Healthy Baked Shrimp Tacos
6
servings15
minutes30
minutes290
kcalBaked Shrimp Tacos are delicious and you should never have to cut them out of a healthy eating pattern. With a few small changes, you can transform a taco into a healthy comfort food.
Pair your tacos with a side of vegetables like cabbage or sauteed bell peppers and squash for a well balanced meal.
If you don’t like shrimp (or you’re allergic to it), swap the shrimp for any protein:
– Chicken
– Tofu
– Beans
– Eggs
– Lean beef
– Lean pork
Ingredients
2 2 tomatoes, cored and chopped
2 2 small onions, chopped fine
1 1 jalapeno, stemmed, seeded and minced
2 tbsp 2 no sugar-added ketchup
1/2 tsp 1/2 minced garlic
1 tsp 1 salt
1/8 tsp 1/8 black pepper
1 lbs 1 shrimp, peeled, deveined, tails removed
5 tbsp 5 olive oil
12 12 6-inch corn tortillas
1/4 cup 1/4 shredded Mexican style mixed cheese
1 bunch 1 cilantro for topping (optional)
3 3 limes, cut into wedges
How to make
- Preheat oven to 450’F.
- In a mixing bowl, stir together tomatoes, onions, jalapenos, ketchup, lime guice, garlic, salt and pepper.
- On a cutting board, cut shrimp into ½ in pieces. Pat dry or drain in colander.
- In a skillet, heat 3 tbps of olive oil over medium heat until rippling. Add tomato mixture and cook 10 mins or until tomatoes and onions are soft.
- Mix in shrimp and cook 7 mins or until shrimp is pink. Remove from heat.
- On a baking sheet, lay out tortillas in a single layer.
- Brush both sides of the tortillas with olive oil.
- Sprinkle a little cheese onto each tortilla, then add cooked shrimp mixture to center of tortilla.
- Add more cheese to tortilla.
- Bake tacos for about 10-15 mins or until tortilla edges are crispy.
- Add cilantro to tacos if desired.
- With a flat spatula, fold tacos in half.
- Serve with lime wedges and a side of vegetables for a balanced meal.
Equipment
- Mixing bowl
- Cutting board
- Knife
- Baking sheet
- Flat spatula
Recipe Video
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Nutrition Facts
6 servings per container
Serving Size2
- Amount Per ServingCalories290
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 17g 22%
- Saturated Fat 4.5g 20%
- Trans Fat 0g
- Sodium 540mg 24%
- Total Carbohydrate 26g 10%
- Dietary Fiber 4g 15%
- Total Sugars 3g
- Protein 9g 18%
- Vitamin D 0.1mcg 1%
- Calcium 150mg 12%
- Iron 0.9mg 5%
- Potassium 260mg 6%
* The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
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