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Shrimp Tacos
Yewande Komolafe
2243 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,243
35 minutes
Updated Feb. 27, 2024
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Preheat oven to 425 degrees. In a large bowl, toss broccoli with 2 tablespoons oil, coriander, cumin, 1 teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon pepper and chile powder. In a separate bowl, combine shrimp, remaining 2 tablespoons oil, lemon zest, remaining ½ teaspoon salt and remaining ½ teaspoon pepper.
Spread broccoli in a single layer on a baking sheet. Roast for 10 minutes. Add shrimp to baking sheet and toss with broccoli. Roast, tossing once halfway through, until shrimp are just opaque and broccoli is tender and golden around edges, about 10 minutes more. Serve with lemon wedges, or squeeze lemon juice all over shrimp and broccoli just before serving.
03/31/2016 Very easy and very good. Adjusted the cooking times: 12 mins. for first roasting of broccoli, then 4 and 4 for the shrimp. I thought 10 mins. for the shrimp would be too much. And really, 1-1/4 tsps. of zest? Nah, I just zested the whole lemon.
I loved this recipe! It's so easy and quite tasty. Note, I did substitute ground cumin and ground coriander as I was out of whole seeds, which I do think made the dish much more flavorful as a whole.
A little minced garlic added to the roasting oil combo gives a little more flavor! So easy, tasty and good for you!
I found that the Broccoli needs more time and the shrimp needs less time.
This is excellent & easy. I try to read notes to see what changes I should make. I added minced garlic & a bit more olive oil as several suggested. The biggest change: I brined the shrimp. I find this makes the shrimp plumper & juicier (& sooo easy). For each 1lb of shrimp, mix 1 tsp of kosher salt & 1 tsp of baking soda. Refrigerate for 30-60 minutes. I roasted broccoli for 12 minutes and shrimp/broccoli for add’l 4 minutes. Quite delish (your oven heat may vary). Yum!
This is our go-to preparation for broccoli. We use ground cumin and coriander and leave off the shrimp.
For a simple recipe, this was very good. I'm surprised that roasting shrimp this way works so well; the texture is probably better than when they are sauteed. To round out the meal, I cooked some sweet potato "fries" in the same oven; they want 5 or 10 minutes more than the broccoli. The sweet potatoes went really well with the rest.
Until I read the reviews, I would not have imagined this would be so good! I needed a quick dinner tonight and had on hand some (heirloom) broccoli that I picked up at the farmers' market. Stopped at Whole Paycheck for some on-sale shrimp--and voila, dinner! Hubby loved it! Said better than eating at a restaurant.
This recipe was super fast, easy to prepare and was very tasty. I will definitely add it to my recipe box. I cut down on the cooking time as the shrimp cooked in about 8 minutes, not ten and the broccoli the was done. So watch carefully to avoid overcooking. Also, added more olive oil to the broccoli so it wouldn't dry out and used ground cumin and ground coriander because it's what I had on hand.
I have made this several times and it is always wonderful. Last night I took the suggestion from one of the comments and added 3 cloves of minced garlic to the broccoli and it was awesome!
I added snow peas to the broccoli and cooked everything in a paella pan on a gas grill over indirect heat as we didn't want to run the indoor oven on a 95 degree Virginia June evening. Excellent summer recipe. Easy and ripe for creative variations.
Love this! Briefly toasting the coriander and cumin seeds in a dry pan before adding to the broccoli mixture definitely releases their flavor--and of course we're always free to use less salt than a recipe calls for!
Quick, easy and oh-so-flavorful. This will go into our regular rotation. Even without the shrimp, the broccoli roast would be fantastic. Don't omit the lemon juice at the end.
I made the recipe mostly as written, though I used ground coriander and cumin. My family enjoyed it, but I felt the shrimp were overcooked. Next time I’ll add the shrimp during the last five minutes or so. The sheet pan method is convenient and fast!
Simple and quick and delicious. Definitely a keeper. Also good with couscous. I added shrimp to broccoli sooner than the suggested 10 minutes. Otherwise the vegetables would have wilted completely.
What do other cooks serve with this. please. I am so disappointed when the recipe doesn't make suggestions about that. Thanks!
Just made this using comments below plus my own additions - all things I usually have on hand. Used plenty of garlic for both the broccoli and shrimp (plus zesting the whole lemon). I pre-heated the sheet pan and used frozen broccoli, cooking it for 10 minutes before adding a cup of cherry tomatoes that were no longer salad-worthy. At :15 I added defrosted quinoa with EVOO, lemon juice, S&P then mixed that with the veggies before topping with the shrimp for another :04. Very good!
Cover your eyes, plug your ears and put a string of garlic around your neck if you are a kitchen purist. IMHO if you cook the broccoli longer at that heat, per many comments, it singes. After making this a few times, I recommend the following adaptation: microwave, (yes, microwave!!), the broccoli for a couple of minutes to take the edge off of being too hard on the interior (fyi I like my veg crispy, but still) and then complete the cooking as noted. Yummy yum yum.
Quick and easy, but I didn’t quite love this as much as others. Maybe more olive oil on the broccoli and with whole seed spices per the recipe (vs ground), so it’s not as grainy? The mouth feel wasn’t quite right with ground. Full confession- I used lime instead of lemon because that’s what I had. And I’ll try adding garlic.
This recipe has been in the regular rotation for years now. I often serve it with forbidden rice. Definitely suggest cutting the broccoli fairly small and waiting until it is almost done before adding the shrimp, which can take as little as five minutes depending on size. I prefer giving the spices a coarse grind—one pulse does the trick. The squeeze of lemon is a must.
Delicious, quick and easy. I fried some onion and leftover rice with soy sauce and a little sesame oil to go with.
This was delicious. I didn't have broccoli so I substituted a bunch of thinnish asparagus and one zucchini cut in large cubes. I added 3 cloves of garlic minced to the shrimp. I roasted everything at 425 for about 10 minutes and all were done to perfection.
Roast shrimp for 4 4 minutes instead of 5 5
I liked this dish, although my husband did not. Maybe one of those recipes I’ll save when I’m alone and eat over the sink. Simple preparation, but I think cooking the shrimp for 10 minutes was too long and I read some other folks who posted added minced garlic to the sheet pan which would be a welcome addition.
Do I use raw shrimp?
Can this be prepared in an air fryer?
I loved this recipe! It's so easy and quite tasty. Note, I did substitute ground cumin and ground coriander as I was out of whole seeds, which I do think made the dish much more flavorful as a whole.
Less salt. Keep to 1 tsp. 3 Tbsp olive oil when tossing with broccoli. Roast broccoli for 15 min then add shrimp last 6 min.
Super dry. I love broccoli, love shrimp. Perhaps something happened given all the raves for this recipe, but it was almost inedible which was sad given the fresh raw shrimp used to cook it.
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