Juicy shrimp, tender onions, and sweet peppers are sautéed with southwest spices and tucked into warm tortillas with all your favorite toppings for the perfect quick weeknight meal.
- Flavor: Zesty and flavorful with juicy shrimp, tender veggies, and warm spices all wrapped up in soft tortillas.
- Prep Note: Make shrimp fajitas in advance and keep warm on a sheet pan covered in foil until ready to serve.
- Budget Tip: Mix leftover rice with the fajita mix to stretch the recipe further.
- Swaps: Make it meatless and use extra veggies, rice, and black beans instead of shrimp.
Ingredient Tips for Shrimp Fajitas
- Shrimp: Use deveined and peeled large shrimp (31-35 per pound), and cut them into smaller pieces, if necessary. Frozen shrimp should be thawed first. If swapping out the protein, check out these recipes for chicken, steak, or pork fajitas.
- Vegetables: Along with peppers and onions, you can add mushrooms, zucchini, corn, cherry tomatoes, or even spinach for extra flavor and color in fajitas. Use a bag of frozen peppers and onions to save on prep time.
- Seasonings: Buy or DIY? Mix up this homemade fajita seasoning and keep extra on hand so you can whip up fajitas anytime the craving hits. Make it extra spicy by adding more chipotle powder, cayenne, or chili powder.
- Tortillas: Use any size of flour tortillas. Wrap them in foil and keep them warm in the oven, or use this handy tortilla warmer.
Tasty Toppings
- Make a fajita bar with bowls of diced avocado, shredded lettuce, sliced black olives, jalapenos, and green chiles.
- Round out your meal and serve with a side of rice or corn fritters.
- Top it with shredded Mexican cheese, feta crumbles, and Monterey Jack.
- Finish them off with tasty scoopers like sour cream, salsa, guacamole, or a drizzle of cilantro lime dressing.
Storing Leftover Fajitas
Keep leftover fajita filling separate from tortillas in a covered container for up to 4 days
Serve shrimp and veggies with rice similar to a burrito bowl, or reheat shrimp fajita filling on the stovetop and serve with fresh toppings.
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Shrimp Fajitas
Shrimp fajitas are seasoned with a zesty homemade blend and come together in under 30 minutes, perfect for busy weeknights.
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Mix together paprika, chipotle powder, cumin powder, oregano, onion powder and salt in a bowl to make fajita seasoning.
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Add half of the seasoning to the shrimp and mix until well coated. Set aside.
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Heat a tablespoon of oil in a large cast iron skillet and add the onions and bell peppers. Saute for 4-5 minutes, until the vegetables have softened slightly. Add the remaining seasoning and mix well. Slide the vegetables to one side of the skillet.
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Heat the remaining oil in the skillet and add the shrimp. Cook the shrimp for 3-4 minutes until they are pink and cooked through.
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Serve in tortillas with your favorite toppings.
Optional toppings include cilantro, lime, sour cream, and guacamole.
Keep leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
Calories: 210 | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 143mg | Sodium: 954mg | Potassium: 567mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 5626IU | Vitamin C: 146mg | Calcium: 133mg | Iron: 4mg
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Dinner, Main Course, Seafood
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