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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