Description
A vibrant and bold Mexican-inspired shrimp bowl featuring smoky seared shrimp, fresh avocado, cherry tomatoes, and black beans over fluffy rice, topped with a zesty chipotle-lime crema.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- ½ tsp cumin
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp cayenne
- 1 tsp salt
- Juice of ½ lime
- 2 cups rice
- 1 cup black beans
- 1 cup corn
- 1 avocado, sliced
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes
- ¼ cup red onion
- ½ cup Greek yogurt
- 1 tsp adobo sauce
- Juice of ½ lime
- ½ tsp honey
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Step: Combine shrimp with olive oil, spices, and lime juice. Marinate 10 minutes.
- Step: Whisk Greek yogurt, adobo sauce, lime, honey, and salt for crema.
- Step: Heat skillet to medium-high and sear shrimp 2 minutes per side.
- Step: Build bowls with rice, beans, corn, and shrimp.
- Step: Add avocado, tomatoes, onion, drizzle crema, and serve hot.
Notes
For a healthier version, use brown rice or quinoa. To meal prep, store the shrimp, rice, and vegetables in separate containers and keep the crema chilled.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Pan-Searing
- Cuisine: Mexican
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 300 kcal
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 680 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 32 g
- Fiber: 8 g
- Protein: 24 g
- Cholesterol: 185 mg