Shrimp with a Chipotle Dipping Sauce

Sunday Dinner

Shrimp with a Chipotle Dipping Sauce

Pork Tacos
Mexican Rice
Chipotle Refried Black Beans

Banana Coconut Cake with a Toasted Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting

This Sunday is a birthday Sunday dinner menu, not an actual birthday (it’s later in the week), but we also celebrate birthdays by having a Sunday dinner menu created by the birthday girl or boy. My middle child, Emma, is turning 11 and this is her menu. I can’t remember a birthday of hers when we didn’t have tacos. She can’t get enough of them and none of us are complaining.

She is my eater that can handle quite a bit of heat, so she chose to start with shrimp and a spicy (but not too spicy for my other children) chipotle dipping sauce. Pork tacos with all the fixings come next. It is then finished with a newly designed cake that my daughter (who loves all things monkey) requested. As much as I would like to share the cake recipe (I will in the future if it turns out as tasty as I think it will), as well as all of the other recipes, it is the appetizer that I am sharing today.

Shrimp are a favorite come Sunday appetizer hour. To keep in theme with the menu, I am serving it with a spicy and creamy dipping sauce packed with flavor. A little chipotle in adobe, roasted red bell pepper, cilantro, garlic, and lime puréed with sour cream and mayonnaise form the body of the sauce. This sauce is so tasty that the shrimp become merely a vehicle for sauce delivery. It is simple to prepare and simple enough that my almost 11 year old made it. If you want more heat add more chipotle. If your taste buds are more sensitive, then hold back on the smokey peppers. Remember, make it for you, make it your own.

Poached Shrimp with a Chipotle Dipping Sauce

By Nicole Prep: 7 minsTotal: 7 mins Servings: 8 Sweet shrimp dipped in a zest and creamy sauce is an excellent pairing that everyone will love!

Equipment

• 14-cup food processor

Ingredients 

• 2 pounds of cooked tail-on shrimp

For the Sauce

• ½ cup sour cream
• ½ cup mayonnaise
• 1-2 chipotle peppers in adobe sauce
• ½-1 teaspoon adobe sauce
• ¼ cup roasted red bell pepper
• ¼ cup chopped cilantro
• 1 clove garlic, chopped
• 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
• Pinch of kosher salt

Instructions 

1. Place all the ingredients for the sauce in the bowl of a food processor or blender; purée until smooth. The sauce can be made up to two days ahead and kept in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Serve with the shrimp. Enjoy!

Notes

Preparation time is for making the sauce only.

Nutrition

Calories: 224kcal, Carbohydrates: 2g, Protein: 23g, Fat: 14g, Saturated Fat: 3g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g, Monounsaturated Fat: 3g, Trans Fat: 0.03g, Cholesterol: 197mg, Sodium: 289mg, Potassium: 333mg, Fiber: 0.3g, Sugar: 1g, Vitamin A: 156IU, Vitamin C: 3mg, Calcium: 91mg, Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.