In Mexico, empanadas are one of the most popular recipes since they can be prepared with a wide variety of ingredients. On this occasion in recipes, for the reasons for the fasting of red meat by the celebration of Lent, we bring for you an exquisite recipe for Mexican empanadas stuffed with stewed shrimp. An excellent option if we do not have much time for a meal, since these empanadas are super simple, fast and their combination with the taste of the sauce is unmatched. We invite you to stay with us and discover this incredible recipe for Shrimp empanadas in green sauce, youll see that it is perfect for this season.
| 🚻 6 Diners | 🕘 45m | 🍵 Principal | 🤯 Timing |
| Ingredients to make shrimp empanadas in green sauce: |
| For the empanadas :: 1 kilogram of corn dough 3 cups of cocktail shrimp 1 butter head 1 clove of garlic ½ white onion ½ cup of oil 1 pinch of salt 1 pinch of pepper pepper pepper pepper | For green sauce :: 1 kilogram of green tomato 1 pinch of cumin |
| ADDITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS: Average, spicy cost, ideal accompany with natural juice, |
Ingredients to make shrimp empanadas in green sauce:
1. In the following image we can observe the ingredients that we will need for the preparation of our shrimp empanadas in green sauce.
2. We are going to start by putting the oil and butter in a pan, and once hot add the finely chopped onion and the finely chopped garlic, with a pinch of salt and a pinch of pepper that is observed transparent.
3. Once the onion is sauce, we add the perfectly washed shrimp and let them strain for 3 minutes, moving constantly. Cooked, we remove them from heat and reserve them for a moment.
4. On the other hand with the dough for empanadas we form our tortillas: as I do not have a empanadas machine, I give it a tortilla and ready. Once our empanada formed with the dough we will fill it with half a tablespoon of the stew of the stew of shrimp we just prepared. You already fill in the Mexican empanada perfectly sealing the shores so that our filling does not spill.
5. Next, in a pan with enough hot oil we make our shrimp empanadas fry until they are observed well golden on both sides. Once ready, we remove them from the oil and place them on absorbent paper to remove the excess oil they could have.
6. We already lists our shrimp empanadas we begin with the preparation of our green sauce: for this we take the perfectly washed green tomatoes and place them in a saucepan with boiling water, along with the serrane green chiles, the onion and the garlic tooth, And we let everything sneak for approximately 6 minutes.
7. Once cooked we place the ingredients in the blender, add a pinch of cumin, a pinch of salt and a pinch of pepper and begin to mix, until we get a homogeneous sauce for our Mexican empanadas.
8. Once our green sauce is formed, in a saucepan we place some oil, and once it is hot we add the sauce and let it cold for 6 more minutes. We constantly stir and try, and if we need to add a little more salt. Once ready, we remove it from the heat and let it be shaped.
9. To serve them we place the Mexican empanadas on our plate and bathe them with the green sauce, and if you like you can add some grated cheese, so in this way the shrimp in green sauce will be delicious.
