My family gets a little excited when I tell them we’re having any kind of seafood tacos for dinner. Fish tacos and shrimp tacos are a pretty big deal around here. Everyone loves them. Fish Taco Tuesday ($1 deals) are pretty common at some of the fish taco eateries around town. But we like to make them homemade.
I discovered this Green Pepper Tabasco Sauce on my recent trip to Avery Island, LA when I taste-tested every variety of Tabasco Sauce under the sun. I had never had this one, so I didn’t really know what to expect. It has some spice to it, but it is MUCH milder than their classic sauce. It’s definitely one of my favorites now- finding it’s place in eggs, salad dressings, dips and- of course- all kinds of Mexican food.
Your typical fish taco usually includes a yogurt-based sauce. This is no yogurt sauce! Instead, it’s a blend of cilantro, green Tabasco, garlic, spices, a tiny bit of honey and avocado to create a chimichurri-like sauce. It’s all these tacos need to make them delicious. And I pinky-swear that this sauce is not super spicy. If my 10 year old ate it without blinking, it’s definitely NOT spicy!
In many varieties of shrimp tacos, the shrimp is dipped in beer-batter and deep fried. I opted to cook these in a skillet instead with some bell peppers and onions. Fresh and easy.
Served alongside a simple garnish of fresh salsa and corn cut straight from the cob, these fish tacos were a big-time hit. We drizzled plenty of that avocado chimichurri sauce in the tacos and added a little bit of lettuce too. They really didn’t need anything else!
Best shrimp tacos ever! And you get to avoid the deep frying too. Happy Cinco de Mayo… or Mexican-Food-Eating-Day or whatever you might be celebrating on May 5th 🙂 *Disclosure: I was compensated by Tabasco to create a recipe using one of their fabulous sauces. All opinions shared are my own. Here are some more varieties of seafood tacos on some of my favorite blogs: Baja- Style Tempura Fish Tacos by Leite’s Culinaria Lettuce Wrap Fish Tacos with Spicy Cabbage Slaw and Avocado by Kalyn’s Kitchen Fish Tacos with Mango Salsa and Cilantro Lime Sauce by Love and Olive Oil Shrimp Tacos with Grilled Poblano Salsa by Two Peas and Their Pod Shrimp Tacos by The Pioneer Woman Chipotle Salmon Tacos by Aggie’s Kitchen Grilled Tilapia Tacos with Pineapple Salsa by No Fear Entertaining Broiled Fish Tacos by RecipeGirl Beer Battered Fish Tacos with Baja Sauce by RecipeGirl
