Description
These shrimp quesadillas are perfect as a lunch, dinner, or snack. What a great way to use up fresh herbs and serve up a wholesome treat!
Ingredients
- ¼ (16 ounce) jar roasted red peppers, drained and minced
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro, or to taste
- 2 small limes, juiced
- ¼ teaspoon chili powder
- 8 large shrimp – peeled, deveined, and chopped into bite-sized pieces
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- ¼ small onion, minced
- 4 (8 inch) flour tortillas
- ½ cup shredded Mexican cheese blend
Instructions
- Combine roasted red peppers
- cilantro
- lime juice
- and chili powder in a shallow dish. Toss chopped shrimp in the lime mixture. Chill in the refrigerator.
- Meanwhile
- heat a skillet over medium heat and add olive oil. Saute onion in the hot oil until tender and translucent
- about 5 minutes. Add shrimp and lime mixture and saute until shrimp are pink and cooked through
- about 3 minutes. Remove mixture from the skillet.
- Assemble quesadillas by placing shrimp mixture and Mexican cheese in between 2 tortillas.
- Heat tortillas in the skillet over medium-low heat until cheese is melted and tortillas are crispy
- 3 to 4 minutes. Cut quesadillas into bite-sized segments and serve.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 25 mins
Servings: 2