Ernesto's Mexican Food Veracruz Shrimp
7 plump jumbo shrimp
1 tablespoon butter
2 garlic cloves
Pinch of pepper
Pinch of salt
1/2 onion, sliced
1 cup sliced mushrooms
3 California chiles
2 Pasilla chiles
Wash the chile pods and remove stems. Place them in a small pot and
cook with garlic in 1 quart of water.
Later, put into a blender and puree with part of water that was used
to cook chiles, until you get the consistency of mole. After that,
strain and season with salt and pepper.
In a saut� pan, place the onions and the mushrooms with the butter
and saut� for about 4 minutes.
Later put together with shrimps and continue to cook until the
shrimps start changing color. At this time, add the necessary salsa.
Then, stir and let simmer for two more minutes.
Taste for flavor, and add more salt and pepper if necessary.
Serves one. Source: Luis Sanchez, Ernesto's
Mexican Food, Sacramento, California |