Tacos Gobernador (Governors Tacos)
Tacos Gobernador (Governor) are warm tortillas that are filled with a combination of shrimp, shredded cheese, poblano strips, onions, jalapeños, and tomatoes.
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 Roma tomatoes deseed, and diced tomatoes
- 1 small white onion sliced or diced
- 1 poblano roasted and seeded, cut into strips (bell pepper can be used instead)
- 1 jalapeño sliced
- 1 garlic clove minced
- 2 cups shredded Quesadilla Oaxaca, or mozzarella cheese
- 1 pound shrimp peeled and deveined, cut into pieces
- 10 flour or corn tortillas
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Pour 2 tablespoons into a skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions, jalapeños, and bell peppers or (poblanos) and cook until onions are soft and translucent about 4 to 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper. Add tomatoes to the skillet and cook until they have softened about 3 minutes. Add shrimp to the onion mixture. Cook until shrimp turns pink, 2 to 3 minutes. Season with more salt and pepper. Remove from heat.
- Divide shrimp mixture into 10 portion
- Place 1 tablespoon olive oil in a cast-iron skillet over medium-low heat. Place 1 tortilla on oil. Add 1 1/2 tablespoons cheese and 1 portion of shrimp mixture to one side of the tortilla. Fold over and cook until the tortilla is semi-crisp and cheese has started to melt, 3 to 4 minutes. Flip taco onto the other side and cook to desired crispiness, 2 to 3 minutes more. Repeat with remaining tortillas.
- Serve immediately
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