I think I've made it pretty clear that we're not big fish-eaters here at Saturday's Mouse HQ. Neither of us grew up with it, and the few fish things each of us does enjoy, the other generally does not. I could eat crab and shrimp every day. I like lox. Sous Chef Brian likes tuna salad, but hates what I like. I hate tuna salad. I could keep writing like this. Enough short sentences with overly dramatic statements about fish.
Both of us are pretty happy with a spicy tuna roll, but the good sushi place in my neighborhood is a bit pricey, so that's a special occasion thing.
Anyhow, I try to push fish. Because it's good for us. So we'll be staring at the fish counter and staring at each other and everyone's afraid to make a move because it all means were coming home with something scaly. Several years ago we did a new vegetable a week, and it really changed how we eat. The following year we tried a fish a week for a while, which resulted in a lot of evenings eating rice or quinoa.
I told you here that I wouldn't post a fish recipe until I made some fish and said it was incredible. Here we are.
I know I've made fajitas before. Chicken fajitas. Steak fajitas. But it's not like I just shake the same powdered spices over top of everything and call it a fajita. So I'm posting the shrimp.
I'll let you in on a secret. I've never cooked shrimp before. Here's the thing: I'm pretty weird on meat*. You've seen me freak out about chicken. I attribute this to a few years of not eating it. I'm still torn. And Sous Chef Brian doesn't do shrimp. So what am I going to do, buy weird gray shellfish and cook it for myself? No. Pass me the grilled cheese, thanks. But our Mystery Sunday Night Dinner Guest (MSNDG from here on) is meat-oriented. She doesn't cook much of it, but we go to a restaurant and she's all, "mmmm, pork." And I'm not. And she's fish-oriented too. Note the lack of fish recipes here. I think she's getting tired of me suggesting grilled cheese for dinner. And so we're talking about what to make for Sunday Dinner and she's all, "shrimp fajitas." That sounds delicious, but who's going to deal with the shrimp?
Ok, I am. We are. It's ok.
I don't have any photos of raw shrimp here. You don't need that. But it was easy and you can totally do it yourself, and I'm a wimp and it was delicious.
