Creamy Shrimp Enchiladas

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Description

This is an amazing recipe for shrimp enchiladas. So good!

Ingredients

  • cooking spray
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • ½ cup finely diced red bell pepper
  • ½ cup finely diced white onion
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 pound medium shrimp – peeled, deveined, and cut into 1-inch pieces
  • ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
  • 2 tablespoons lime juice
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ cups chicken broth
  • 1 ¾ cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese, divided
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • ½ cup fresh green salsa (salsa verde)
  • 8 (6 inch) flour tortillas
  • 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and diced

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9×13-inch pan with cooking spray.
  2. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Saute bell pepper and onion until slightly soft
  3. about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute more. Transfer mixture to a bowl.
  4. Add shrimp to the skillet and cook until starting to turn pink
  5. 2 to 3 minutes. Add to vegetable mixture and stir in cilantro
  6. lime juice
  7. chili powder
  8. and salt.
  9. Melt butter in the same skillet over medium heat. Stir in flour and cook
  10. 1 to 2 minutes. Slowly add chicken broth and cook over medium-high heat
  11. stirring constantly
  12. until sauce thickens
  13. about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low and stir in 1 1/2 cups Monterey Jack cheese until melted
  14. 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in sour cream and salsa.
  15. Stir 1 cup of cheese sauce into the shrimp mixture.
  16. Fill 1 tortilla with 1/3 cup of the shrimp mixture. Roll tightly and place seam-side down into the prepared baking dish. Repeat with remaining tortillas; pour remaining sauce over the top.
  17. Bake in the preheated oven
  18. uncovered
  19. until the tops are golden brown
  20. about 35 minutes. Sprinkle jalapeno over the top
  21. followed by remaining Monterey Jack cheese. Return to the oven and continue baking until melted
  22. about 5 minutes more.
  23. Remove from the oven and let sit for 10 minutes before serving.

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins

Servings: 6

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