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All you need is flour tortillas, shrimp, some vegetables, and an oven to make these mini tacos. They are really easy to make. So, are you ready to learn how to make these fancy mini shrimp taco bites? Let’s get started!
What You Need For This Recipe
To make this mini tacos recipe you need several ingredients. Have the following ingredients available when you want to make this recipe:
- Tortillas – you can use large flour tortillas
- Cooking spray
- Bell pepper – finely dice sweet red bell peppers
- Onion – finely dice
- Tomatoes – you can use cherry tomatoes and finely dice
- Large shrimp – use fresh or frozen
- Gray shrimp – small shrimp also known as North Sea shrimp or Dutch shrimp as we call them here
Note that the full ingredients list, including measurements, can be found in the recipe card below.
How To Make Mini Tacos With Shrimp
- To shape the circles into tacos you first brush them with water then put them in the microwave for 20 seconds. Then brush the flour tortillas with cooking spray or oil, fold them, and put them on an oven rack so they can hang down.
- Preheat the oven to 350℉/ 175℃ and put the tortillas in the oven for about 5 to 7 minutes or until golden brown.
- Take out of the oven and put the North Sea shrimp inside the mini tacos without anything else. They have such a great flavor that they do not need anything else.
Prepare With Big Shrimp
- Cut the bell peppers, onion, and tomatoes. Preheat a skillet and pan-fry the bell peppers, onion, and tomatoes until soft and translucent. Take out of the pan and put it in a bowl
- Add some oil to the pan and warm the shrimp in the skillet for a couple of minutes. Do not leave the shrimp in the pan too long else they will go chewy. Take the shrimp out of the pan and put them in a bowl.
- Fill the tacos with some bell pepper mix then add some shrimp. Your mini shrimp tacos appetizers are ready to serve!
Mini Taco Appetizer Recipe
These tortilla bites are great as a snack or as an appetizer to serve for your next party. It is such an easy recipe to make. The appetizers are made with soft flour tortillas if you are gluten intolerant you can use corn tortillas as a substitute.
You need a cooking ring to cut big tortillas into small tortillas for your tacos.
You can also use an empty vegetable can which is the perfect size for these adorable mini tacos.
See How To Make Mini Shrimp Tacos
Want to see how you can make party shrimp taco appetizers from scratch? All you have to do is watch the recipe video in the recipe card below.
So, you can follow along and make these party appetizers at home.
How To Store Mini Tacos?
You can make taco appetizers in advance of your party and bake them in the taco shape in the oven. Make them one or two days in advance and store the mini tacos appetizers in an airtight container or a resealable bag.
You can also make flour tortillas from scratch and cut the mini tacos from tortillas before baking them.
Store these in the fridge or the freezer in an airtight container. As these are smaller be careful when baking the mini tortillas so that they do not bake too fast.
Shape them like tacos when you need them and bake in the oven.
More Mini Taco Filling Options
Instead of filling the mini tacos with shrimp or prawns, you can mix it up with these ingredients options:
More Easy Party Snack Recipes
Looking for more snack recipes you can make for your party? Then have a look at these easy snack recipes:
- Tasty tortilla pizza snack
- Tapenade prosciutto pinwheels
- Easy turkey ranch tortilla pinwheels
- Savory Fried Shrimp Cakes Tortillitas de Camarones
- Tempting Spanish tortilla tapas pinchos
Have fun with this ultra-easy mini tacos with shrimp recipe!
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Mini Shrimp Tacos
All you need is tortillas, shrimp and vegetables and an oven. Want to learn how you can make these fancy mini party shrimp tacos canapés?
Ingredients
- 4 soft medium tortillas
- ½ red bell pepper chopped
- ½ onion chopped
- 5 cherry tomatoes cut in 4
- ½ cup of North Sea shrimp
- ½ cup of large shrimp chopped
- Cooking spray
- Water
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 350 ℉/ 175℃
- Use a cutting ring or empty can to cut 4 circles from a tortilla
- Brush with water on both sides and warm in the microwave for 20 seconds
- Spray with cooking spray, fold and put on an oven rack
- Bake in the oven between 5 to 7 minutes
- Warm the oil and sauté the chopped bell pepper, onion, and tomatoes. Set aside
- Warm the pan again really hot and saute the chopped shrimp for less than 1 minute. Set aside as well
- Take a mini taco and fill with North Sea shrimps put on a plate
- Take a mini taco and fill with the pan-fried vegetables and some large shrimp
- Serve
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Nutrition facts
Calories: 56; Fat: 2.5g; Carbs: 7.4g; Protein: 1.5g
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