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Saturday, May 16, 2015

Chi Chi's Seafood Enchiladas

Total Time: 52 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

  • 6 tablespoons butter
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 2 tablespoons lobster base
  • 3 1/2 cups 2% low-fat milk
  • 1 cup wine or 1 cup cooking sherry
  • 8 ounces monterey jack cheese, shredded
  • 1 (4 ounce) can baby shrimp
  • 2 (8 ounce) packages imitation crabmeat, flake style
  • 10 (6 inch) flour tortillas, old mission restaurant style
  • paprika

Recipe

  • 1 for the sauce: melt butter in a 2 quart saucepan over medium heat.
  • 2 add flour.
  • 3 cook and stir for 5 minutes(should have a nutty aroma).
  • 4 add 1/2 tsp pepper.
  • 5 stir in 2 tbsps lobster base and cook for an additional minute.
  • 6 add milk & wine.
  • 7 add 2 oz. of the cheese.
  • 8 continue to cook until thickened.
  • 9 for the crab mix: lightly chop the flaked imitation crab.
  • 10 combine with shrimp in a medium size bowl.
  • 11 add 1.5 cups of cold sauce.
  • 12 mix well.
  • 13 for the enchiladas: lay out the tortillas on a flat surface.
  • 14 place 2 to 3 heaping tablespoons of the crab mix across the center of each tortilla.
  • 15 place flap of the tortilla over the crab mix and roll.
  • 16 place flap side down onto a plate or in your baking dish.
  • 17 ladle warm sauce over the enchiladas.
  • 18 top with remaining monterey jack cheese.
  • 19 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.
  • 20 watch and do not allow to burn (brown spots).
  • 21 sprinkle with paprika.

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