Mexican Recipes

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Featured Recipe

Dungeness Crab Enchiladas

Ingredients -

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 jalapeno pepper (seeded and chopped)
1 medium yellow onion (chopped)
2 shallots (chopped)
3/4 lb Dungeness crab meat
1 teaspoon cumin
1 clove garlic (finely chopped)
Juice of 1 lime
1 dozen corn tortillas
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 (8 oz.) can enchilada sauce
10 oz. grated Monterey Jack cheese
4 oz. grated Tillamook cheese
1 (2 oz.) can sliced olives
3/4 cup scallions (sliced in thin rounds)
1/2 cup Fresh cilantro (chopped)

Preparation:

1. Heat olive oil in a skillet to medium hot.

2. Add the onions, shallots and jalapenos until the onions are opaque.

3. Add the garlic, cumin and the lime juice.

4. Let the mixture cool and stir in 1/2 of the Monterey Jack cheese and the Dungeness crab.

5. Heat the enchilada sauce in a skillet and dip the corn tortillas in the sauce only long enough for them to soften.

6. On a cutting board, fill each tortilla with the mixture, and roll them up.

7. Place the filled tortillas in a non-stick baking pan tightly side by side.

8. Evenly pour the enchilada sauce over the tortillas.

9. Then over the top sprinkle the remaining Monterey Jack cheese and the Tillamook Cheese.

10. Garnish with the enchiladas with the sliced scallions and olives.

11. Bake in a 325 degree oven for 20 minutes.