Although you could certainly just order takeout, a handmade pizza is unrivaled. Everyone will assume you spent all day in the kitchen preparing this dish because the sauce is so simple and filling.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 16 mins |
| Additional Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 56 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 fajitas |
Ingredients
- ½ cup olive oil
- ½ cup chopped fresh cilantro, divided
- 3 tablespoons chili powder
- 4 large cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 pound frozen shrimp – thawed, peeled, deveined, and cleaned
- cooking spray
- 1 onion, sliced into rings and rings separated
- 1 large green bell pepper, sliced into strips
- 1 serrano chile pepper, sliced, or more to taste
- 4 (8 inch) flour tortillas
- 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese, or to taste
- ½ cup shredded lettuce, or to taste
- ¼ cup sour cream, or to taste
- ¼ cup chopped tomatoes, or to taste
Instructions
- Whisk olive oil, 1/4 cup cilantro, chili powder, garlic, lime juice, and salt together in a bowl; add shrimp, toss to coat, and marinate in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat; spray with cooking spray. Add onion, green bell pepper, and serrano chile pepper; saute until tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer vegetables to a bowl and cover with aluminum foil to keep warm.
- Pour shrimp and marinade into the same skillet over medium-high heat; cook until shrimp are pink and opaque, about 2 minutes per side. Stir vegetables into shrimp mixture; cook and stir until heated through, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Spoon shrimp-vegetable mixture onto tortillas and top each with Cheddar cheese, lettuce, sour cream, tomatoes, and remaining 1/4 cup cilantro.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 693 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 42 g |
| Cholesterol | 209 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 6 g |
| Protein | 33 g |
| Saturated Fat | 13 g |
| Sodium | 975 mg |
| Sugars | 5 g |
| Fat | 45 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I made half the recipe, for 2 fajitas. The ingredients overflowed. The shrimps were juicy and tasty. I wouldn’t change a thing.
Too much chili pepper–coated rather than flavored the shrimp.
Phenomenal!! Will definitely be making this again 🙂 Maybe with chicken or beef.
Another great recipe. Recommend those sensitive to heat to carefully add the pepper.
This was a big hit in my family. My Mom thought it was too spicey but my son and Dad thought it was perfect. I used the same recipe on chicken with less chili pepper and it was awesome. I used 2 pounds of small shrimp instead of 1 as my family LOVES shrimp. We served it over rice instead of tortillas.
Nice, relatively easy meal. It was rather spicy, even after I cut back on the chili powder, we have Penzey’s medium hot, and used a jalapeno instead of the serrano. The peppers, onions and shrimp had a great texture. We’ll make this again.
Huge hit with my family will make again soon!
I did not use the lettuce but added corn kernels from one ear of corn. I also only used 1/2 cup of cheese.
I made this and it was great! I used some different options for garnish on the fajitas but for the most part, it was true to the recipe. In the future I think I’d use 2 vs 3 TBSP of chilli powder.
Like this easy recipe. I used about 2TBS chili powder which seemed plenty and still had a ton of flavor. I prefer to use additional oil to cook the peppers and onion.
Yes! I would definitely make again. Two minor substitutions: olive oil to cook veggies instead of spray and used jalapeños instead of chille peppers. Ingredients are all fresh and perfect toppings. Chopping everything takes time so it’s not the quickest meal unless prior prepped. But all worth every second!
Unfortunately, we were not a fan of this recipe. 3 Tbsp of chili powder is quite a bit. The flavor was slightly bitter and the shrimp almost seemed to have a paste on them from the large amount of chili powder. I would use this recipe again, but, decrease the amount of chili powder.
Fabulous! I made the shrimp per the recipe and added chorizo to the bell pepper and onion sauté. With margaritas this was better than a restaurant meal. Highly recommend!
Very easy to make, tasted great and with just a few ingredients!
I did not have lettuce, sour cream or cheese, . . . Did not notice until i mixed the marinade with the shrimp. It was still very very flavorful and I will be making this soon with the full ingredients.
Great recipe!
Made as written except that I didn’t use any lettuce because mine had gone bad. These were excellent! The marinade really comes through. The one thing I will change when I make this again is that I will use a little bit of oil to cook the veggies in instead of the spray. I didn’t get that deep char that I like using the spray. Overall great recipe and one I will definitely make again.