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Pineapple Mojito Shrimp Tacos


  • Author: Chocolate Covered Cheetah

Ingredients

Scale

Shrimp

  • 1/2 lb raw shrimp (peeled and deveined)
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • Zest of 1 lime
  • 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt

Salsa

  • 1 cup pineapple, chopped small
  • 1 tbsp mint, chopped
  • 1/2 tbsp olive oil
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • 1 tsp light rum (optional)
  • sea salt to taste

Tacos

  • 4 small white flour soft taco shells
  • 4 tbsp sour cream
  • 1/2 avocado, sliced
  • 1 tbsp cilantro, chopped
  • 1/2 cup cojito cheese, crumbled

Instructions

  1. In a small bowl, mix shrimp with lime juice, zest, cayenne pepper and sea salt
  2. Put shrimp in fridge to marinate at least 1 hour
  3. Meanwhile, make the salsa
  4. In a small bowl combine pineapple, mint, olive oil, lime juice, rum (optional) and sea salt
  5. Place in fridge to marinate at least 1 hour
  6. After an hour or more, remove the shrimp from the fridge, put on skewers
  7. Light the grill, heat to 450 degrees
  8. Place skewers on the grill, cook about 2 minutes on each side until cooked through, remove from grill
  9. Assemble tacos
  10. Fill each taco shell with 1/4 of the pineapple salsa, 3-4 shrimp, 1 tbsp sour cream, 2-3 slices avocado, sprinkle with cojito cheese and cilantro