediately.
Recipe by Willow Bird Baking at https://willowbirdbaking.com/2016/07/03/chipotle-shrimp-tacos-with-white-sauce/