Recipes similar to Southern style shrimp in butter sauce

Fajitas is probably the most popular Mexican dish. Chicken, beef or shrimp is first marinated in the fajitas seasoning, stir fried on a skillet and served on warm flour tortillas together with sauteed bell peppers, onions and typical Mexican condiments such as guacamole, and salsa. You can buy ready made fajitas seasoning but for best results you can make your own at home. It is a lot cheaper and above all, it tastes much better. You can also increase or decrease the quantity of some of the ingredients used to adjust the taste to your liking. This recipe for homemade fajitas seasoning is one of the best we have tried. 

Enchiladas is one of the most well known and favorite Mexican dishes. They come in many variations such as chicken enchiladas, beef enchiladas, shrimp enchiladas or vegetable enchiladas. This recipe is for shrimp enchiladas. Corn tortillas are filled with shrimp, corn, green chiles and refried beans, topped with an enchilada sauce and shredded cheese and baked in the oven. The enchiladas are served together with cilantro, sour cream and lime wedges and make a great main dish.
 

Here is another enchiladas recipe, this time using shrimps and a tomatillo or tomato sauce. The tortillas are filled with shrimps and a garlic, green onion, chili peppers and tomatillo sauce, rolled up and topped with sour cream and cheese and baked in the oven until the cheese melts. This is a great starter or main dish, especially if you like shrimps. You may substitute shrimps with crab meat or use a combination of the two.
 

Chili or chile con queso is a typical Mexican chile flavored cheese dip, perfect with tortilla chips and beer. The cheese dip can be made a day or 2 ahead and refrigerated until needed.
 

This recipe is based on a version of Spicy shrimp Chipotle found on Don Enrique dried Chipotle chiles. Chipotle chiles are dried, smoked Jalapeno peppers. The chiles have medium heat and a strong smokey flavour. The shrimps are cooked in a chile and garlic paste, together with curry powder, paprica and lemon juice. They can be served over steamed rice or in flour tortillas, together with salsa and sour cream.
 

A shrimp and bacon enchiladas recip, very easy to make and extremely delicious. Flour tortillas are filled with fried bacon and shrimp, salsa, avocado and cheese. They are then folded into an envelope and fried in vegetable oil. The chimichangas can be baked in the oven (if you would prefer a healthier version), but the taste of fried chimichangas is unique. You can serve the chimichangas with fresh salsa, sour cream, guacamole and Mexican fried rice.
 

Flour tortillas spread with a spicy tomato based sauce, topped with cooked chicken and cheese, rolled up, topped with extra tomato sauce and cheese and baked in the oven until the cheese melts. A classic Mexican recipe and is great as a main dish, served with condiments such as sour cream, tomato salsa or salsa verde and guacamole. The dish can be prepared in advance and refrigerated (do not bake until needed).
 

Another great beef chili recipe using a combination of minced and cubed beef, several spices and MSG, a flavor enchancer used widely in Asian cooking. For a better taste, refrigerate the chili for 24 hours. Reheat and serve.
 

A hot and spicy chicken recipe, Peri Peri chicken is a speciality of the Nando's restaurants. This recipe uses a home made Peri Peri sauce that is made with several chile peppers, chile powder and other ingredients. You can make extra quantities of the Peri Peri sauce and keep it refrigerated until needed. The chicken has to marinade in the Peri Peri sauce for at least 2 hours (the longer the better) so you can start the marinade process a day ahead.
 

Corn tortillas filled with melted cheese, avocado and salsa. A great Mexican appetizer, easy to make and extremely delicious.