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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a large skillet over a medium-high heat. Add onion and saute, stirring frequently, until tender (5-7 minutes). Transfer to a mixing bowl and let cool. | 2. Finely chop the tomatillos and add to the cooled onions along with the diced avocado. Use a wooden spoon or potato masher to work the mixture into a course paste. Stir in cilantro and cumin, season with salt and pepper to taste. | 3. Spread the avocado mixture on one side of each tortilla, top with 2 tablespoons of cheese, and fold the tortilla in half, pressing lightly to close them. Continue until all are folded. This may be done up to an hour in advance. | 4. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a large skillet over a medium heat. Add garlic and chipotles and saute until golden, about 2 minutes. Increase the heat to a medium-high. Add the shrimp and saute until opaque and cooked through, 4-5 minutes. Keep warm. | 5. Brush both sides of the quesadillas with the remaining oil. Cook in batches if a large saute pan over a medium heat until golden brown on both sides (2-3 minutes each side). | 6. Cut the quesadillas in half and serve each with 3 shrimp on top. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
oil	1/4	cup	divided	448.95	0.0	0.1435	50.9835
onion	1 1/2	cups	diced	96.0	22.416	2.64	0.24
tomatillo	7		medium charred	1016.0481	185.4288	30.4814	32.3865
avocado	2	cups	diced	480.0	25.59	6.0	43.98
cilantro	3	tablespoons	chopped	0.69	0.1101	0.0639	0.0156
cumin	1	tablespoon	toasted	22.5	2.6544	1.0686	1.3362
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
pepper	1/8	teaspoon		0.7216	0.1839	0.0299	0.0094
tortilla	8			-	-	-	-
monterey jack cheese	2	cups	shredded divided	-	-	-	-
garlic	1 1/2	1/2	minced	6.705	1.4877	0.2862	0.0225
chipotle pepper	1	teaspoon	minced	-	-	-	-
shrimp	24		large peeled deveined	7724.8175	99.0082	1480.7714	109.8882

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.