These enchiladas are really good. If you really like shrimp and enchiladas then you should try these. My husband and I really liked it, but we thought that it had too much shrimp. I think next time I will make it with half the shrimp or I think that adding chicken would be really good. I will try it out with shrimp and chicken and tell you how it tasted. But of course if you love shrimp make it the way you are suppose to and I think you will really enjoy it. Also the recipe calls for cayenne pepper, I halved the amount called for. I thought that it tasted spicy enough with half the amount. But if you like more of a kick feel free to add the whole amount.

Shrimp Enchiladas
Recipe from melskitchencafe.com

INGREDIENTS:

Cheese Sauce:

• ½ cup sweet red pepper, chopped
• ½ cup onion, minced
• ½ cup green pepper, chopped
• 1/4 cup butter
• ½ teaspoon oregano
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup whipping cream
• 1 ½ cups Monterey Jack cheese or Pepper Jack cheese
• ½ cup sour cream

Shrimp Mixture:

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 ½ pounds shrimp, peeled, deveined and chopped into bite-size pieces
• ½ cup onion, chopped
• 2 cups ripe tomatoes, chopped
• 1 ½ cups Monterey Jack cheese or Pepper Jack cheese
• 8 (9-inch) flour tortillas

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9X13-inch dish and set aside.

Saute red pepper, onion and green pepper in 1/4 cup butter until crisp-tender. Add oregano, salt, garlic powder, pepper, cayenne pepper, and flour; blend well and cook, stirring constantly for about a minute. Whisk in the cream and continue cooking for 3 minutes or until slightly thickened. Add 1 1/2 cups cheese; stir until melted. Add sour cream, stir to blend. Set aside.

In another skillet, melt 2 tablespoons butter. Saute shrimp and 1/2 cup onion until shrimp are pink (don’t overcook or the shrimp will be tough). Add chopped tomatoes and 1/2 of the cheese sauce. Spoon 1/3 cup shrimp mixture into each tortilla. Sprinkle a bit of cheese on top of shrimp mixture. Roll the enchiladas up tightly. Arrange seam side down in a 9X13-inch glass baking dish. Spoon remaining cheese sauce over tortillas and sprinkle with remaining cheese.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes.