Seafood Enchiladas In Chipotle Cream Sauce

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.

SUMMER VEGETABLE ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Toss the cherry tomatoes, oil, chili powder, cumin, garlic, poblano, red onion, squash, 1 teaspoon salt and several grinds of pepper on a rimmed baking sheet. Roast, tossing once, until browned and tender, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, one at a time, hold the tortillas with metal tongs over a stovetop burner set on medium heat to brown slightly, about 30 seconds per side. Set aside.
• Pour one of the cans of enchilada sauce into a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Pour the other can of enchilada sauce into a bowl.
• To assemble the enchiladas, dip a tortilla into the bowl of enchilada sauce, then lay on a plate. Sprinkle some of the Monterey Jack down the middle, followed by some of the roasted vegetables. Roll it up tightly, then place seam-side down in the baking dish. Repeat with the rest of the tortillas and most of the Monterey Jack (save a little cheese for topping).
• Pour the remaining enchilada sauce from the bowl over the enchiladas, then top with the remaining cheese. Add a final sprinkling of chili powder, then bake until hot and bubbly, 15 to 17 minutes. Let sit for 10 minutes before serving, to ensure the enchiladas stay together when serving. Top with cilantro and serve with sour cream.

SEAFOOD ENCHILADAS IN CHIPOTLE CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Pour 4 cups water, bay leaves and salt into a large saucepan and bring to a boil. Add the shrimp and boil for 2 minutes. Drain, chop coarsely, mix with crab and set aside. Prepare the Crema. Put the tomatoes, tomatillos and chiles ancho in a large saucepan and cover with water. Simmer for 5 minutes and drain; reserve the the water. Put the garkic and and 1 onion slice into the blender. Add the tomatoes, tomatillos, chiles ancho, chiles chipoltle, cumin, salt and 1 cup of reserved broth. Puree completely and strain into a large bowl. Heat the oil in a large saucepan over meduim heat. Add the other onion slice; blacken, and discard. Add the sauce to the pan and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Reduce the heat to low and stir in the sour cream. Keep warm over very low heat. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Soften the tortillas in the microwave. Then take the first tortilla and spread 1 spoonfull of the crema over the tortilla. Add 3 tbls of the seafood mixture to the tortilla and spread it evenly over the tortilla. Add 1/2 oz of cotija cheese ( monterrey jack can be substituted) spread over the face of the tortilla. Repeat this step for the next two layers of tortilla. Add the final tortilla and spoon 2 oz of the crema over the top of the torilla, spreading it evenly, add 2 ozs of cotija cheese ( monterrey jack can be substituted). Bake for 10-12 minutes until cooked, but not crisped. remove from the oven, plate, pour plenty of crema over the finished enchiladas, add 1/4 of an avocado (sliced thinly and fanned) to each portion and finish with a garnish of cheese.

SHRIMP ENCHILADAS WITH GOAT CHEESE AND CHIPOTLE CREAM

Steps:

• Fill a saucepan halfway with water and bring to a boil over high heat.
• Add the leeks, cook about 1 minute, and immediately drain and rinse with cold water.
• Wipe the pan dry and return the leeks to the pan.
• Add cream, goat cheese, salt and pepper.
• Place the pan over medium heat and cook, stirring until the cheese is melted and the sauce is somewhat thickened, about 10 minutes.
• Set aside.
• In a skillet heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. When hot, add the shrimp and sauté until they just turn pink, 1 to 2 minutes.
• When cool enough to handle, slice the shrimp lengthwise along their backs so there are now 24 pieces of shrimp.
• For the chipotle cream: In a mini food processor or with a sharp knife, very finely chop the chilies; strain into a small saucepan (there should be about 1 tablespoon puree).
• Add the cream to the pan and heat over medium heat, whisking, until the mixture is smooth and heated through.
• To assemble: Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Divide the cheese-leek mixture evenly among 4 tortillas, placing the mixture along the length of the center of the tortillas.
• Place 4 shrimp pieces on top and roll up into a cylinder.
• Place in an 8 x 8-inch ovenproof dish and pour the chipotle cream over all; cover with foil.
• Heat in the oven until warmed through, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and, with a spatula, place 1 enchilada on each plate.
• Top each with 2 pieces of the remaining shrimp and surround with a spoonful of the sauce from the bottom of the baking dish.

VINCENT'S SHRIMP ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Saute onion in oil until translucent.
• Combine onion,cheese,half and half and salt and pepper in a small saucepan, cook over low heat 2 minutes.
• Saute shrimp in olive oil for 1 minute, spoon about 1/3 cup of shrimp and 1/4 of the previously prepared cream sauce in the middle of each tortilla. Fold tortillas to enclose the filling, secure with a wooden pick.
• Combine half and half and chopped chipotle in a small saucepan over med. heat, cook until slightly thickened, stirring frequently.
• Simmer the tortllas in chipotle cream for 5 minutes, remove picks place on individual serving plates garnished with remaining shrimp,chipotle cream, cilantro and avocado slices.

CREAMY CHIPOTLE ENCHILADA SAUCE

Steps:

• Place the red chiles (stems removed), ancho chile (stem removed), tomatoes, garlic and water in a small sauce pan. Bring to a boil. Continue boiling for 15 minutes until the red chiles are soft.
• Place the tomato and chile mixture in the blender with the chipotle chile, the reserved adobo sauce and 1 cup of the cooking liquid.
• Blend the mixture on high for 5 minutes.
• Strain the mixture and pour it back into your sauce pan (make sure you empty the sauce pan if any cooking liquid is left over and reserve it for later if needed).
• Bring the sauce to a low boil and continue to simmer for 10 minutes. If you like your sauce thin you can now add an additional 1/2 cup of water or cooking liquid.
• Whisk in the chicken bouillon powder and continue to simmer the sauce another 10 minutes.
• Turn the heat down to low and whisk in your sour cream. It is critical at this stage to keep the sauce on low so that the sour cream does not curdle. Cook the sauce on low for an additional 2 minutes just to heat it back up.
• Add salt and pepper to taste and Enjoy!