A skinny makeover of a restaurant classic! Skinny Baked Bang Bang Shrimp Tacos combine two of my favorites into one flavorful dish that is ready in 20 minutes!
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Do you think I’m holiday confused?
You don’t think the Irish eat tacos around St. Patrick’s day?
All things chocolate and mint is probably the closet I am going to get to Irish food. Except potato soup. That’s stuff is too good to deny. But as for corned beef hash, shepards pie and whatever else you see on dinner tables around this green holiday, it probably won’t make its way into my kitchen. Trust me, I don’t have anything against it, but I grew up eating Croatian food (and chicken nuggets as what kid didn’t). While my love of sauerkraut runs deep, thanks to my mom and Grandma that use to make it from scratch, my husband on the other hand, loathes it. So unfortunately, my desire for Reuben’s isn’t answered often. Unless I get greedy when we got out to dinner and I don’t feel like sharing. Bring on the rueben!
But for a dinner that always wins over in our house is tacos. And these tacos have been on the top of his dinner request list since making their first appearance a few months ago. Greedy keeping them from you! But other recipes kept coming up that unfortunately kept bumping this back. Until I put my foot down and thought you all don’t deserve to be deprived any longer.
If you are one of the lucky ones that has experienced Bonefish Grill’s Bang Bang Shrimp then you know the love runs deep. It is delecatly battered shrimp lightly fried and tossed in a sweet and spicy sauce. While the shrimp is irresistible each time we visit, the tighter pants feeling I can forgo.
That was until we remade the sauce at home. A few swaps and a healthier version was made. And we fell in love all over again. We swapped the mayo with higher and protein-packed greek yogurt. Sriracha sauce and a bit of sweet chile sauce are added for the sweet and spicy components. While this sauce is the perfect match for the shrimp, it makes a great spread for turkey sandwiches or to be paired with chicken. It’s almost impossible to go wrong with this as the base.
While a Bang Bang Shrimp remake is perfectly suitable for dinner, we took it one step further and threw them into tortillas for our Taco Tuesday. That was not a bad decision at all.
The shrimp is the same breading base I use in my Coconut Lime Shrimp Tacos. The natural sweetness of the coconut helps balance the heat while adding one more layer of flavor. If you don’t care for coconut, swap in panko! It will be even crunchier which is never a bad thing!
Now with our new invention on Bang Bang Shrimp, I don’t see the need for Bonefish in our future!
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Serves 2 Tacos
{20 Minute} Skinny Baked Bang Bang Shrimp Tacos
A skinny makeover of a restaurant classic! Skinny Baked Bang Bang Shrimp Tacos combine two of my favorites into one flavorful dish that is ready in 20 minutes!
10 minPrep Time
10 minCook Time
20 minTotal Time
Yields 4
Save RecipeIngredients
- Shrimp:
- 1 pound medium shrimp, detailed and deveined
- 1 egg
- 1 heaping cup unsweetened, shredded coconut
- Zest of 1 Lime
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon chile powder
- Chile Sauce:
- 3 tablespoons greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons chile sauce or my homemade sauce
- 1 tablespoons Sriracha sauce
- To Serve:
- 8 small corn or flour tortillas
- Sliced purple cabbage
- Cilantro
- Lime wedge
Instructions
- Shrimp: Preheat oven to 375*F. Grease a wire rack and place over a lined baking sheet.
- Pat shrimp completely dry. Whisk egg in a shallow bowl. In another bowl combine coconut, cayenne, salt, pepper and zest of 1 lime.
- Dip shrimp in egg, then into coconut until evenly coated. Place on wire cookie rack, evenly spaced apart to ensure even baking.
- Bake for 10 minutes, or until coconut is lightly brown.
- Chile Sauce: While the shrimp are
cooking , combine the ingredients for the sauce in a small bowl. Set aside. - To Serve: Heat tortillas either on stovetop or in microwave. When shrimp are done cooking, divide between the tortillas, drizzle with the chile sauce, top with cabbage and cilantro. Serve immediately with a lime wedge.
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