Crab Enchiladas With Creamy White Sauce Recipes

CREAMY WHITE SAUCE CRAB ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º F. To make the sauce: In a large bowl stir together sour cream, yogurt, flour, salt, cumin, and paprika. Stir in milk and green chilies. Divide sauce in half.
• Combine chopped crab meat and green onions in one half of the sauce to make the filling.
• Evenly divide filling between tortillas. Roll tightly and place in a baking dish, seam down.
• Spoon remaining sauce evenly over the tops of the enchiladas. Sprinkle evenly with cheese.
• Bake uncovered, for 35-40 minutes, until heated through and cheese is lightly browned. Let stand for 10 minutes and top with cilantro as garnish.

CRAB ENCHILADAS WITH CREAMY WHITE SAUCE

Steps:

• To make the sauce, melt the butter in the saucepan on medium heat.
• Sauté the minced onion in the butter, about 5 minutes or until the onion turns a light golden color.
• Add the cream cheese in with the onion, stirring 'til it melts.
• Then add the sour cream, heavy whipping cream, green chiles, salt, pepper, shredded cheddar, and shredded Monterey Jack to the mixture.
• Let the sauce simmer, constantly stirring, 'til it begins to thicken. It'll probably take about 10 to 15 minutes.
• Then if you want to add tomatoes to your sauce, you can stir them in. At this point, you'll want to turn the heat to low and just keep your sauce warm while you make and assemble the crab enchiladas.
• Preheat the oven to 350° F and grease a 9"x13" baking dish with cooking spray.
• Heat the olive oil on medium heat in a skillet.
• Then sauté the minced garlic, onion, and red pepper in the oil, about 5 minutes, or 'til it's softened.
• Then in a large bowl, add the crab meat, the cooked veggies, lemon juice, seasoning, salt and pepper, 1/2 cup of the cheddar cheese, and 1/2 cup of the Monterey Jack cheese.
• Mix everything together really well.
• Warm the tortillas in the microwave by placing between a couple of damp paper towels and heating 'til warmed.
• Spread about a cup of the white sauce into the bottom of your greased baking dish.
• Add a heaping tablespoon of the crab meat mixture to each corn tortilla, loosely wrapping each one.
• Place each crab enchilada, seam side down, in the baking dish on top of the sauce.
• Spread the remaining sauce over the finished crab enchiladas, and sprinkle with remaining cheese.
• Bake your sour cream white sauce crab enchiladas at 350° F for about 40-45 minutes, or until the cheese melts and the enchiladas are cooked thru. Garnish with green onions, and serve with fresh tomatoes, avocado, salsa, and sour cream.

SEAFOOD ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large skillet, saute onions in 1 tablespoon butter until transparent. Remove the skillet from heat and stir in crabmeat and shrimp. Shred the cheese and mix half of it into the seafood. Place a large spoonful of the mixture into each tortilla. Roll the tortillas up around the mixture and arrange the rolled tortillas in a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• In a saucepan over medium-low heat, combine half-and-half, sour cream, 1/4 cup butter, parsley and garlic salt. Stir until the mixture is lukewarm and blended. Pour sauce over the enchiladas, and sprinkle with remaining cheese.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes.

CRABMEAT ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
• Saute onion in oil, add flour, milk and chili.
• Cook until medium thick.
• Reserve 1/4 cup of cheeses to sprinkle over top of sauce.
• Heat 1/2 to 1 tsp of canola oil at a time in skillet.
• When oil is warm quickly dip tortillas in oil until soft and warm.
• Immediately put 1 Tablespon each of cheese, crabmeat and sauce in tortilla and roll up.
• Place seam side down in a 11x7 inch pan.
• Repeat until all tortillas are used.
• Pour the remaining sauce on top and sprinkle with reserved cheeses.
• Bake in preheated oven for 10 to 15 minutes.

SHRIMP AND CRAB ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Lay tortillas on a flat surface. In the middle of each tortilla place equal amounts of cheese, crab, and shrimp. Set aside some cheese to sprinkle on top of the tortillas. Roll the tortillas to form enchiladas. Arrange side by side in a 9x13 inch baking pan.
• Pour green enchilada sauce over all of the enchiladas; the green sauce should cover the enchiladas completely. Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the enchiladas.
• Cover, and bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove cover, and continue baking 15 minutes. Top enchiladas with sour cream and green onions to serve.