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Tex Mex Shrimp Bowl

This Tex Mex shrimp bowl is full of delicious southwestern flavors. This spicy shrimp bowl is an explosion of flavor in every bite.
Prep Time1 hour
Cook Time30 minutes
Servings: 6
Calories: 309kcal

Ingredients

Shrimp

  • 1 ½ lb large shrimp peeled deveined

Marinade

Bowls

  • 1 pkg (8 oz) mexican rice
  • ½ red onion
  • 1 ear corn or ¾ cup kernels
  • 3 sweet peppers ny color
  • 1 cup pico de Gallo
  • Cilantro
  • 5 Pickled habanero peppers seeded and minced (recipe follows)
  • Sour cream

Pickled Habanero Peppers

Instructions

  • Get out and measure your ingredients.
    Overhead photo of all the ingredients needed to make Tex Mex Shrimp Bowl.

Marinade

  • Place olive oil in a large measuring cup.
    Wet marinade ingredients inside a large measuring cup.
  • Add ingredients for marinade.
    Closeup photo of dry marinade ingredients on a small plate.
  • Whisk until blended and add to bag.
    All marinade ingredients mixed inside a large measuring cup.
  • Add shrimp to the bag and remove as much air as possible.
    Shrimp and marinade in a resealable bag.
  • Adjust and make sure all shrimp are coated. Seal bag and refrigerate for 1 hour.
    Shrimp and marinade in a resealable bag.
  • Thinly slice the red onion and sweet peppers.

Pickled Habaneros

  • Meanwhile, prepare the pickled habaneros. Fill a mason jar with white vinegar. Stir in the salt and pepper and carefully place habaneros inside. Wash your hands immediately after handling. Let pickle as the shrimp marinate. *this will soften the heat of the habaneros while maintaining the flavor*
    Habaneros pickling in a mason jar using vinegar, salt and pepper.
  • After an hour, seed and mince the pickled habaneros. *I recommend wearing gloves for this part, otherwise be sure to wash your hands!*

Prepare the Rice

  • When 20 minutes remain in marinating time, prepare the rice according to the package directions..
  • Cook.
    Cooked rice in a small pot.
  • Once shrimp are cooked, pour the excess sauce into the rice and stir in for an extra kick of flavor, if desired.
    Excess marinade poured into the pot with the rice.
  • Stir until blended.
    Rice mixed with marinade in a bowl.

Making the Corn

  • Heat a grill pan over high heat. Spray lightly with olive oil and grill the corn for 1-2 minutes per side.
    Grilling corn on a grill pan over high heat.
  • Use a knife to remove corn kernels.
    Kernels removed from corn using a knife. The kernels are placed in a bowl.
  • Add to a bowl and toss with the pico de Gallo.
    Corn kernels mixed into a bowl with pico de Gallo.
  • Heat a frying pan over high heat. Pour the contents of the bag into the pan and cook for 5 minutes.
    Shrimps and marinade added to a frying pan over high heat.
  • Stop once halfway through to flip the shrimp.
    Marinated shrimp cooked in a frying pan.

Arrange bowls

  • Fill a bowl with a couple scoops of rice.
    Overhead photo of all the ingredients to make a Tex Mex Shrimp Bowl.
  • Add sliced red onions, sweet peppers, and pico de gallo. Add a dollop of sour cream and pickled habaneros.
    red onions, sweet peppers, and pico de gallo added to the top of the rice in a bowl..
  • Last, place shrimp on top.
    Shrimps placed on top of the bowl.
  • Garnish with cilantro!
    Tex Mex Shrimp bowl garnished with chopped cilantro.
  • Enjoy every bite!
    Closeup photo of a Tex Mex Shrimp bowl.

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Notes

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Nutrition

Calories: 309kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 13g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 143mg | Sodium: 1302mg | Potassium: 357mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 2536IU | Vitamin C: 97mg | Calcium: 93mg | Iron: 1mg