Firecracker Shrimp Wonton Tacos
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Crispy Firecracker Shrimp Wonton Tacos loaded with sweet and spicy shrimp, sweet mango, crunchy slaw, and cilantro! A quick and easy appetizer for those who love it sweet and spicy!
Taste buds still wanting shrimp? Try my Cilantro Lime Shrimp, Teriyaki Shrimp Skewers, and Mango Habanero Popcorn Shrimp for more tasty shrimp recipes!
There are good recipes. There are great recipes. And then there are those recipes you instantly know you’re going to make again and again and again. The ones you want to share with everybody you know and make you want to invite company over just so you can impress them with something so delicious.
I bet you can guess what kind of recipe this one is.
I had this idea – firecracker shrimp – sounded yummy, had to make it. But the more I thought about it, the more I though you know, this firecracker shrimp thing would be really good in a taco. Actually let’s make the tacos mini and call it an appetizer. And then suddenly it hit me – Firecracker Shrimp Wonton Tacos for New Years!
Because firecrackers….. new years….. ya know?
Speaking of holidays though, I kind of feel like I got to celebrate Christmas twice this year because a couple of weeks ago a gorgeous new set of Calphalon knives showed up on my doorstep and I. am. in. love. (<—heart eyed emoji x10) I’ve been using the set we were given for our wedding for the past four years and I am not kidding you when I say that using these new knives was a little bit like one of those hollywood moments where concourses of angels start singing hallelujah because these knives are MAGICAL. I’m like, man, all this time I could’ve saved myself a few hundred episodes of climbing onto the kitchen counter to put my full body weight into chopping a few veggies! Seriously.
If you need a new set of knives you might want to consider the Calphalon Contemporary Self-Sharpening 15-pc Cutlery Set with SharpIN Technology – they sharpen themselves when you slide them in and out of the knife block!
#mindblown
These tacos would be great, phenomenal even, with just the shrimp. Heck, I could eat the shrimp straight up. But when you put that sweet and spicy shrimp in a crispy wonton and add some juicy mango to the mix, it’s pure heaven.
And that’s pretty much all there is to these gorgeous little things! The only other ingredients are slaw, and cilantro. That’s it! Seriously these take less than 30 minutes to make and are SO so yummy. This really is the kind of deliciousness you will crave in your life on a regular basis.
Firecracker Shrimp Wonton Tacos
Ingredients
- 12 wonton skins , (see note)
- 1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1 cup sweet chili sauce , (see note)
- 1 mango, diced
- 2 cups slaw , (without dressing), OR red and/or green cabbage, chopped
- handful of fresh cilantro, roughly chopped
Instructions
- Wash and remove tails from your shrimp. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Wonton Shells
- Grease a 9×13 pan. Lay the wonton skins over the sides of the baking pan in a single layer (do not overlap) on a diagonal. Spray lightly with cooking spray (or brush lightly with a bit of olive oil) and bake for 3-4 minutes just until the edges begin to brown (you don’t want them too crispy or they will break when you make the tacos).
- Immediately after removing from oven, take the wontons off of the 9×13 pan and open them slightly to make taco “shells”.
Shrimp
- In a large pan over medium heat, combine the shrimp and the sweet chili sauce and stir over medium heat for 6-8 minutes until pink and hot. Remove from heat.
- Fill each wonton taco shell with some slaw, shrimp, and diced mango. Top with chopped cilantro and serve.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This yummy shrimp taco recipe was sponsored by my friends at Shrimp Council and the knives mentioned were provided by Calphalon but I was not compensated to write a review and all opinions are 100% my own – thanks for letting me work with the brands I love!!
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Love your recipe’s. I have been cooking a very long time but many times with some of the recipe’s have to read carefully, and still don’t like some of the ingredients, so I do my own thing. With your recipe’s, they are so very easy to follow. First time on your web site and I love it.
This was so delicious! Made it last night and it was loved by all. COuldn’t quite get the wontons into the taco shape so serves them atop the baked flat wontons. Next time I will double the recipe…everyone wanted more!
You’ve done it again. This is one I may try tonight; I have cilantro and shrimp in the fridge already. I have really been trying to use appetizers as a main course and salad on the side to make a complete dinner. A huge focus for me this year is making sure our kids eat light and healthy. My children attend public school and the food is truly loaded with sugar and preservatives, so they eat heavier during the day. Thanks again.