This shrimp tacos with avocado crema sauce recipe is perfect for a fancy dinner at home or a quick weeknight meal. Full of flavor, the whole family will love it when you make easy shrimp tacos for dinner!

Shrimp Tacos with Avocado Crema Recipe

If you are looking for the best shrimp taco recipe this is it!! Tender shrimp are cooked with spices and then placed in to a soft taco shell and topped with an avocado cream shrimp taco sauce and other taco toppings that make for the perfect shrimp tacos.

This easy to make shrimp taco recipe is perfect for a weeknight meal or a special occasion. The flavors are perfect for a fancy dinner, but the recipe is easy enough to make for a quick weeknight dinner.

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Two tacos on a white plate topped with shredded lettuce, cheese, and cilantro. Surrounding ingredients include avocado, lime, shrimp, and sauces.

What to Serve with Shrimp Tacos

There are lots of side dishes that go with shrimp tacos. You can serve with your favorite taco sides you would serve with traditional tacos in a taco shell.

Normally, when we have taco night, I do Restaurant Style Mexican Rice or Mexican Cauliflower Rice, corn, and tortilla chips (to dip in Restaurant Style Salsa or guacamole).

Three shrimp tacos with toppings, served in a decorative bowl, garnished with lime slices and cilantro.

Are there any variation options for this recipe?

Use Corn tortillas. You can use corn tortillas or flour tortillas, depending on your preference.

Make a salad. Instead of using tortillas you can use green salad mix and add the shredded cabbage mixture along with the rest of the shrimp taco ingredients to make a shrimp taco salad.

Make a burrito. You can use this recipe to make shrimp burritos as well. Make white rice, brown rice, or Mexican rice and add that to the burrito wrap first, and then add the rest of the ingredients. Roll the flour tortilla into a burrito and serve.

Change up the toppings. While I use avocado crema, cotija cheese, cilantro, and lime juice when making these tacos, you can use other taco toppings as well. Sour cream, red onions, jalapeno peppers, pico de Gallo, guacamole, and shredded cheese are all other topping options that work well with shrimp tacos.

Make spicy shrimp tacos. If you want your shrimp tacos to have a spicy kick, add a pinch of cayenne pepper to the uncooked shrimp before marinating.

Two tacos on a rectangular white plate, topped with shredded lettuce, cheese, and sauce. Lime wedges are nearby. A glass dish with more tacos and a lime are in the background.

Can the shrimp be cooked using a different method?

Yes, the shrimp would also be good cooked on the grill or in the air fryer.

How to store leftovers

The shrimp can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Slaw can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 2 days, and any extra sauce can be refrigerated for up to 5 days.

How to reheat leftovers?

Shrimp tends to dry out when reheated, so the best option is to very gently rewarm the shrimp in a skillet over medium-low heat just until warm if needed.

Shrimp Tacos with Avocado Crema Ingredients

Seasoned Shrimp:

1 lb shrimp (uncooked, peeled, deveined, tails removed, can be frozen)
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon paprika
½ teaspoon onion powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 garlic clove, minced
½ tablespoon fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon olive oil, divided ( ½ tablespoon for marinade and ½ tablespoon for cooking the shrimp)

Avocado Crema:

1 large avocado, seed and skin removed
½ cup cilantro, leave out a few sprigs for garnish
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 jalapeno, seeds removed
½ cup plain greek yogurt
2 garlic cloves, minced
¼ teaspoon salt

Taco Elements/Garnish:

2 cups cole slaw cabbage mix
Crumbled cotija cheese
8 taco size tortillas. (Corn tortillas or flour tortillas)
Fresh cilantro
Lime wedges

How to Make Shrimp Tacos with Avocado Crema

In a bowl, combine the prepared/thawed shrimp, chili powder, paprika, onion powder, salt, lime juice, minced garlic, and olive oil. Stir to coat shrimp well.

Place the bowl of shrimp in the refrigerator to marinate while prepping the rest of the ingredients.

While the shrimp is marinating, add the avocado, cilantro, lime juice, jalapeno, greek yogurt, and garlic to a food processor or blender. Blend until smooth, and add a teaspoon of water if the consistency is too thick.

A frying pan filled with cooked shrimp on a textured surface.

Heat a cast iron skillet or nonstick pan with remaining olive oil over medium-high heat.

Once the pan is warm, evenly lay the marinated shrimp and cook for 2 minutes on each side.

Remove the cooked shrimp from the pan once they are done cooking.

Wrap the tortillas in a paper towel and warm in the microwave for 20 seconds.

Three shrimp tacos topped with cabbage, cheese, and cilantro on a decorative plate, with a lime and more tacos in the background.

To make the tacos, place a small handful of cabbage into the middle of each tortilla. Top the cabbage with shrimp, cotija cheese, cilantro, a squeeze of lime juice and a drizzle of avocado crema.

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