Quesadillas De Camarones (Shrimp Quesadillas) - Pioneer Woman
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 12 flour tortillas
- 12 large shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 8 ounces Mexican red sauce
- 1 onion, large
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 green bell pepper
- 2 cups monterey jack cheese, grated
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- butter, as needed
directions
- Pour red sauce over peeled and deveined shrimp, set aside.
- Chop vegetables into larges pieces.
- Heat skillet over high heat and add olive oil.
- Cook vegetables over high heat until they start to get brown/black. Remove from skillet and set aside.
- Return skillet to high heat, then dump in the shrimp with the red sauce.
- Cook, stirring only occasionally, until shrimp is opague. Add in a little water if the sauce gets dry.
- Remove from skillet and chop shrimp into bite-size pieces.
- In a separate skillet, heat butter. Place tortilla in skillet then layer on ingredients; cheese, vegetables, and shrimp.
- Top with a little more cheese and a second tortilla. Cook on both sides, adding butter before flipping to the other side so the tortilla isn't overly dry.
- Remove from skillet and slice into wedges.
- Eat and Enjoy!
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Growing up as a child my mom taught me how to cook/bake and I later entered food competitions at our local fair.
I hope to some day share my love of cooking with my children.
I love to cook casseroles..I'm not a huge fan of meat but will toss it in casseroles for my meat and potato husband. :)