Quick and Easy Shrimp Tacos
You’re going to love this Quick and Easy Shrimp Tacos Recipe because it’s just that – quick AND easy. These tacos are also incredibly tasty! They’re full of perfectly juicy shrimp, peppers, onions, and your favorite toppings, like fresh pico de gallo and guacamole. It’s the perfect weeknight dinner!
Quick and Easy Recipe
You know how people always call certain recipes “quick and easy?” We feel like there’s a Venn Diagram of quick recipes and easy recipes, with some recipes that fall into both categories and many others that are either “quick” or “easy” but not both things. That little overlap of quick and easy is the set of recipes that many people are looking for. The quick AND easy recipes that help get you through a busy work week when you may not have time to do anything fancy or extra. All of this to say, when we call a recipe quick and easy, it is most definitely quick and it is absolutely easy.
The Quick
Let’s start with the “quick” part of this quick, easy shrimp tacos recipe. We’re talking tacos on your dinner plate in 30 minutes. That includes the time it takes to roast some peppers, onions, and shrimp and throw them together in a tortilla. That’s the great thing about this recipe, it requires very little labor or time.
The Easy
Moving on to the “easy” in this recipe. These shrimp tacos are awesome and they only require about 6 ingredients (unless you make your own taco seasoning, which we recommend). Fewer ingredients means less prep time, which means… easy! Sounds pretty simple, right? It is!
Breaking Down This Quick and Easy Shrimp Tacos Recipe
Now that we’ve proved that these are quick and easy shrimp tacos, let’s talk details so we can eat them sooner.
- Shrimp – use raw, shelled, and deveined shrimp. You can use frozen but try to remember to thaw them in your fridge the night before.
- Red bell pepper – we like the color and sweetness of a red bell pepper here, but if you prefer the taste of yellow or orange, go for it. Green might be a bit too… “green” or underripe in flavor here though.
- Onion – if you’ve followed us for a while, you probably know that we love onions. They’re sweet, rich, and bring a ton of depth, especially when roasted.
- Taco seasoning – we always have some of our homemade taco seasoning on hand, and we highly recommend you do too. Store bought would be just fine too.
- Tortillas – we typically use corn tortillas for most tacos we make at home, but we understand that there’s a time and place for a good flour tortilla.
- Optional toppings – we love guacamole on everything. Okay, maybe not everything, but pretty much any kind of taco. So that’s one of our key add-ons to these. In addition we like the freshness of pico de gallo added to these, and will top them off with a little queso fresco for a little creaminess at the end.
How to Make This Quick and Easy Shrimp Tacos Recipe
The first thing you’ll want to do when making this quick, easy shrimp tacos recipe is preheat your oven to 400°F. As that’s heating up, prepare the veggies and shrimp.
To prep the peppers and onions all you need to do is toss them in a little oil and salt, then spread them on a sheet tray to roast.
While the veggies are roasting, mix the raw shrimp with a little oil and taco seasoning. After the veggies have roasted for 15 minutes, toss them, then lay the shrimp out right on top of the veggies. This way, all of the flavors of the peppers and onions will infuse into the shrimp. Plus, it’s a no-fuss way of cooking them. Easy peasy.
Cook the shrimp on top of the veggies for 5 to 7 minutes. The exact timing will depend on the size of your shrimp (jumbo shrimp will take longer than smaller shrimp, so be sure to watch them).
Warm up your tortillas (warm tortillas > cold tortillas by a long shot) in a tortilla warmer or on the stove and fill them with shrimp and veggies. Top your tacos with pico de gallo, guacamole, queso fresco, hot salsa, or whatever else you like!
Quick and Easy Shrimp Tacos Recipe
Ingredients
Shrimp Tacos
- 1 pound large shrimp, shelled and deveined
- 1 red bell pepper, seeded and sliced thin
- 1 red onion, quartered and sliced
- 2 tbsp olive oil, divided
- 2 tsp taco seasoning, homemade or store bought
- Pinch of salt
- 6 Corn or flour tortillas
Optional Toppings
- Pico de gallo
- Guacamole
- Queso fresco
- Hot sauce
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Toss the red bell pepper and red onion with 1 tbsp olive oil and a pinch of salt. Place the seasoned veggies on a sheet tray and roast them in the oven for 15 minutes. Remove the veggies from the oven and toss them.1 red bell pepper, 1 red onion, 2 tbsp olive oil, Pinch of salt
- Mix the shrimp with 1 tbsp olive oil and the taco seasoning. Arrange the shrimp on top of the veggies and bake for 5-7 minutes or until the shrimp are cooked through.1 pound large shrimp, 2 tsp taco seasoning, 2 tbsp olive oil
- To assemble a taco, pile some shrimp and roasted veggies on a tortilla and top with pico de gallo, guacamole, queso fresco, and hot sauce, if desired.6 Corn or flour tortillas, Pico de gallo, Guacamole, Queso fresco, Hot sauce
