Smoked Spicy Shrimp Fajitas - Healthy Eats - ++ Q-View

[bryce]

Ok, we're giving this a shot today.  We couldn't wait to try Thoseguys recipe so we went out this morning and picked up our ingredients. Looking for our first part (the frozen southwest veggie mix) and guess what, nothing southwest at Fred Meyer! Ugh. So we simply decided to make our own southwest mix using the ingredients on the package. Here's our homemade mix.

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• bryce
• Jul 28, 2012

Guac Mix (this is the stuff man)

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• bryce
• Jul 28, 2012

 Ready for the smoker

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• bryce
• Jul 28, 2012

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• bryce
• Jul 28, 2012

Smokin

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• bryce
• Jul 28, 2012

We're going corn and flour

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• bryce
• Jul 28, 2012

Finished

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• bryce
• Jul 28, 2012

These tacos were well worth the prep work and shopping trip. The shrimp added just the right amount of smokiness. The star of the meal is the guac mix though, it's simply the best. I also added some watercress to a couple and they were fab as well.

Errors: added too much red pepper flakes, chili powder and pepper

We will be having these again for sure. Even my kids (well 2 of the 3) ate one. I had 3 and my wife had 2. We have just enough left over for 2 more.

Thanks Thoseguys for posting this. It's a winner for sure!

 

[thoseguys26]

Nice Job Bryce! Making your own sw veggie mix was probably a lot better then the frozen even though I am pleasantly surprised with that brand & mix.

Glad everything turned out, looks really good!

 

[hickory larry]

Man Outstanding job !! I love fajitas and am always looking for new ideas,just came upon this post as well.You look like you got it figured out. By the way leaving a pit or 2 in the gaucomole helps keep it green. I will try the onion idea as well though .thank you for posting ,good job

 

[thoseguys26]

Man Outstanding job !! I love fajitas and am always looking for new ideas,just came upon this post as well.You look like you got it figured out. By the way leaving a pit or 2 in the gaucomole helps keep it green. I will try the onion idea as well though .thank you for posting ,good job

Thanks Larry, it's a keeper. I've heard of the pit tip before as well as squeezing a little lime juice on it and a big slice of onion but honestly it's a rare occasion that we have leftover guac! Especially more than one day. The ziplock baggy sealed with as little air as possible has been the way I do it these days.

 

[bryce]

Nice Job Bryce! Making your own sw veggie mix was probably a lot better then the frozen even though I am pleasantly surprised with that brand & mix.

Glad everything turned out, looks really good!

Thanks TG. They were really good and will be prepared again soon.

Bryce

 

[scarbelly]

Nice job to both of you - awesome recipe and delivery by both of you.  Have you ever tried leaving the avocado a little chunky to match the texture of the other ingredients? Give it a shot one time, I think you will be surprised at the difference in texture and taste. It is a trick I learned from the avocado growers here  

 

[bryce]

Ah, nice idea and good thought Scarbelly. Sounds like that might enhance the recipe overall.

Bryce

 

[thoseguys26]

Nice job to both of you - awesome recipe and delivery by both of you.  Have you ever tried leaving the avocado a little chunky to match the texture of the other ingredients? Give it a shot one time, I think you will be surprised at the difference in texture and taste. It is a trick I learned from the avocado growers here  

Oh yeah Scarbelly! If we have extra Avocado's we will just roughly dice them and top our fajitas with them. Avocado's are one of our favorite foods period. A friend of mine brought us some avocado's from CA that she freshly picked and drove here to CO.. I couldn't believe the amazing difference in quality. I didn't even want to do anything with it besides eat it like an apple.. I bet you enjoy having a resource like that close by you.

 

[scarbelly]

We do guacamole by putting avocado halves into a bowl then taking a butter knife to do the cutting thru the meat of the fruit . We keep the texture rough and we think it makes a more flavorful guac.  

 

[thoseguys26]

We do guacamole by putting avocado halves into a bowl then taking a butter knife to do the cutting thru the meat of the fruit . We keep the texture rough and we think it makes a more flavorful guac.  YES!

I've been doing a chunky guac ever since you mentioned that. I tried the knife technique and it was awesome but to speed it up I use a fork now but rotate it 90° and use it like a knife most of the time but still mush them a bit.

I gotta try to cold smoke a few for guac sometime..