Chorizo and Shrimp Quesadillas With Smoky Guacamole

Name: Chorizo and Shrimp Quesadillas With Smoky Guacamole
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 ripe Hass avocadoes; 1 lime, juice of; 2 -3 pinches salt; 1/4 cup sour cream; 2 chipotle peppers; 1/2 lb chorizo sausage, sliced thin on an angle; 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, plus some for drizzling; 1 garlic clove, cracked away from skin and crushed; 12 large shrimp, peeled and deveined, tails removed; salt & freshly ground black pepper; 4 (12 inch) flour tortillas; 2 cups shredded monterey jack pepper cheese

Submitted by hepcat1

"This one is so very, very good! The smoky guacamole is a MUST; it just won't taste the same without the chipotle. I got the recipe from my sister, who got it from someone at the Food Network."

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Ready In:: 25mins
Ingredients:: 12
Serves:: 4

ingredients

2 ripe Hass avocadoes
1 lime, juice of
2 -3 pinches salt
¹⁄₄ cup sour cream
2 chipotle peppers
¹⁄₂ lb chorizo sausage, sliced thin on an angle
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, plus some for drizzling
1 garlic clove, cracked away from skin and crushed
12 large shrimp, peeled and deveined, tails removed
salt & freshly ground black pepper
4 (12 inch) flour tortillas
2 cups shredded monterey jack pepper 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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Wonderful flavor of the chorizo and shrimp. Didn't have avocados for the guacamole but was still wonderful.

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