OK, dinner tonight is gonna be lime and garlic marinated shrimp tacos with cabbage and pickled carrot slaw, and fresh mango. just as soon as I get to making it.
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anyway the tacos were a very big success, the mango was a great idea, and Penzey's Pico Fruta seasoning is _awesome_ on mango.
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carrots: shred or julienne carrots (probably half a pound or so? enough to, when shredded and very loose, mostly fill a quart jar). I just used the peeler.
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Mix about 1/2 cup vinegar (I used mostly rice, some white and a splash of cider), a little under 1/4 cup sugar, up to a couple Tbs sesame oil, 1 ts salt, a few shakes of black pepper, a half dozen or so whole Sichuan peppercorns.
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pour over the shredded carrots in the quart jar, put lid on tight, shake real well, put in fridge for at least an hour.
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slaw: shred up some cabbage (a cup or two worth, I guess?) and toss it with just a few shakes of salt. let sit a bit for the salt to absorb, then add an appropriate amount of the pickled carrots and toss until well mixed.
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shrimp: thaw and/or peel as necessary ~1lb shrimp. mix juice of 1 lime; 2-3 Tbs oil; salt, black pepper, and chili powder to taste; couple pinches mustard powder; 1 Tbs minced garlic. pour marinade over shrimp in bowl, set in fridge at least 1/2 hour.
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then heat oil in skillet over medium-high heat, add shrimp, stir occasionally. after a few minutes, when red on one side, turn over and add remaining marinade. stir/shake occasionally, continue cooking until liquid almost entirely reduced.
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warm up corn tortillas according to your preferred method. 3-4 shrimp per taco, slaw and diced fresh mango on top, sprinkle of pico fruta, some hot sauce if you like.
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good balance of flavors, enough richness with the shrimp, lime/mango/chili is an all-time flavor combo, tacos are an all-time food genre.
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