Southwestern Shrimp Soft Tacos

The other night, I made some Southwestern Shrimp Soft Tacos with guacamole and home made tortilla chips. The tacos turned out great. The marinade tasted a lot like the "Mojo" cooking style at The Melting Pot, which was very unexpected. I made my usual guacamole recipe, which is included below, as well as some tortilla chips. I had never made tortilla chips before, so I thought you could make them with whole wheat tortillas (I'm trying to eat somewhat healthy). I was completely wrong! They cooked properly, but tasted terrible. I had to throw the whole batch away and have Melody pick up some corn tortillas on her way home. Now to the recipes!

The Guacamole
Ingredients:
2 Large Avocados (or 1 "slimcado")
1 Roma Tomato, diced
2 Tbsp White Onion, Minced
1 Tbsp Jalapeno, Minced
Juice from one Lime
A dash of salt

Directions:
1. Cute the avocados in half and remove the seed. Use a spoon to pull out all of the meat and place in a medium bowl. Use a fork to soften the avocado and mash it together.
2. Prepare and place all of the other ingredients into the bowl and mix thoroughly.
3. Serve with Chips (The 365 Brand Pita Chips from Whole Foods are great with this!)


Home Made Tortilla Chips
Ingredients:
At least 8 Small corn tortillas (each one makes about 6 regular sized chips)
PAM Cooking Spray
Salt (Sea Salt is great with these)

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 425º
2. Place the tortillas on a couple of baking sheets.
3. Spray tortillas with PAM and sprinkle with salt
4. Bake 6-8 minutes, or until slightly browned.
5. Let cool for at least 10 minutes until they get crispy


Southwestern Shrimp Soft Tacos
Marinade Ingredients:
11⁄2 tbsp minced red onion
1⁄2 tsp finely chopped garlic
1 tbsp honey
1 tsp chopped fresh cilantro
1⁄2 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
1⁄2 tsp Jamaican jerk or Cajun seasoning
1⁄2 tsp paprika
16 white shrimp, shelled, deveined, tails removed

Marinade Directions:
Combine marinade ingredients with 1⁄4 cup water and season with salt. Add shrimp; refrigerate 1 hour.

Corn Relish Ingredients:
2 ears corn (or 1 cup canned or frozen and thawed)
Vegetable-oil cooking spray
6 Roma tomatoes, diced
1 green onion, chopped
Lime or lemon-pepper seasoning

Corn Relish Directions
1. Cut corn kernels off cob.
2. Lightly spray a sturdy skillet with cooking spray and heat over moderately high heat.
3. Stir-fry corn until golden brown.
4. Pour corn into a bowl and add remaining relish ingredients; season with salt.

Cooking the Shrimp and Marinade:
1. Remove shrimp and reserve marinade.
2. Lightly spray the same skillet with cooking spray and heat on high until very hot. Toss in a few shrimp at a time and cook until just opaque; remove shrimp.
3. Pour marinade into pan, bring to boil and boil for 2 minutes; lower heat and simmer until thick.
4. Put 4 shrimp on each tortilla; top with corn relish and marinade sauce.


We loved this meal! Cant you tell?