Time: 30 min.
Complexity: easily
Servings: 4

This recipe for Shrimp Tacos is a Mexican fast-food dish. It's made with a salad mix of shredded red cabbage, carrots, and mango, and a dressing of mayonnaise, lime juice, and hot sauce. The shrimp are fried in the dressing and served with a generous dollop of hot sauce on taco shells.

Ingredients:

• 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1 - 1.5 tsp hot sauce
• 1 lime, cut into pieces
• Juice of 1 lime
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 3/4 cup fresh cilantro
• 350g medium-sized sea shrimp, peeled, heads and dark veins removed, meat cut in half lengthwise
• 400 g of shredded vegetables (red cabbage and carrots)
• 1 mango, peeled and cut into strips
• 1/2 small red onion, cut into half rings
• Coarse salt
• 2 teaspoons of vegetable oil
• 12 tacos

Substituting ingredients
Measuring containers used

1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

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Preparation:

Step 1
• Prepare the sauce: In a food processor, combine mayonnaise, hot sauce, lime juice, sugar, 1/4 cup cilantro, and 1 tablespoon water. Process until smooth. Place the shrimp in a bowl and toss with 2 tablespoons of the sauce. Let sit.
Step 2
• Coarsely chop the remaining cilantro. Stir in the cabbage, carrots, mango, red onion, and remaining sauce. Season with salt to taste.
Step 3
• Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp and fry, stirring occasionally, for about 3 minutes. Then transfer the shrimp to a serving dish.
Step 4
• Fry the taco shells in a dry skillet on both sides until golden brown. Fill the tacos with shrimp and coleslaw. Serve the tacos with lime and plenty of hot sauce.

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