Tex Mex
Shrimp Fajitas
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Toss the shrimp with the chili powder, cumin, minced garlic, the juice of one lime, and salt.
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Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a skillet over high heat and cook the sliced peppers and onions until charred and tender, about 8 minutes, then remove.
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Add the remaining oil and cook the shrimp until pink and just opaque, about 2 minutes per side.
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Return the peppers and onions to the pan and toss with the shrimp for 1 minute.
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Warm the flour tortillas until soft and pliable.
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Serve the shrimp and peppers with the tortillas and remaining lime wedges.
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Serve it with
A Tex Mex dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Shrimp Fajitas, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The protein alongside
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Shrimp Fajitas carries gluten and shellfish. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Beef and Bean Tostadas |
| Shellfish | Yes | Bacon and Egg Breakfast Quesadilla |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 410 kcal
- Protein
- 33 g
- Carbs
- 50 g
- Fat
- 9 g
- Fiber
- 5 g
- Sugar
- 5 g
- Sodium
- 560 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Shrimp Fajitas takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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