Crabmeat Enchiladas A Real Twist Food

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.

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.

CRAB MEAT ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Heat water on stove at medium temperature, add red peppers. Boil until peppers soften (about 7-10 minutes). While red peppers soften, chop onion, cilantro and mix together. Mix the two cheeses together in a bowl. When red peppers soften, transfer them into blender. Add 2 cups of the same boiled water, salt, and garlic to blender. Blend for 2-3 minutes. Using a bowl and a strainer, strain this mixture to remove seeds and remaining skin. Add 1 cup of HERDEZ® Salsa Casera to mixture. Mix well. Add grapeseed oil to skillet and heat. Soften tortillas in grapeseed oil for 10-20 sec. Set on paper towel until all tortillas are done. Dip tortillas into red sauce and lay on flat surface, add crab and roll. Place rolled tortillas into a 9 x 13 pan. Use remaining red sauce to cover rolled tortillas. Pour 1/2 cup of remaining HERDEZ® salsa over mixture. Sprinkle cheese over the salsa. Pour remaining 1/2 cups of HERDEZ® salsa over cheese. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Remove from oven. Sprinkle the onion and cilantro mixture over the cheese. Drizzle the Mexican cream over mixture. Serves 4
• Guacamole:
• Mix together mashed avocado, diced onions, diced tomatoes, lime juice and HERDEZ® Salsa Verde. Serve.

CRABMEAT ENCHILADAS - A REAL TWIST!

Steps:

• Combine milk, onion, bay leaf and cilantro in a saucepan. Heat just to scalding. Remove from heat. Cover and allow to stand 15 minutes to infuse milk.
• Combine crabmeat, green onions, corn and peas in a bowl. Add lemon juice and gently toss to coat, careful not to break up crabmeat. Cover and set aside unrefrigerated.
• After 15 minutes has passed and the milk has infused, strain to remove solids.
• Strain crabmeat to remove excess liquid, if any. Return to bowl.
• In a heavy saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Add flour and whisk until flour is incorporated and bubbles, cooking for just a minute to remove flour taste. DO NOT brown the flour.
• Whisk in milk, cumin, salt and pepper to taste and bring to a boil, whisking until sauce just thickens. Immediately remove from heat.
• Remove 1/2 cup of the sauce and set aside, keeping warm.
• Add crabmeat mixture to the sauce pot. Stir just to incorporate being careful not to break up crabmeat too much. Use low heat if needed just to heat crab, corn and peas through. Remove from heat.
• Lay 2 flour tortillas in the center of 2 plates. Using a slotted spoon, spoon crab mixture along center of each tortilla, dividing equally. Fold sides of tortillas towards center. Fold bottom up over center and "roll" over top half, centering on plate. (Burrito-style).
• Add warm, reserved sauce to the saucepan and stir into remaining sauce. Spoon equally over the top of each enchilada, using only enough to "cover" the entire enchilada lightly.
• Place one pineapple ring over the center of each enchilada. Divide sour cream and place the dollop of sour cream in the "circle" of the pineapple ring. Top each dollop of sour cream with an olive. Place avocado slices atop the enchilada at each end. Sprinkle each enchilada with reserved green onions to garnish.
• Serve immediately with rice and beans if desired but really it's a meal all to itself.

CRAB ENCHILADAS (REAL OR IMITATION)

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl stir together soup, onion, nutmeg and white pepper.
• In another bowl, place half of the soup mixture, crab, and 1 cup of the cheese, set aside.
• Wrap the tortillas in paper towels and microwave for 30-60 seconds (until soft and slightly warm). Use fresh tortillas for best results.
• Place 1/3 cup of the mixture on each tortilla and roll up.
• Place seam side down in a greased 11 x 7 ich baking dish.
• Stir milk into the reserved soup mixture, pour over the enchiladas.
• Sprinkle with remaining cheese.
• Bake, uncovered, at 350* for 20 minutes or until cheese is melted and sauce is slightly bubbly.
• Let stand for 10 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.

CRAB ENCHILADAS WITH GREEN MOLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet over high heat. Add the onions and celery and cook until slightly limp, about 2 minutes. Add the crab, oregano, and pepper and toss until the crabmeat is heated through, just another couple of minutes. Remove from the heat.
• Spread 1/2 cup mole verde onto the bottom of a 9-by-13-by-2-inch baking dish.
• Stack the tortillas on a microwave-safe plate and cover with a wet paper towel. Microwave on high for 30 to 60 seconds, until softened. Spread the tortillas out onto a couple of large baking sheets or cutting boards.
• Spoon some of the crab mixture in a line down the center of each tortilla. Roll them up, placing them seam-side down on the mole verde in the baking dish. Repeat until all of the tortillas are placed in the dish. Pour the remaining mole sauce over the enchiladas and sprinkle with the cheese. Top with the green onions.
• Bake until heated through and the cheese melts, about 15 minutes. To serve, transfer 2 enchiladas each onto 6 plates and top each with a couple of avocado slices.