Spicy Shrimp Enchiladas Recipes

OVER-THE-BORDER SHRIMP ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute onion in oil until tender. Add the shrimp, green chiles, chili powder, salt, cumin and pepper. Cook for 2-3 minutes or until shrimp turn pink. Stir in cream cheese until melted., Place 1/3 cup shrimp mixture down the center of each tortilla. Roll up and place seam side down in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Pour salsa over the top; sprinkle with Monterey Jack cheese. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until heated through.

SPICY CREAMY SHRIMP ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 and grease a 9-inch baking dish.
• Preheat oil in a large cooking pan over medium heat.
• Slice onions and seeded jalapenos thinly and dice tomatoes.
• Saute veggies with some salt until softened.
• Whisk heavy cream, sour cream, pressed garlic, spices and salt in a mixing bowl and add it to the pan with veggies. Stir well.
• Add shrimp and cook, still over medium heat, until shrimp is almost done.
• Add some cheese in the center of each tortilla.
• Using slotted spoon, scoop out about a quarter of shrimp/veggie mixture, draining most of the sauce, into the tortilla. Roll tortilla and place it in the baking dish, seam down. Repeat with remaining tortillas, shrimp and veggies.
• Pour sauce over enchiladas and spread remaining cheese on top.
• Bake for 15-18 minutes.
• Serve right away.

SPICY SHRIMP ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Mix together shrimp, onion, jalapeno, cilantro, green chili, salsa and half of the cheese.
• Mix 1/2 cup enchilada sauce and sour cream and fold into shrimp mixture.
• Heat tortillas in hot vegetable oil, just to make them pliable, not crisp.
• Coat bottom of baking pan with enchilada sauce and lay tortilla in pan and spread 2 to 3 tablespoons of the shrimp mixture in the center of each tortilla and then roll up the tortillas with the mixture inside. Continue to roll them until mixture or tortillas are all used up. Lining the rolled tortillas up crossways in the pan.
• Top with remaining Enchilada sauce and top with remaining cheese.
• Bake in a 350' oven for 45 minutes.

CREAMY SHRIMP ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch pan with cooking spray.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Saute bell pepper and onion until slightly soft, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute more. Transfer mixture to a bowl.
• Add shrimp to the skillet and cook until starting to turn pink, 2 to 3 minutes. Add to vegetable mixture and stir in cilantro, lime juice, chili powder, and salt.
• Melt butter in the same skillet over medium heat. Stir in flour and cook, 1 to 2 minutes. Slowly add chicken broth and cook over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, until sauce thickens, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low and stir in 1 1/2 cups Monterey Jack cheese until melted, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in sour cream and salsa.
• Stir 1 cup of cheese sauce into the shrimp mixture.
• Fill 1 tortilla with 1/3 cup of the shrimp mixture. Roll tightly and place seam-side down into the prepared baking dish. Repeat with remaining tortillas; pour remaining sauce over the top.
• Bake in the preheated oven, uncovered, until the tops are golden brown, about 35 minutes. Sprinkle jalapeno over the top, followed by remaining Monterey Jack cheese. Return to the oven and continue baking until melted, about 5 minutes more.
• Remove from the oven and let sit for 10 minutes before serving.