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Grilled Chipotle Shrimp Tacos

July 22, 2014 By cookingintherockies 6 Comments

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Super quick and easy. Great for a dinner party or an easy weeknight dinner.

Super quick and easy. Great for a dinner party or an easy weeknight dinner.

Hey! Guess what? It’s TACO TUESDAY my friends. I love taco Tuesday! I love Mexican food, especially the simple and fresh kind that you eat when you are in Mexico, not the Americanized junk that is doused in cheese and over-sauced that we are all so used too. Grilled Chipotle Shrimp Tacos are traditional and definitely up my alley.  Super flavorful and healthy.

Last week my brother was in town on business, he stopped in for dinner and we grilled up Chipotle marinated jumbo shrimps and veges for dinner. So amazingly delicious and so easy to make. While we were catching up and having a glass or two of wine, we marinated the shrimp and prepped the veges. Since shrimp doesn’t need long to marinate or cook for that matter, we grilled all the things from my garden first  and then at the last minute put the shrimp on the grill. We assembled our tacos with shredded cabbage and a simple salsa of tomatoes, garlic, red onion, lime juice and cilantro. Perfect balance with the spicy shrimps. I think for my next  party, I’ll be making these again. So easy to prepare and fun for people to make their tacos to their liking. Who doesn’t like easy? Give it a try!

Shrimp on the grill, ready for Taco Tuesday.

Shrimp on the grill, ready for Taco Tuesday.

Grilled Chipotle Shrimp Tacos
Cuisine: Mexican
Author: Heather Blake
Fresh and healthy Mexican.
Ingredients
  • 1 pound jumbo shrimp, shelled and cleaned
  • juice and rind from 1 lime
  • 2 chipotle peppers in adobo finely chopped
  • 1 clove garlic finely minced
  • 1 tbs honey
  • 1/2 tsp cumin
  • 1/2 tsp coriander
  • 1 tbs fresh cilantro, finely minced
  • pinch of both salt and pepper
Instructions
  1. In a medium sized bowl, add the lime rind and juice, chipolte peppers in adobo, garlic, honey, cumin, corriander, cilantro, salt and pepper. Mix well.
  2. Add shrimp and mix around to coat well.
  3. Let marinate for 1/2 hour.
  4. Heat the grill to a high heat and grill shrimp for about five minutes, turning once. I put some extra marinade when I turned the shrimp.
  5. Serve in a taco, a salad, in a burrito or however you like it!
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On another note, this past weekend we to the Denver Botanic Gardens to the Chihuly exhibit. If the Denver Botanic gardens aren’t amazing enough already, when the hand blown glass is adorning all the gardens, it’s simply spactular. Chihuly is a world renowned developer of hand blown glass and showcasing it as fine art. His exhibits can be found around all over the world and Denver is lucky enough to have his masterpieces in our city through November. If you are looking for something to do, this is a MUST! I plan on going back at night when they light up all the sculptures. That will be something special for sure! Check it out, you will be pleasantly surprised!

I loved walking around the corner to see this. Glass like this was tucked into gardens throughout in all different colors. Simply stunning.

I loved walking around the corner to see this. Glass like this was tucked into gardens throughout in all different colors. Simply stunning.

Forget the lady that wouldn't move for my picture... Holy Cow this is glass that has to be put together for the exhibits. How do they do it? Mind boggling.

Forget the lady that wouldn’t move for my picture… Holy Cow this is glass that has to be put together for the exhibits. How do they do it? Mind boggling.

Pretty freaking stunning. If I had a pond, I'd love this to be in the middle of it. Oh wait I don't have an extra $100k for pond art!

Pretty darn stunning. If I had a pond, I’d love this to be in the middle of it. Oh wait I don’t have an extra $100k for pond art!

In the Japanese Garden's pond. I love all the floating glass.

In the Japanese Garden’s pond. I love all the floating glass.


Filed Under: Gluten free, Main Courses, Recipes Tagged With: grilled shrimp, Shrimp tacos, taco Tuesday

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Comments

  1. Pat says

    July 25, 2014 at 12:09 PM

    Tacos are so good just about any time, I have never made them with shrimp but this is really tempting me. Beautiful photos of the glass art. Thanks….:)

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    • cookingintherockies says

      July 25, 2014 at 3:23 PM

      I love shrimp tacos or any taco for that matter! Give it a try, yummy! Thanks for visiting the site!

      Reply
  2. Lea Ann (Cooking On The Ranch) says

    July 23, 2014 at 9:12 AM

    Great looking Shrimp! And tonight I’m going to grill that zucchini you gave me. Love this time of year and the fresh foods. And holy cow about that glass art. Beautiful. At least the woman’s t-shirt somewhat matches the art. 😉 Great photos Heather.

    Reply
    • cookingintherockies says

      July 23, 2014 at 10:33 AM

      Enjoy the zucchini! We should go down to the gardens! It’s a must do and I know the you and Bob will love it!

      Reply
  3. Holly says

    July 22, 2014 at 9:37 PM

    I am not sure which I like more– your shrimp dish or the photos from the Botanic Gardens– I’ll take one of each please! I plan to try the shrimp recipe and I still need to plan a visit to the Gardens. Looks incredible!

    Reply
    • cookingintherockies says

      July 22, 2014 at 9:41 PM

      Try the shrimp, yum! But definitely go to the gardens! It’s truly special!

      Reply

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