Lobster Enchiladas Recipes

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.

SEAFOOD ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Add some oil to a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat. Add the onions and jalapenos and cook for 3-4 minutes or until translucent. Stir in the spices and fresh garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Add the shrimp and cook the shrimp for 1-2 minutes or until the shrimp turn pink.
• Fold in the corn and crab gently, add some fresh lime, and season with salt and pepper. In a separate skillet, add some butter and cook over medium-high heat. Once the butter melts, add the flour. Whisk the butter and flour and cook for 1-2 minutes.
• Add the chipotle pepper and adobo sauce and cook for 20 seconds. Stir in the lobster stock and heavy cream. Mix well and reduce the heat to medium-low. Once the sauce thickens, season it with cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper.
• Add about 1/4 cup of sauce to a 9x13 casserole dish. Fry the corn tortillas in vegetable oil for 10 seconds on each side. Add about 2-3 tbsp of the shrimp and crab mixture to each tortilla and roll them up tightly. Place them seam side-down in the casserole and repeat with the remaining tortillas.
• Place any left-over seafood on top of the rolled tortillas. Spoon chipotle cream sauce over the top of the rolled enchiladas and then cover with cheese. Bake at 375 degrees F for 20 minutes.

LOBSTER ENCHILADAS W/WHITE WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Saute the lobster shells and onions in butter, then add garlic, paprika, and tomato paste.
• Cook out for a few minutes.
• Add the brandy and deglaze.
• Let the brandy reduce until dry.
• Now add the veloute, and simmer for 45 minutes.
• Strain sauce through a cheesecloth.
• Return the sauce to a simmer and add the heavy cream.
• Dice the lobster meat, saute, and add to the sauce, simmering gently for 5 minutes.
• Strain and reserve.
• Adjust the seasoning to taste with salt, pepper, Old Bay Seasoning, Backdraft and Worcestershire sauce.
• Add the white wine immediately before serving.
• Preheat oven to 375F degrees.
• Soften the tortillas (see TIP below) and roll tortilla into enchiladas, filling each with about 3 tablespoons Lobster and Brie mixture.
• Bake enchiladas for 8-10 minutes until cooked, but not crisped.
• Remove and serve two per person, covering each portion with plenty of sauce.
• TIP: To soften the tortillas, run them, one at a time, under running water.
• Shake off excess water, and then place in a hot non-stick frying pan over medium heat.
• In about 15 seconds, steam will begin to escape; flip the tortilla and heat the over side.
• Roll immediately.
• To soften in the microwave, wrap 5-10 tortillas in plastic bag, and sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon of water.
• Heat for up 45-60 seconds.
• Roll immediately.

LOBSTER ENCHILADAS WITH SPICY ZUCCHINI SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
• In a saute pan over medium heat, add 3 tablespoons olive oil and saute the zucchini, jalapenos, garlic and onions until they begin to caramelize, about 5 minutes. Then add the vegetable stock and lower the heat. Season the mixture with salt and pepper and simmer 20 minutes. Puree in a blender and adjust seasoning, if necessary. (See Cook's Note.) Hold warm over low heat.
• Salt the boiling water generously and blanch the Swiss chard leaves just until limp, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove and drain.
• In a saute pan over medium-high heat, add the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil, the coriander, cumin and onion powder. Cook until fragrant, about 20 seconds. Then add the lobster, lime juice and season with salt and pepper. Cook another 30 seconds to 1 minute, just so the flavors combine. Be careful not to overcook the lobster.
• To assemble, place a spoonful of lobster in each blanched Swiss chard leaf and roll up like an enchilada. Then pour the sauce over the top and garnish with the feta cheese.

LOBSTER ENCHILADAS WITH ROASTED POBLANO SAUCE

Steps:

