Question. Shrimp quesadillas - how should I cook the shrimp?

[Kali]

Nieces birthday tomorrow and she is excited about shrimp quesadillas (what's not to love cheese AND shrimp!) So I picked up some jumbo raw and now I need to decide how to cook them. Saute, grill, quick boil? What, if anything should I season them with?

We will be having some kind of rice, shredded cabbage and pico de gallo or other salsa fresca that I come up with, and I have avocados as well. Do I need something else?

[Gormy Cuss]

1. Grill them with no more than salt and pepper for seasoning.

The pepper could be a light dusting of powdered red chiles (or chili powder.)
If you don't grill them, saute. I think poached shrimp wouldn't stand up as well to cheese.

I'd serve seasoned black beans as a side with this meal. In warmer weather I'd make a black bean salad.

[flamin lib]

2. Gus gave the simplest

method. I also like a quick marinade in oil, crushed garlic, salt and lime juice (fresh cilantro optional). No more than 15 minutes in the marinade or the shrimp cook and get mushy. Then grill them very hot and fast.

[Kali]

6. oh - thanks for the tip on only going for 15 minutes

I did oil, garlic, a serano pepper, cilantro, lime juice, and salt, then dumped them into a hot pan. They came out pretty dang good!

[Kali]

4. We eat so many beans around here

"treat" meals are the occasions where we don't have them!:rofl:

[Warpy]

8. I resemble that remark

It's a good thing I love beans because it's my go to poverty food. They can be cooked a thousand different ways, sprouted and eaten in salads, and tweaked into dozens of different things one would never associate with the bean, including dessert.

[pipoman]

3. I like to

melt butter, add some lemon or lime zest and juice, cilantro, little garlic, salt/pepper, old bay, what ever sounds good. peel and devein the shrimp, lay them on a sheet pan, pour the butter mixture over the shrimp and put in the fridge until the butter congeals, then quick cook on a hot grill or hot, dry skillet.

[Kali]

5. that is interesting

about getting the butter hard again - I plan to try that next time I can afford shrimp! Butter didn't sound quite right for the quesadilla thing I was going for here, but in general butter is the thing for shrimps for me!

[Warpy]

7. Since you're doing quesadillas

cut the shrimp in half lengthwise and either grill or saute them until they're not quite done, then finish cooking them in the quesadilla.

I've had them in restaurants: green chile, shrimp, and a mixture of jack, cheddar and queso asado, done in a press so the tortillas crisped up. I'd press them between 2 hot cast iron frypans at home. They were out of this world.