spícy shrímp tacos + sour cream cílantro sauce | a small batch recípe for two

Yeah, ít’s offícíal. í’m obsessed wíth tacos.  But í feel líke there could be worse thíngs, ríght? 

Last week, í took full advantage of Taco Tuesday. We stopped ínto thís quaínt líttle restaurant ín Pínehurst for lunch, and the place was packed.  Apparently they have a pretty good Taco Tuesday specíal, so *duh* – í had to do ít!  í ordered one mahí mahí taco, one carnítas taco, and one grílled shrímp taco. Of course í loved them all, but the shrímp tacos were partícularly good.  Then í was líke, dang.  í really need to make some shrímp tacos for my blog!

íngredíents

for sour cream cílantro sauce :

• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 1/2 Tbsp. hot sauce your favoríte one!
• 1/2 Tbsp. fínely chopped cílantro
• 1/2 Tbsp. líme juíce freshly squeezed
• 1 tíny pínch garlíc salt
• 1 pínch cracked black pepper

for shrímp tacos :

• 20 shrímp peeled, deveíned, and cleaned
• 1/4 tsp. cayenne
• 1/4 tsp. chílí powder
• 1/4 tsp. garlíc powder
• 1/4 tsp. mexícan oregano
• 1/2 tsp. smoked papríka
• 2 Tbsp. olíve oíl
• 4 slíces thíck cut bacon
• 4 small tortíllas
• 1 chopped avocado, chopped tomato, red cabbage, cílantro for garnísh

ínstructíons

for sour cream cílantro sauce :

1. Combíne all íngredíents ínto a bowl, and stír to fully míx.  Cover the bowl wíth plastíc rap, and allow the flavors to hang out and blend ín the refrígerator for a couple of hours before servíng.

for shrímp :

1. Add shrímp, spíces, and extra vírgín olíve oíl to a large zíplock bag.  Toss to coat the shrímp evenly.  Place the bag ín the refrígerator, and allow the shrímp to marínate for at least an hour, up to overníght.
2. Cook bacon over medíum-hígh heat ín a gríll pan.  Once bacon ís críspy, turn the heat to medíum.  Remove bacon, and set the bacon stríps on a dísh towel or paper towels to draín excess grease.
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