Spicy Tasty Keto Shrimp Quesadillas recipe idea to create for lunch or dinner. Pan sautéed shrimp and chili, cumin and jalapeño with avocado.
Tasty Keto Shrimp Quesadillas
Make this Spicy Tasty Keto Shrimp Quesadillas recipe idea to create for lunch or dinner. Pan sautéed shrimp and chili, cumin and jalapeño with avocado. A No Bake stove top recipe for a healthy light and filling lunch or supper idea for the family. To tortillas warmed and sautéed with the pan fried onion and jalapeño with the chili, cumin spices on top. A double tortilla recipe with filling between.
What is shrimp quesadilla made of?
Sauté spiced shrimp in a pan with olive oil and spiced of chili, cumin, salt and pepper. Sauté onion and jalapeno until tender. Place all topping on a tortilla in a warm pan and add another tortilla on top. Flip this carefully and brown all sides. Cut into quarters and serve.
What is the difference between a tortilla and a quesadilla?
The quesadilla is tortilla with fillings required with cheese. Either divided into folds or one tortilla added on top of the fillings. Browning the tortillas both sides and then cutting into pieces to serve. A cheese filled quesadilla.
What can I use instead of tortillas for quesadillas?
You can swop the tortilla for wraps or egg wraps if you looking to go gluten free or obtain gluten free wraps. Wraps will hold the fillings and the cheese quit well and they are light and easy to use.
What is the best melting cheese for quesadillas?
Use any cheese you have available when you need to make these quesadillas or wraps.
- melting cheeses such as Cheddar
- mozzarella
- an American Jack cheese
Ingredients
- Large keto tortillas
- Shrimp peeled, deveined and cut into pieces
- Olive oil
- Chili powder
- Cumin
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Red onion chopped finely
- Jalapeno pepper deseeded and chopped finely
- Juice of a lime
- Avocado diced
- Shredded American cheese
For the amounts needed for the ingredients and the instruction on how to put together this spicy tasty shrimp quesadillas go to the recipe attached. Try using any ingredients you would like and change them up with some chicken or meats.
How To
Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium high heat. Add in the shrimp, and season with the chili powder, cumin and salt and pepper to taste. Squeeze in the juice from ½ a lime. Sauté the shrimp until cooked through. Remove and keep warm. Carry on with the other ingredients as per recipe.
Reduce the heat to medium, and add the remaining olive oil to the skillet. Add the onion and jalapeno to the skillet, and sauté until softened.
Place 1 tortilla to a skillet over medium heat, and spread ½ the shrimp on it.
Add ½ the vegetable mix, avocado and white American cheese to the tortilla. Also top this with the avocado pieces.
Cover with another tortilla, and sauté until the tortilla on the bottom is browned and crispy. Carefully flip the quesadilla over and brown on the other side. Remove the quesadilla and cut into fourths.
Serve with your choice of toppings or an additional salad, with sauces.
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Tasty Keto Shrimp Quesadillas
Spicy Tasty Keto Shrimp Quesadillas recipe idea to create for lunch or dinner. Pan sautéed shrimp and chili, cumin and jalapeño with avocado.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 15 -20min
- Total Time: 30 min
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Meals, supper or lunch, dinner
- Method: Stove top No Bake
Ingredients
- 4 Large keto tortillas
- 1 lb. Shrimp peeled, deveined and cut into pieces
- 2 Tbsp. Olive oil
- 1 tsp. Chili powder
- ½ tsp. Cumin
- Salt and pepper to taste
- ¼ Red onion chopped finely
- 1 Jalapeno pepper deseeded and chopped finely
- Juice from ½ a lime
- 1 Avocado diced
- 1 C. Shredded American cheese
Instructions
1. Heat 1 Tbsp of the olive oil in a skillet over medium high heat.
2. Add in the shrimp, and season with the chili powder, cumin and salt and pepper to taste.
3. Squeeze in the juice from ½ a lime.
4. Sauté the shrimp until cooked through. Remove and keep warm.
5. Reduce the heat to medium, and add the remaining olive oil to the skillet.
6. Add the onion and jalapeno to the skillet, and saute until softened.
7. Place 1 tortilla to a skillet over medium heat, and spread ½ the shrimp on it.
8. Add ½ the vegetable mix, avocado and white american cheese to the tortilla.
9. Cover with another tortilla, and saute until the tortilla on the bottom is browned and crispy.
10. Carefully flip the quesadilla over and brown on the other side.
11. Remove the quesadilla and cut into fourths.
12. Repeat steps 7-11 to create another quesadilla.
13. Serve with your choice of toppings.
Nutrition
- Carbohydrates: 5 net carbs per serving
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