Chorizo and Shrimp Quesadillas with Smoky Guacamole

Rachael Ray

Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray

Show: 30 Minute MealsEpisode: Weekday Escapes

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Total Time:
25 min
Prep
10 min
Cook
15 min
Yield:
4 servings
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

  • 2 ripe Haas avocados
  • 1 lime, juiced
  • A couple pinches salt
  • 1/4 cup sour cream, 3 rounded tablespoonfuls
  • 2 chipotle peppers in adobo, available in cans on specialty food aisle in Mexican section
  • 1/2 pound chorizo sausage, sliced thin on an angle
  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, plus some for drizzling
  • 1 clove garlic, cracked away from skin and crushed
  • 12 large shrimp, peeled and deveined, tails removed, ask for easy-peels at fish counter
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 4 (12- inch) flour tortillas
  • 1/2 pound, 2 cups, shredded pepper Jack cheese

Directions

Cut avocados all the way around with a sharp knife. Scoop out the pit, then spoon avocado flesh away from skin into a food processor. Add the juice of 1 lime, a couple of pinches salt, sour cream and chipotles in adobo. Pulse guacamole until smooth. Transfer to a serving bowl.

Heat a 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Brown chorizo 2 to 3 minutes, then remove from pan. Add oil, garlic, then shrimp. Season shrimp with salt and pepper and cook shrimp until pink, 2 or 3 minutes. Transfer shrimp to a cutting board and coarsely chop.

Add a drizzle of oil to the pan and a large tortilla. Cook tortilla 30 seconds, then turn. Cover 1/2 of the tortilla with a couple of handfuls of cheese. Arrange a layer of chorizo and shrimp over the cheese and fold tortilla over. Press down gently with a spatula and cook tortilla a minute or so on each side to melt cheese and crisp. Remove quesadilla to large cutting board and repeat with remaining ingredients. Cut each quesadilla into 5 wedges and transfer to plates with your spatula. Top wedges of quesadillas with liberal amounts of smoky guacamole.

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  • on February 07, 2012

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    Made this for the Super Bowl and it was a huge hit! The shrimp were garlicky and delicious and I loved the spicy cheese.

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  • on February 06, 2012

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    This was incredibly easy and very tasty. My teenagers loved it, too. They said, " Mom, this goes in the rotation!"

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  • on February 04, 2012

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    Admittedly, I am not a fan of Rachael Ray, nor have I had any luck with the few recipes of hers that I've tried. These were delicious and so much easier than my prior attempts at quesadillas in the oven. I added a clove of garlic to the guacamole because, well, in our house, garlic belongs in almost everything. I also cooked the quesadillas in a pan which wasn't non-stick, but used canola cooking spray instead of oil. It worked perfectly. I can't wait to try this stovetop method with other ingredients. Maybe pulled pork, roasted poblano chiles & Oaxaca cheese. Yum.

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