Cheesy Shrimp Tortillas

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 (2 lb) bags frozen raw shrimp, thawed and tails removed (31 to 40 per pound)
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic
• salt and pepper
• 1 lemon, halved
• 3 chipotle chiles in adobo, plus
• 1 tablespoon adobo sauce
• 12 (10 inch) flour tortillas
• 1 lb gouda cheese, shredded

Recipe

• 1 in a large, deep skillet, melt the butter over medium-high heat. add the shrimp, garlic, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
• 2 increase the heat to high and cook, stirring often, until the shrimp are just opaque, about 4 minutes. squeeze the lemon halves over the shrimp.
• 3 in a small bowl, mash the chipotles with the adobo sauce. spread the paste in a thin layer on each tortilla.
• 4 cover half of each tortilla with a single layer of shrimp. sprinkle the cheese over the shrimp; fold the tortillas in half.
• 5 cook one meal now: in a large nonstick skillet, working in 2 batches, cook 2 quesadillas, cheese side down, over medium-high heat until golden, about 2 minutes on each side. cut into wedges.
• 6 freeze two meals for later: wrap each quesadilla in foil and stack 4 each into 2 resealable 1-gallon freezer bags; seal, label and freeze.