Happy 2025! And I know, I know, January it’s all about healthy eating. What if I told you you don’t have to feel guilty about this Super Easy Finger-Licking Chipotle Creamy Sauce Shrimp? Nope, not one bit.
I have to say, coming up with a blog entry title that conveys in a few words all the deliciousness of this dish was harder, and almost took me longer, than actually making this Super Easy Finger-Licking Chipotle Creamy Sauce Shrimp.
And, before you start to tell me all about your keeping a tight leash on your calorie intake, let me disabuse you real quick about this enticingly yummy creamy sauce, because it is actually healthy. I use cottage cheese and milk as the base for it. The other ingredients are canned chipotles plus a few pantry staples.
It is recipes like this Super Easy Finger-Licking Chipotle Creamy Sauce Shrimp that simplify your meal prepping big time and make your culinary experience outstanding. You don’t have to spend a lot of time and/or money to prepare this amazing recipe. It is a win-win situation and this dish is the best of two worlds, absolutely.
Anyway, you can make your creamy sauce as thick or thin as you would like. Either way it is so “soppable”! Make sure you have tortillas or bread to that effect. I am also daydreaming about how delicious a creamy Enchilada sauce this would make. Simply delightful. Or imagine it as a sort of spicy gravy to go with rice or mashed potatoes.
I like my creamy sauce thicker, so I don’t add more than 1 or 2 tablespoons of milk to the ingredients, just enough to keep the blender going.
Like I said above, all the ingredients are pantry, every day, staples. So, in brief, this is a delicious and easy, albeit fancy dish that you and your famiy will enjoy in 30 minutes tops. It is an absolute no-brainer, no?
Super Easy Finger-Licking Chipotle Creamy Sauce Shrimp
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1/4 wedge white or red onion finely chopped
- 3 cloves garlic finely chopped
- 2 lbs large raw shrimp peeled, deveined and tail-off
- For the creamy Chipotle Sauce:
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- 2 – 3 tbsp milk
- 1 – 2 units canned chipotles to taste. Add just one if you are sensitive to chile pungency.
- 1 – 2 tbsp adobo sauce from canned chipotles
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1/4 wedge onion
- 1 cube shrimp or chicken bouillon
- freshly ground pepper
Instructions
- In a large skillet warm up the olive oil over medium heat. Add the chopped onion and garlic and sautee until tender. Add the shrimp and cook, stirring often, for about 5 minutes until it has changed color and is opaque and thoroughly cooked.
- Make the Creamy Chipotle Sauce: combine all sauce ingredients in the blender and process until smooth.
- Pour the sauce into the skillet, toss the shrimp in it and cook for 2 – 3 minutes. Enjoy in tacos, or with rice.
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