• For the pico de gallo: Mix jalapenos, tomatoes and onions in a bowl. Stir in lime juice and cilantro. Chill for 30 minutes.
• For the roasted poblano sauce: Roast poblanos on a char-broiler until skin is black on all sides. Transfer to a pan and cover with plastic wrap for 15 minutes to further sweat the poblanos. Under running water, peel and clean poblanos and remove all seeds and stems.
• Saute onion in 2 ounces butter until it starts to caramelize, about 3 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 2 to 3 more minutes. Add a cup of chicken stock to cool. Remove mixture to a blender and puree, then transfer to a saucepot. Add poblanos to blender in batches and puree, adding more chicken stock as needed to loosen, then combine with ingredients in the pot. Add cilantro, cumin, taco seasoning, salt and pepper to pot and bring to boil. Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes. Make a roux by adding flour to remaining 1/2 cup butter in a saute pan and cooking slowly to a golden hue, about 10 minutes. Thicken sauce to desired thickness by adding roux to pot.
• For the enchiladas: Preheat oven to 420 degrees F.
• Cut lobster into medium bite-sized pieces and par-cook in white wine in a pan 1 to 2 minutes. Drain and divide into 3 portions. Cover a sizzle plate with 1 cup poblano sauce (save remainder for another use). Place corn tortillas on a hot grill or saute pan and warm about 10 seconds per side to soften, then remove. Form tortillas into 3 enchiladas with lobster and some shredded cheese. Place on sizzle plate and top with more cheese and 1/4 cup tomatoes. Bake, 5 minutes. Transfer enchiladas to a plate with a spatula, then push cooked sauce on top of enchiladas. Add a ramekin of pico de gallo on the side (save remainder for another use), a lemon wedge and a sprig of cilantro and serve.

LOBSTER, CREOLE STYLE: ENCHILADO DE LANGOSTA

Steps:

• Saute onions, peppers, and garlic in olive oil for approximately 4 minutes. Deglaze with the Sherry.
• Add tomatoes, tomato paste, and bay leaf, and cook for 5 minutes. Add roasted peppers, ancho chile, Worcestershire, cilantro, and lobster, and cook for 6 minutes. Serve in a shallow bowl.

SCALLOP AND LOBSTER ENCHILADA

Steps:

• In a large saute pan on high heat add half of the oil. When hot, saute diced scallops just until they begin to turn white and lose their translucence. Add the onions and cook for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat. Saute the mushrooms in a separate saute pan with rest of oil until they give off their water and begin to brown. Season with salt. Combine into first pan and add garlic, lobster, red pepper, jalapeno, habanero sauce, and spinach and saute until vegetables soften and spinach wilts. When all are incorporated remove from the heat and blend in the cheese. Cool on sheet pan. When set; roll in tortillas, sealing ends with egg yolk. Wrap each in plastic. Refrigerate.
• Salsa:
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a large mixing bowl, blend all diced ingredients with cilantro, orange juice, and pinch of salt. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour for flavors to marry. Brown enchiladas in pan or griddle. Heat through in oven. Cut on bias into 4 pieces. Garnish with cilantro and serve with salsa.

LOBSTER AND STONE CRAB ENCHILADO

Steps:

• Place thawed lobster and fresh lime juice in medium bowl; toss to coat. Let stand 15 minutes, tossing lobster occasionally.
• Heat olive oil in heavy large pot over high heat. Add lobster pieces and any accumulated juices. Sauté until lobster shells turn bright orange, about 4 minutes. Using slotted spoon, return lobster to same bowl. Reduce heat to medium. Add chopped onion and chopped bell pepper to pot; sauté until soft, about 5 minutes. Add chopped garlic cloves, fresh parsley, and paprika and sauté 1 minute. Add diced tomatoes and tomato purée. Cook until juices thicken, stirring frequently, about 8 minutes. Add clam juice, dry Sherry, and bay leaf. Season to taste with salt. Add cayenne pepper. Bring mixture to boil, then add stone crab claws and reserved lobster with any accumulated juices. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until lobster meat is cooked through and tender, about 10 minutes.

CHI CHI'S SEAFOOD ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• FOR THE SAUCE: Melt butter in a 2 quart saucepan over medium heat.
• Add flour.
• Cook and stir for 5 minutes(should have a nutty aroma).
• Add 1/2 tsp white pepper.
• Stir in 2 tbsps lobster base and cook for an additional minute.
• Add milk & wine.
• Add 2 oz. of the cheese.
• Continue to cook until thickened.
• FOR THE CRAB MIX: Lightly chop the flaked imitation crab.
• Combine with shrimp in a medium size bowl.
• Add 1.5 cups of cold sauce.
• Mix well.
• FOR THE ENCHILADAS: Lay out the tortillas on a flat surface.
• Place 2 to 3 heaping tablespoons of the crab mix across the center of each tortilla.
• Place flap of the tortilla over the crab mix and roll.
• Place flap side down onto a plate or in your baking dish.
• Ladle warm sauce over the enchiladas.
• Top with remaining monterey jack cheese.
• Put into a preheated 425 degree convection oven for 12-14 minutes. In a conventional oven you may want to microwave on high for a minute or 2 before placing in the oven.
• Watch and do not allow to burn (brown spots).
• Sprinkle with paprika.