Shrimp Fiesta Enchiladas With Cream Sauce
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Ready In: 1 hr 5 mins
Serves: 4-6
Yields: 12 Enchiladas
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons oil (vegetable)
- 1 lb shrimp, fresh, cleaned and deveined (slice in half vertically)
- 12 corn tortillas (regular size)
- 1 red pepper (chopped)
- 2 green onions (thinly sliced)
- 1 large jalapeno, pepper seeded and diced
- 1 cup corn (fresh or frozen corn)
- 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
- juice of one lime
- 10 ounces la victoria green enchilada sauce (or another store brand)
- 12 ounces trader joe's salsa verde (or another store brand tomatillio sauce)
- 1 cup grated colby-monterey jack cheese (combination cheddar & jack)
- 4 ounces black olives (sliced)
- 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil (for frying tortillias)
Sauce
- 1⁄3 cup butter
- 1⁄3 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 cups half-and-half cream
- 1 cup grated colby-monterey jack cheese
Directions
- Heat 2 Tbs. oil in medium skillet and add vegetables and garlic, saute for about 3 minutes on medium high heat.
- Add Shrimp and continue cooking just until shrimp turn pink.
- Remove from heat and add lime juice. Set aside.
- Heat 1/2 vegetable oil in 8" skillet and fry tortillias for approximately 30 seconds.
- Drain on paper towels and stack.
- Mix Jar of Salsa and can of Enchilada sauce in shallow bowl.
- Prepare a 9X13 casserole dish by spreading 1/4 Celsius green sauce to coat bottom.
- Coat tortillia in sauce, *(you will have green sauce left over to add to cream sauce).
- Lay tortillia in casserole dish and spread 2 Tbs. shrimp filling, and 1 Tbs. of grated cheese in middle of tortillia and roll and place seam side down. Continue until all tortillias are rolled and arrange in single layer in dish.
- Cover with foil and bake in preheated 325 degree oven approximately 15 minute.
- Meanwhile prepare CREAM SAUCE:
- Melt butter in sauce pan over medium to medium high heat.
- Wisk in flour and stir untill flour melts and mixture bubbles.
- Slowly incorporate half and half. As soon as mixture comes to boil and thickens remove from heat and stir in cheese and *remaining green sauce.
- Remove dish from oven, remove foil and pour sauce over enchiladas. You may top with additional grated cheese and sliced olives if desired.
- Return to oven, uncovered and continue baking another 15 - 20 minutes or until hot and bubbling.
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