Camarones Al Cilantro Food

CAMARONES A LA DIABLA

Steps:

• In a medium bowl or saucepan, add dried guajillo and arbol chiles. Add very hot or boiling water until chiles are fully submerged. Cover with a lid or large plate and let sit for 15 minutes, until chiles have softened.
• Using a slotted spoon, transfer the softened chiles to a large blender. Add the tomatoes, garlic, onion and salt. Puree until completely smooth. Taste and season with more salt, if necessary. If the sauce is too spicy, add more tomatoes.
• Heat a large saute pan or skillet over medium-high heat. Add olive oil and shrimp. Cook shrimp for 1 minute per side, or until shrimp is light pink.
• Add the red chile sauce to the pan or skillet and mix together to coat the shrimp. Lower the heat to medium and cook for 3 to 5 minutes, until the sauce is bubbling and hot.
• Remove the pan or skillet from the heat and serve alone as an appetizer or with Authentic Mexican Rice as a meal.

CAMARONES A LA MEXICANA

Steps:

• Combine chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder, oregano, cumin, allspice, salt, and cayenne pepper in a bowl. Add shrimp and toss to combine with the spices. Set aside for at least 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, make the sauce. Melt butter in a pot over medium heat and cook diced onion until soft and translucent, about 4 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Add 3 tomatoes and cook until beginning to break down, about 20 minutes.
• Pour in chicken stock and puree using an immersion blender. Add remaining tomatoes, sliced onion, bell pepper, jalapenos, chili powder, cumin, salt, and pepper. Simmer sauce on medium-low for 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile, rinse rice in a mesh strainer. Run strainer under a faucet until the water runs clear. Shake the water off and let rice dry for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Pour a thin layer of vegetable oil in another pot and heat over medium heat. Add rice and lightly fry for 4 to 5 minutes. Add garlic and lime zest and cook for 1 minute. Strain oil out of the rice and return to the pot.
• Add water, 1 tablespoon lime juice, and salt to the pot. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer until rice has absorbed most of the liquid, about 20 minutes. Toss with remaining lime juice and cilantro.
• Melt butter in a separate pot and add shrimp. Saute shrimp until cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Scoop some rice on a plate, ladle tomato sauce over it, and top with shrimp. Serve immediately.

CAMARONES CON CREMA (MEXICAN SHRIMP IN CREAM)

Steps:

• Melt butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Place bell peppers, onion, and garlic in the butter and saute until tender and onion is translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove and set aside. Save pan and juices and keep warm.
• Combine broth and green chiles in a separate pan and bring to a simmer. Turn off heat and add cream cheese, stirring slowly until incorporated. Add Mexican crema, chile de arbol, cumin, and oregano. Stir again. Add peppers, onion, and garlic; stir to incorporate. Remove from heat.
• Heat reserved pan with juices over medium-high heat. Cook shrimp until they are bright pink on the outside and the meat is opaque, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Stir shrimp into cream mixture and serve.

CAMARONES EN CREMA CON CILANTRO - SHRIMP IN CREAMY CORIANDER

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat the butter, when it begin to foam, add the garlic, tomatoes, coriander, sherry, and shrimp, and cook, stirring, 4 to 5 minutes.
• To prepare the sauce, in a saucepan over low heat, melt the butter.
• When it begins to foam, add the flour and cook, stirring, until well blended but not brown, 2 minutes.
• Raise the heat to medium, whisk in the stock and milk, and cook, whisking, until the mixture comes to a boil.
• Add the salt, pepper, Tabasco, and Worcestershire.
• Add the sauce to the shrimp, stir to blend, and cook over low heat 3 to 4 minutes.
• Remove to a heated serving platter and serve hot with Arroz Blanco.

CAMARONES AL TEQUILA

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and add the butter and the shrimp. Saute the shrimp until pink then add the onions, tomatoes and the cilantro. Let it sit for about 2 minutes then enhance the favor by adding the tequila, chili powder, if desired, salt and pepper, to taste. Then let it sit for 1 to 2 minutes so it may absorb the favor of the tequila.
• Serve with rice and vegetables.

CAMARONES AL CILANTRO

Steps:

• Combine tomatillos, chiles, 4 garlic cloves, water, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a 4-quart saucepan and simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, until tomatillos are tender, 10 to 12 minutes. (Chiles will not be tender.)
• While tomatillos are simmering, peel and devein shrimp. Rinse and pat dry, then toss with 1/2 teaspoon salt.
• Working in batches if necessary, purée tomatillo mixture, oil, and cilantro in a blender until smooth (use caution when blending hot liquids).
• Force through a medium-mesh sieve into a bowl, pressing hard on and then discarding solids.
• Heat butter in a deep 12-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat until foam subsides, then add remaining 4 garlic cloves, 2 cups tomatillo sauce, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and bring to a simmer.
• Add shrimp and simmer, stirring, 2 minutes. Add remaining sauce and simmer, stirring, until shrimp are just cooked through, 2 to 3 minutes.

