These Camarones al Chipotle (Chipotle Shrimp) are just excellent. Savory shrimp made in a savory tomato chipotle sauce with onions, scallions and topped with fresh cilantro. Serve as an appetizer or top on white rice and serve as a meal. Excellent!
Chipotle Shrimp
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These Camarones al Chipotle or Chipotle Shrimp are phenomenal! Large juicy plump hyper-delicious shrimp in a spicy red chile pepper sauce.
I love the heat of these shrimps but if you prefer a little less heat just reduce the chipotle peppers in this recipe to one chipotle pepper.
When you make these Camarones al Chipotle, your home fills with the most delectable, enticing and heavenly smells. My home smells so delicious everytime!
For this chipotle shrimp recipe, I used canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. I just love the earthiness that these chiles offer.
The mixture of the chipotle peppers, white wine and garlic fills my home with a tantalizing and delicious aroma.
Ingredients for Camarones al Chipotle
- large shrimps
- onion
- scallions
- white wine (optional)
- cilantro
- olive oil
- lime
- salt and pepper
Chipotle Hot Sauce/Creamy Chipotle Sauce
- 3 tomatoes
- 1-2 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
- 3 garlic cloves
How to Make Camarones al Chipotle
First begin with making the chipotle sauce.
Chipotle Hot Sauce
Rinse tomatoes and peel garlic cloves.
Roast tomatoes and garlic cloves in a skillet over medium heat with one tablespoon of oil until charred all over turning over with a fork.
Put tomatoes and garlic in a blender with 1- 2 chipotle peppers and blend until smooth.
For Shrimps
Peel and devein shrimp.
Season with salt and pepper and lime juice. Set aside in the refrigerator until ready to use.
To a skillet add two tablespoons of olive oil of medium heat. Add the chopped onion and cook for a few minutes or until onions are translucent.
Add tomato chipotle hot sauce to pan. Add white wine. Lower heat and cook for 20 to 30 minutes. Season sauce with salt and pepper.
After sauce has simmered, add shrimp and chopped scallions to sauce. Cook for another 7 -10 minutes (depending on the size of your shrimp).
Sprinkle shrimps with chopped cilantro and serve a few shrimp per person with lime wedges on small plates. Enjoy!
What to Serve Camarones al Chipotle With
Serve chipotle shrimp by itself as an appetizer, make chipotle shrimp tacos, add to pasta (chipotle shrimp pasta) or top on white rice and serve as a meal.
For another delicious spicy shrimp dish, you may like:
Camarones a la Diabla (Deviled Shrimp)
For more recipes using chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, you may like these:
Camarones Fritos con Crema de Chipotle (Fried Shrimp with Chipotle Dip)
Fried Calamari with Creamy Chipotle Sauce
Easy as Pie Chicken Empanada Recipe
Note: For a great article on chipotle peppers in adobo sauce and how to handle them, you may want to read this article by Sara from Our Best Bites. She does a great job explaining what they are and how to preserve leftover chipotle peppers for future use.
Camarones al Chipotle
Ingredients
Shrimps
- 1 lb large/jumbo raw shrimp peeled and deveined
- 1/2 cup white onion chopped
- 3 scallions chopped
- 1/2 lime juiced
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/4 cup cilantro chopped
- salt and pepper to taste
Tomato Chipotle Hot Sauce
- 1-2 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce (if you don't want it too hot, just add one)
- 3 roma tomatoes roasted
- 3 garlic cloves roasted
OPTIONAL
- 1/4 white wine
- 1-2 limes quartered
Instructions
Tomato Chipotle Hot Sauce
- Rinse tomatoes and peel garlic cloves.
- Roast tomatoes and garlic cloves in a skillet over medium heat with one tablespoon of oil until charred all over turning over with a fork.
- Put tomatoes and garlic in a blender with 1- 2 chipotle peppers and blend until smooth.
Shrimps and Tomato Chipotle Hot Sauce
- Peel and devein shrimp.
- Season with salt and pepper and lime juice. Set aside in the refrigerator until ready to use.
- In the same skillet over medium heat add two tablespoons of olive oil. Add the chopped onion and cook for a few minutes or until onions are translucent.
- Add tomato chipotle sauce to pan. Add white wine. Lower heat and cook for 20 to 30 minutes. Season sauce with salt and pepper.
- Add shrimp and chopped scallions to sauce. Cook for another 7 -10 minutes (depending on the size of your shrimp).Note: Do not want to overcook shrimp or they will get rubbery.
- Sprinkle shrimps with chopped cilantro and serve a few shrimp per person with lime wedges on small plates. Enjoy!
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