These Baja Shrimp Tacos with Baja Cream Sauce are a popular recipe at our house, they are fairly simple, use easy to find ingredients and taste absolutely amazing!
With our busy schedule, easy meals is the name of the game here at my house.
During these cold winter months, I like to keep my family fed well with some variety. I want hearty, healthy meals but that don’t take a ton of time and use simple ingredients.
This recipe was originally written for McCormick, but they discontinued the original skillet sauce the recipe called for.
So back to the drawing board, and this new, delicious recipe is actually better!
Why We Love This Recipe
- Incredible flavor, easy to swap ingredients. Make it your own!
- The recipe is easy and dinner can be ready in about 20 or so minutes!
- At the original time of writing this article, the tacos themself were only 4 ingredients. Due to the discontinuation of one of the products, I had to find a solution. So the ingredient list has grown a little.
- I have included the recipe for a Baja Cream Sauce for these tacos, but if you wanted to use a store bought version, you can do that too.
Ingredients for Baja Shrimp Tacos
**Updated
1 pound of shrimp – peeled & deveined (you can use fresh or frozen)
2 tablespoons olive oil –
½ packet, 4.ounces McCormick Taco with Chipotle & Garlic Skillet Sauce
Soft Corn or Flour Tortillas
Ingredients for Baja Cream Sauce
I simply cooked the shrimp in half the packet of sauce in the skillet, and then used the other half to make the delicious Baja Cream Sauce.
The Taco Skillet Sauce has a bit of a kick from the Chipotle, so it was full of great flavor and just made the recipe even better.
Have you tried the McCormick Skillet Sauces?
I have tried each one of them now, and am absolutely loving the flavors and the different ways they can make a recipe even better.
Choose to follow the recipe on the packet, or kick up your own recipe a notch by using one of these delicious skillet sauces!
Also, be sure and check back tomorrow for another great McCormick Skillet Sauce recipe, right here at Daily Dish Recipes.
More Delicious Recipes:
- Black Bean Taco Salad with Chipotle and Garlic
- Cashew Chicken
- Chicken Enchilada Skillet
- Chicken Fajita Rice Bowl
- Fajita Quesadillas
- Fire Roasted Garlic Chili with Cilantro Lime Rice
- Picadillo
- Potato Topped Sloppy Beef Skillet
- Sesame Chicken Stir-Fry over Cauliflower Rice
- Sicilian Chicken and Mushrooms Spaghetti Squash Casserole
- Skillet Sicilian Chickpeas Over Brown Rice
- Smokey BBQ Pulled Chicken Sandwiches With Creamy Coleslaw
- Smoky Skillet Chicken and Rice
- Sriracha Sesame Shrimp and Grits
- Tex-Mex Sloppy Joes
- Tres Carne Fire Roasted Garlic Chili over Egg Noodles
Recipe for Baja Shrimp Tacos with Baja Cream Sauce
Baja Shrimp Tacos with Baja Cream Sauce
Ingredients
For Shrimp Tacos:
- 1 pounds shrimp peeled & deveined
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 ounces taco sauce we used McCormick Taco with Chipotle & Garlic Skillet Sauce (hard to find)
- 8 corn tortillas
For the Baja Sauce:
- ½ cup plain yogurt
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 2 ounces taco sauce we again used McCormick Taco with Chipotle & Garlic Skillet Sauce
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- ¼ cup fresh cilantro finely chopped
- Optional:
- Shredded lettuce
- Red Onion chopped
- corn niblets
- black olives
- capers
- Avocado diced
- tomatoes diced
- cilantro or parsley chopped
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a blender and blend until combined. It should be pretty runny. It will thicken over time.
- Refrigerate for at least 1 hour. The longer you let the flavors marry, the more amazing the sauce is, so don’t be afraid to make it ahead of time. Just remember to refrigerate the remainder of the packet of McCormick Taco with Chipotle & Garlic Skillet Sauce too. I make my in the morning, giving it the whole day to sit and combine flavors in the fridge, then I come home and make the shrimp and dinner is ready in about 20 minutes.
- In a large skillet, saute the olive oil and shrimp for about 2-3 minutes over medium heat or until the shrimp starts turning translucent in color.
- Add a half packet of McCormick Taco with Chipotle & Garlic Skillet Sauce in the skillet and continue cooking for about 15 minutes. Remove and serve.
- Using flour or corn tortillas, layer the veggies and herbs you like on your tortilla.
- Add the cooked shrimp on top and drizzle the Baja Cream Sauce over all of it.
- Fold and enjoy!
I have been craving either fish or shrimp tacos lately and this has pushed it to the top. That baja cream sauce is something I need to make soon.
I must make this STAT! It looks and sounds incredible. Love that baja cream sauce!!!
YUM! I love shrimp tacos (don’t have them nearly enough, though!) and I need this baja sauce in my life!
I love all seafood tacos…and your shrimp version paired with the super easy Baja sauce sounds fantastic!!!
Oh wow! These look amazing, and that baja sauce puts it over the top!
Big seafood lover! This is definitely going to happen with a packet of this tasty sauce that I just happen to still have in my pantry. 🙂
I love the balance of flavors in here! Shrimp sounds perfect for this sauce!
These would be a fav on Taco Tuesdays in our house!
Love the color of your baja cream sauce! I’m drooling over here!
My husband LOVES seafood tacos. These will go on the “must cook” list!
This is my kind of recipe – I love shrimp and can’t wait to try this delicious baja cream sauce!
I am totally loving the sound of that Baja cream sauce! Looks great Nicole!
That cream sauce looks so good!
So creative that you divided up the packet for the shrimp and the sauce!!
I love shrimp tacos! I haven’t had them in forever so yours need to happen at my house ASAP!
love these shrimp tacos and especially the baja cream sauce! Delicious!!!
I really wish I could reach through the computer screen and have these tacos.
If the question is do I want that on my dinner plate tonight, the answer is YES!
Oh wow! These look amazing, and that baja sauce puts it over the top!
Oh wow! These look amazing, and that baja sauce puts it over the top!
My husband LOVES seafood tacos. These will go on the “must cook” list!
My husband LOVES seafood tacos. These will go on the “must cook” list!
I love shrimp tacos! I haven’t had them in forever so yours need to happen at my house ASAP!
I love shrimp tacos! I haven’t had them in forever so yours need to happen at my house ASAP!