Chorizo and Shrimp Quesadillas with Smoky Guacamole

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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 May 07, 2013

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    General consensus was a resounding "YUM!!" I didn't make the guac 'cause I'm the only one who would eat it, but a little sour cream worked just as well.

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  • on February 04, 2013

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    Huge hit with the family! We put chopped cilantro inside as well. The kid who doesn't like spicy just had the shrimp with a little bit of mild salsa. The kid who loves spicy got the extra chorizo. We had plain monterey jack and queso blanco in the frig, so we just used that. Probably could have used 12oz of cheese. Next week I'm going to prep meat and cheese the night before to make it even faster.

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  • on January 31, 2013

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    I made this recipe for a playoff game a few weeks back. It was amazing a huge hit! The smoky guac was delish but reg guac would work too. Will definitely make it again...maybe for Superbowl!

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