Shrimp Quesadilla

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1/4 lb small baby shrimp
• 2 tablespoons lime juice or 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/4 jalapenos or 1/4 serrano chili, finely minced
• 1 tablespoon green onion, chopped
• 1 tablespoon cilantro, chopped
• 2 medium sized flour tortillas
• 3/4 cup monterey jack cheese, shredded
• 1/4 avocado, sliced
• dollop sour cream
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 place shrimp in a bowl.
• 2 add lime or lemon juice, chiles, green onion, cilantro.
• 3 sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• 4 let marinade for 10-30 minutes.
• 5 strain out the juice.
• 6 heat a cast iron or stick-free skillet on medium high.
• 7 add 1/2 tsp of oil amd spread it around the pan.
• 8 place 1 tortilla on the skillet.
• 9 flip it over a few times, 10 seconds between flips so that air pockets form.
• 10 do this with the second tortilla also. leave the 2nd tortilla in the pan.
• 11 sprinkle the tortilla with the grated cheese.
• 12 distribute the shrimp mixture on top of the cheese.
• 13 place the other tortilla on top.
• 14 use 2 spatulas(one on top and one on bottom) to flip the quesadilla over when the bottom tortilla is nicely toasted and the cheese has begun to melt.
• 15 remove the quesadilla from the pan when the now bottom tortilla has toasted sufficiently.
• 16 cut like a pie into six pieces.
• 17 serve with avocado slices and sour cream. garnish with cilantro.