9.14.2009

Pink Shrimp & Black Bean Enchiladas

Ingredients

soft taco flour tortillas
1/2 pound fresh or thawed shrimp; a couple whole, most halved
two cans of black beans
1 can of enchilada sauce
1 cup of fresh salsa
3/4 cup of corn
cilantro
1 lime
colby jack cheese
oil
garlic
cumin
sea salt and pepper
guacamole
sour cream

Mince several (I used 5) cloves of garlic and place in bowl. Add peeled, rinsed, and cut shrimp to bowl. Season with salt, pepper, and liberal amounts of cumin. Roll a lime, cut and squeeze out about 1 tablespoon of juice onto the shrimp mixture. Tear cilantro from springs and rough chop to equal 1 tablespoon. Add to bowl. Stir to coat and incorporate. let sit.

In a medium sized pot, pour enough oil to coat bottom of pot plus some. Add several minced garlic cloves then turn burner on to medium-low heat. Let garlic infuse the oil for several minutes. Add two cans of black beans plus 1/4 a can of water. Add sea salt, fresh cracked pepper, and cumin. Stir. Add 2 tablespoons of roughly chopped cilantro and all the juice from 1/2 lime used in shrimp bowl. Stir well. Turn heat up to high and let boil. Begin using spoon to mash the black beans. Mash and stir till water has evaporated and you're left with chunky applesauce consistency. Turn heat off and let water continue to evaporate.

In frying pan, cook shrimp mixture on med-high till they are ALMOST done. Remove from heat, add corn, and salsa to pan and stir.

In baking dish, pour enough enchilada sauce to cover bottom. Place one flour tortilla in dish. Scoop and spread black bean mash on tortilla. Using a slotted spoon, scoop and spread shrimp/corn/salsa mixture on top of black beans. Shred (or add shredded) cheese to the dish. Add next tortilla and repeat black bean, shrimp mixture, cheese steps. Repeat till desired layers are reached. Pour half of remaining enchilada sauce, all over and around the tortillas. Flip top tortilla and pour the rest on dry side. Top with copious amounts of shredded cheese.

Place baking dish in oven at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Serve in wedges with dollops of lime infused guac and lime infused sour cream. Garnish with lime wedge and cilantro sprig.

3 comments:

Jameil said...

sounds good... but i'm disturbed by the term "pink shrimp." what other color would it be?

Adei von K said...

there's tiger shrimp and most shrimp we get is actually white shrimp. pink shrimp is pink when it's raw. white shrimp is grayish and only turns pink after cooking. pink shrimp = portabello
white shrimp = white mushroom.

you can taste the difference.

Jameil said...

i guess i wouldn't know this b/c i don't eat shrimp like that. maybe it turns out i don't like pink shrimp but love white or vice versa...