Shrimp And Avocado Quesadillas Recipes

CHORIZO AND SHRIMP QUESADILLAS WITH SMOKY GUACAMOLE

Steps:

• Cut avocados all the way around with a sharp knife. Scoop out the pit, then spoon avocado flesh away from skin into a food processor. Add the juice of 1 lime, a couple of pinches salt, sour cream and chipotles in adobo. Pulse guacamole until smooth. Transfer to a serving bowl.
• Heat a 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Brown chorizo 2 to 3 minutes, then remove from pan. Add oil, garlic, then shrimp. Season shrimp with salt and pepper and cook shrimp until pink, 2 or 3 minutes. Transfer shrimp to a cutting board and coarsely chop.
• Add a drizzle of oil to the pan and a large tortilla. Cook tortilla 30 seconds, then turn. Cover 1/2 of the tortilla with a couple of handfuls of cheese. Arrange a layer of chorizo and shrimp over the cheese and fold tortilla over. Press down gently with a spatula and cook tortilla a minute or so on each side to melt cheese and crisp. Remove quesadilla to large cutting board and repeat with remaining ingredients. Cut each quesadilla into 5 wedges and transfer to plates with your spatula. Top wedges of quesadillas with liberal amounts of smoky guacamole.

SHRIMP AND AVOCADO QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a large skillet over a medium-high heat. Add onion and saute, stirring frequently, until tender (5-7 minutes). Transfer to a mixing bowl and let cool.
• Finely chop the tomatillos and add to the cooled onions along with the diced avocado. Use a wooden spoon or potato masher to work the mixture into a course paste. Stir in cilantro and cumin, season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Spread the avocado mixture on one side of each tortilla, top with 2 tablespoons of cheese, and fold the tortilla in half, pressing lightly to close them. Continue until all are folded. This may be done up to an hour in advance.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a large skillet over a medium heat. Add garlic and chipotles and saute until golden, about 2 minutes. Increase the heat to a medium-high. Add the shrimp and saute until opaque and cooked through, 4-5 minutes. Keep warm.
• Brush both sides of the quesadillas with the remaining oil. Cook in batches if a large saute pan over a medium heat until golden brown on both sides (2-3 minutes each side).
• Cut the quesadillas in half and serve each with 3 shrimp on top.

SHRIMP AND AVOCADO QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Place approximately 1-2 tb of oil in 12" Non-stick saute pan over med-hi heat. Cook shrimp approximately 2 minutes per side (until cooked thru), set aside to cool, chop and put in bowl. In same pan or in a smaller fry pan, saute the chopped peppers (and seeds) for approximately 8-10 minutes, add to bowl with shrimp; add chopped cilantro; add chopped avocado and mix.
• In 12" non-stick pan, over med-hi heat, add about 1 tb of oil; add 1 tortilla, working quickly, add a handful of shredded cheese on 1/2 the tortilla, add some of the shrimp/avocado mix, cook until tortilla turns golden brown about 90 seconds-2 minutes (adjust heat as necessary), fold side with no ingredients over the other 1/2, press slightly to adhere sides, remove to cutting board and if you have a pizza cutter, cut in 4 wedges; repeat with remaining 7 tortillas. As an appetizer can serve 10-12 people.