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by Chef John Guinivere
Summary: Shrimp Tostados with avocado/sour cream sauce
Cooking time (duration): 15 minutes
Number of servings (yield): 12
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Ingredients
- Pasia Peppers
- 12 tostados
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 pound raw cleaned and peeled shrimp
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon hot saraiki sauce
- 1/2 cup tequila
- 1/4 large onion
- 2 cups shredded cheese of choice
- 1 ripe avocado
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Roast pasia peppers in broiler. Turn peppers to ensure all sides are roasted. Peppers will look charred, but it is desired.
- Dice garlic
- Heat olive oil in another pan on medium.
- Add garlic to pan, then add shrimp shortly after.
- Add soy sauce to shrimp and garlic, then honey and hot saraiki sauce. Stir frequently. After three minutes, turn off heat to shrimp.
- Add tequila to shrimp, and turn on heat to flambeau.
- Allow fire to go out, then turn off heat to shrimp.
- Chop onion.
- When peppers are black, remove from oven, and run under cold water, using thumb to remove black spots.
- Open pepper, remove seed pod, and rinse out any remaining seeds. Any white spots inside should be removed.
- Cut pepper julienne style lengthwise, keeping pieces thin.
- Place tostados on baking sheet, add spoonfuls of shrimp mixture, onion, and pepper, then sprinkle cheese on top of each tostado.
- Place tostados in oven at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until cheese is melted.
- Slice avocado, and remove pit. Remove skin of avocado.
- Mash avocado in medium mixing bowl. Add cilantro to avocado.
- Add sour cream to cilantro and avocado, and mix well.
- Add salt, and continue to stir.
- Remove tostados from oven, and place dollop of avocado/sour cream mixture in center of tostado.
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