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Shrimp with Lemon-Chili Cream Sauce
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Camarones is Spanish for shrimp. They range from tiny bay shrimp to medium transparent ones with tails that swing up in the air to ones as big as your fist—the giant camarones of Mexico. Shrimp find their way into tortillas in more forms than you can count—fried, breaded, steamed, in garlic, in butter, in Ranchero Sauce, and in Salsa Verde. We find the flavor of shrimp so subtly delicious unadorned, we avoid anything that would overwhelm the shrimp itself. In our basic shrimp taco, we merely finesse the delicate flesh with a few strips of mild yellow bell pepper and a light lemon-chili cream we have created just for shrimp.
Yield :
Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients
- 3½ pounds uncooked medium shrimp, peeled, tails removed, and deveined
- ¼ cup olive or peanut oil
- Salt, to taste
- 18 corn or 12 flour tortillas, warmed or crisped just before serving
Toppings:
- 2 cups Lemon-Chili Cream Sauce (recipe follows)
- 3 large yellow bell peppers, stemmed, seeded, and cut into very thin l½-inch-long strips
- 4 cups shredded lettuce
Lemon chili cream sauce:
- 1 yellow wax chili pepper, stemmed and minced
- 2 cups heavy (whipping) cream
- 2 tablespoons pure chili powder
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon Juice
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Directions
1. Rinse the shrimp and pat them dry.
2. Place half of the oil in a large frying pan and set over medium-high heat until the oil begins to smoke. (Or use 2 pans and cook the shrimp in 1 round.) Add half of the shrimp and salt liberally. Stir just until the shrimp are white in the centers, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove the shrimp from the heat and set aside in a warm place. Repeat with the remaining shrimp.
3. To assemble, place about 1/3 cup of the shrimp in the center of a tortilla. Top with Lemon-Chili Cream Sauce, yellow bell pepper strips, and shredded lettuce. Fold and serve.
Lemon Chili Cream Sauce
1. Combine all of the ingredients in a nonreactive medium saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook over medium heat until thick enough to coat a spoon, about 5 minutes.
2. Use right away, or cover and refrigerate for up to 1 week, May be reheated to serve warm, or serve chilled.
Makes 2 cups
Notes
If you can’t find yellow bell peppers, use red or mild Anaheim chill peppers, instead.
Use tangy Lemon-Chili Cream Sauce—a gem of speed and versatility—on all kinds of shellfish, pork, chicken, lamb, turkey, duck, or blanched vegetables.
© 1990 Victoria Wise and Susanna Hoffman
Note from Cookstr's Editors
Nutritional information is based on 6 servings, 1/8 teaspoon of added salt per serving, and corn tortillas.
Nutritional Information
Nutrients per serving (% daily value)
832kcal (42%)
275mg (28%)
204mg (340%)
609mcg RAE (20%)
1009mg
176mg
61g
2g
7g
46g
511mg (170%)
876mg (36%)
21g (105%)
46g (70%)
8mg (47%)
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