THE ORIGINAL CAMARONES A LA DIABLA

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over low heat. Add onion and garlic; cook until onion is tender, about 5 minutes. Add dried chiles; cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes. Add tomatoes; cook until slightly softened, about 3 minutes. Stir in water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until peppers are softened, about 10 minutes.
• Blend chile mixture, orange juice, and bouillon in a blender until smooth. Strain through a sieve set over a bowl; discard solids.
• Sprinkle shrimp with salt and black pepper. Rinse and dry the skillet. Heat butter and oil in skillet over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook, stirring, until tender, about 5 minutes. Add shrimp; cook just until browned on both sides, about 3 minutes. Transfer shrimp to a bowl.
• Add sauce to the skillet; simmer over medium heat until slightly thickened, 2 to 3 minutes. Add shrimp; simmer until cooked through, about 5 minutes.

ENCHILADO DE CAMARONES

Steps:

• In a large sauce pan, over medium-high heat, add the olive oil, onion, bell pepper, garlic cumin, paprika, salt, and pepper. Saute until the onion and peppers are tender, about 5 to 6 minutes.
• Add the wine, tomatoes, and bay leaves and cook for 10 minutes more. Reduce the heat and add the shrimp. Bring the mixture to a simmer and cook until the shrimp are fully cooked, about 6 to 8 minutes.
• Serve the shrimp mixture over the cooked brown rice and sprinkle the chopped cilantro over the top. Serve the dish with lime wedges and hot sauce.

AUTHENTIC MEXICAN SHRIMP COCKTAIL (COCTEL DE CAMARONES ESTILO MEXICANO)

Steps:

• Mix onion with lime juice in a small bowl and allow to stand for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, toss shrimp, roma tomatoes, cucumber, celery, jalapeno, salt, and black pepper in a bowl until thoroughly combined.
• Whisk tomato and clam juice cocktail, ketchup, cilantro, and hot pepper sauce in a separate bowl; stir dressing into shrimp mixture. Gently fold in avocados. Cover and chill thoroughly, at least 1 hour.

SHRIMP IN CILANTRO SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine tomatillos, chiles, 4 garlic cloves, water, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a 4-quart saucepan and simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, until tomatillos are tender, 10 to 12 minutes. (Chiles will not be tender.)
• While tomatillos are simmering, peel and devein shrimp. Rinse and pat dry, then toss with 1/2 teaspoon salt.
• Working in batches if necessary, purée tomatillo mixture, oil, and cilantro in a blender until smooth (use caution when blending hot liquids). Force through a medium-mesh sieve into a bowl, pressing hard on and then discarding solids.
• Heat butter in a deep 12-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat until foam subsides, then add remaining 4 garlic cloves, 2 cups tomatillo sauce, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and bring to a simmer. Add shrimp and simmer, stirring, 2 minutes. Add remaining sauce and simmer, stirring, until shrimp are just cooked through, 2 to 3 minutes.
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CAMARONES AL TEQUILA

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and add the butter and the shrimp.
• Saute the shrimp until pink.
• Add the onions, tomatoes and cilantro.
• Let it sit for about 2 minutes then enhance the favor by adding the tequila, chili powder, salt and pepper, to taste.
• Let it sit for 1 to 2 minutes so it may absorb the favors.
• Serve over hot rice or with flour tortillas.

GARLICKY SHRIMP-CILANTRO TACOS (TACOS DE CAMARONES AL MOJO DE AJ

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large frying pan over high heat. Add onions and chilies and cook, stirring frequently, until onions are lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Pour vegetables into a bowl and set aside.
• Melt butter in same frying pan over medium-high heat, add garlic, and stir until sizzling, about 1 minute.
• Add half of shrimp to pan. Stir until shrimp are bright pink and no longer wet looking in thickest part (cut to test), about 3-5 minutes; transfer shrimp to bowl with reserved vegetables.
• Add remaining shrimp to pan and cook as above, then return cooked shrimp and vegetables to a pan and stir everything together until hot, 2 to 3 minutes. Add cilantro and salt to taste.
• Serve shrimp in a large bowl with tortillas accompanied by lime wedges to squeeze over the top.

CAMARONES AL AJILLO (GARLIC SHRIMP)

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil and butter in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in the bell pepper and onion; cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in the garlic, and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute more. Add the shrimp and cook until opaque, about 2 minutes on each side. Stir in the tomato sauce, parsley, and red pepper flakes, and cook until tomato sauce is warmed through, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.