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Chipotle-Style Shrimp and Quinoa Burritos

Smoky paprika shrimp, nutty cumin quinoa and crunchy cabbage slaw wrapped in warm tortillas with a cool, tangy avocado-cilantro sauce.

Chipotle-Style Shrimp and Quinoa Burritos

Ingredients

  • 1 lb450 gShrimptails removed, patted dry
  • ⅔ cup120 gQuinoa, dryrinsed
  • 1 cup240 gWater
  • 4 tortillas196 gFlour tortillas, 8-inch
  • 1 cup diced150 gAvocado
  • 3 oz80 gPlain Greek yogurt, nonfat
  • 1 cup chopped16 gFresh cilantrochopped
  • 1 lime, juiced44 gLime juice
  • 2 cups shredded140 gGreen cabbagethinly shredded
  • 1 cup136 gCorn kernels, frozenthawed and patted dry
  • ½ medium55 gRed onionfinely diced
  • 1½ tbsp20 gOlive oil
  • 1¾ tsp4 gPaprika (sweet or smoked)smoked
  • 2 tsp4 gGround cumin
  • 3 cloves9 gGarlicminced
  • ½ tsp3 gSalt

Steps

  1. Cook the quinoa: bring the quinoa, the water and half the cumin to a boil in a small pot, cover, simmer 15 minutes, then rest off the heat 5 minutes and fluff.
  2. While the quinoa cooks, make the avocado sauce: mash the avocado with the Greek yogurt, half the cilantro, half the lime juice and a third of the salt until smooth.
  3. Make the slaw: toss the cabbage and red onion with the remaining lime juice and a third of the salt.
  4. Season the shrimp with the smoked paprika, the remaining cumin, the garlic and the remaining salt.
  5. Heat half the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat, add the frozen corn kernels (thawed) and cook 4 to 5 minutes until lightly charred.
  6. Stir the charred corn and the remaining cilantro into the cooked quinoa.
  7. Add the remaining olive oil to the skillet and cook the shrimp 2 minutes per side until pink and opaque.
  8. Warm the flour tortillas in the dry skillet about 20 seconds per side.
  9. Fill each tortilla with the quinoa-corn mixture, shrimp, slaw and a spoonful of avocado sauce, fold in the sides, roll up tightly and serve.

Contains: Milk, Shellfish, Gluten.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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