Chorizo and Shrimp Quesadillas with Smoky Guacamole

Very Healthy
Health score
76%
Chorizo and Shrimp Quesadillas with Smoky Guacamole
25 min.
4
3127kcal

Suggestions

Ingredients

  •  chipotle peppers in adobo canned
  • 0.5 pound chorizo sausage sliced thin
  • tablespoon olive oil extra virgin for drizzling
  • 48 inch flour tortillas 
  • clove garlic crushed
  •  haas avocados ripe
  •  juice of lime juiced
  • 0.5 pound cups shredded
  • pinches a couple salt 
  • servings salt and pepper black freshly ground
  • 12 large shrimp deveined peeled for easy-peels at fish counter
  • 0.3 cup cup heavy whipping cream sour

Equipment

  • food processor
  • bowl
  • frying pan
  • knife
  • spatula
  • cutting board

Directions

  1. Watch how to make this recipe.
  2. Cut avocados all the way around with a sharp knife. Scoop out the pit, then spoon avocado flesh away from skin into a food processor.
  3. Add the juice of 1 lime, a couple of pinches salt, sour cream and chipotles in adobo. Pulse guacamole until smooth.
  4. Transfer to a serving bowl.
  5. Heat a 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Brown chorizo 2 to 3 minutes, then remove from pan.
  6. Add oil, garlic, then shrimp. Season shrimp with salt and pepper and cook shrimp until pink, 2 or 3 minutes.
  7. Transfer shrimp to a cutting board and coarsely chop.
  8. Add a drizzle of oil to the pan and a large tortilla. Cook tortilla 30 seconds, then turn. Cover 1/2 of the tortilla with a couple of handfuls of cheese. Arrange a layer of chorizo and shrimp over the cheese and fold tortilla over. Press down gently with a spatula and cook tortilla a minute or so on each side to melt cheese and crisp.
  9. Remove quesadilla to large cutting board and repeat with remaining ingredients.
  10. Cut each quesadilla into 5 wedges and transfer to plates with your spatula. Top wedges of quesadillas with liberal amounts of smoky guacamole.

Nutrition Facts

Calories3127kcal
Protein12.4%
Fat32.69%
Carbs54.91%

Properties

Glycemic Index
40.75
Glycemic Load
132.01
Inflammation Score
-10
Nutrition Score
62.871304283971%

Flavonoids

Cyanidin
0.33mg
Epicatechin
0.37mg
Epigallocatechin 3-gallate
0.15mg
Eriodictyol
0.16mg
Hesperetin
0.67mg
Naringenin
0.03mg
Myricetin
0.01mg
Quercetin
0.05mg

Nutrients percent of daily need

Calories:3127.26kcal
156.36%
Fat:112.95g
173.77%
Saturated Fat:44.04g
275.22%
Carbohydrates:426.78g
142.26%
Net Carbohydrates:389.82g
141.75%
Sugar:33.24g
36.93%
Cholesterol:147.24mg
49.08%
Sodium:6764.58mg
294.11%
Alcohol:0g
100%
Alcohol %:0%
100%
Protein:96.39g
192.79%
Vitamin B1:4.31mg
287.16%
Selenium:196.59µg
280.85%
Folate:882.86µg
220.72%
Manganese:4.34mg
216.86%
Phosphorus:2111.88mg
211.19%
Vitamin B3:38.96mg
194.8%
Iron:32.47mg
180.38%
Calcium:1709.59mg
170.96%
Vitamin B2:2.75mg
161.58%
Fiber:36.95g
147.82%
Vitamin K:85.55µg
81.47%
Magnesium:242.15mg
60.54%
Copper:1.21mg
60.42%
Zinc:7.26mg
48.41%
Potassium:1693.71mg
48.39%
Vitamin B6:0.82mg
40.85%
Vitamin B5:2.96mg
29.56%
Vitamin C:22.95mg
27.82%
Vitamin A:962.75IU
19.26%
Vitamin E:2.8mg
18.7%
Vitamin B12:0.5µg
8.35%
Vitamin D:0.34µg
2.27%