Shrimp Enchilado

I am traveling (again) this weekend for (another) wedding, so this one will be short and sweet.

The original dish called for lobster tail and crab legs, but this soon-to-be-unemployed-and-moving-back-to-NYC-in-a-down-economy-girl was not going to spend the money on such delicacies. So shrimp it was. 

This stew, of Cuban origin, is basically seafood cooked in a mildly spicy tomato sauce.  It was to be served with rice and fried plantains, but I forgot the plantains.

The amount of traveling I have been doing has sucked out all of my brain capacity.  

This is a solid dish. A rich tomato sauce is flavored with a complex sherry wine, sweet paprika, and briny clam juice and a little bit of heat from the cayenne pepper. 

This is one of those dishes where you'll go back for seconds asking "Please, sir, can I have some more?" in your most feeble Oliver Twist voice.

Or will that just be me next month?  

Shrimp Enchilado - Adapted from Bon Appetit

Serves 4

• 1 lb uncooked shrimp, shelled and deveined
• 1 tablespoon lime juice 

• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 2/3 cup chopped onion
• 1/4 cup chopped green bell pepper
• 4 garlic cloves, chopped
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 4 large plum tomatoes, seeded, diced
• 1 cup canned tomato purée
• 1 cup bottled clam juice
• 3/4 cup dry Sherry wine
• 2 bay leaf
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
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• Heat olive oil in heavy large pot over medium heat. Add chopped onion and chopped bell pepper to pot; sauté until soft, about 5 minutes. Add chopped garlic cloves, fresh parsley, and paprika and sauté 1 minute. Add diced tomatoes and tomato purée. Cook until juices thicken, stirring frequently, about 8 minutes. Add clam juice, dry Sherry, and bay leaf. Season to taste with salt. Add cayenne pepper. Bring mixture to boil, then shrimp and lime juice.  Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until lobster meat is cooked through and tender, about 10 minutes.   Serve with rice and fried plaintains.

Comments

[Jen @ My Kitchen Addiction]

This shrimp looks wonderful - I'm not sure I would want the crab legs and lobster instead. You always pick such great recipes!

[Tracy]

Wow, that looks amazing!!

[Tracey]

Now that looks delicious! It looks like it's pretty easy to put together too so I'll definitely have to try it.

[Ashley]

Have fun at the wedding!

[jenn]

Look at all that shrimpy goodness. I've had chicken enchilado once, but not shrimp. This is a nice change.

have a fun time at the wedding.

[Eliana]

My mom makes a version of this that is super yummy. And you must have it with fluffy white rice so that all that wonderful sauce will get soaked up.

Good luck with all the traveling.

[The Duo Dishes]

Mmmm, so good. So good. Why is it an -o and not an -a? :)

[Juliana]

Love shrimps...and this one that you feature look really yummie! Enjoy your travel and the wedding :-)

[Cookin' Canuck]

This looks like a perfect dish for a weeknight meal - quick and satisfying. I think it looks fabulous even without the plantains.

[lisaiscooking]

I want this to be my dinner! The flavors here sound great, and I love shrimp (and crab and lobster).

[Leslie]

Sinful. That's how this one looks. Sinfully delicious. Who knew something without chocolate could look so good?

[Tangled Noodle]

It's spicy, saucy shrimp over steamed rice . . . it's absolutely perfect! It's just as well you left out the plantains; otherwise, you would've turned me into a drooling, ravenous madwoman. As it is, I'm just drooling!

[Phyllis (me HUNGRY!)]

Looks delish! Clam juice is such an easy way to add seafood flavor to a dish. And no worries, lots of yummy cheap eats in NYC :)

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[Melissa]

Yum, yum... I am on a seafood kick and this might be my next sin.

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Now that looks delicious! It looks like it's pretty easy to put together too so I'll definitely have to try it.