Chipotle Lime Shrimp

This is an amazing appetizer for just about any meal, I think its amazing since it contains chipotle pepper and adobo sauce.

Ingredients:

3 T Butter

1 lb. Shrimp, peeled and deveined

Salt and Pepper

1/2 tsp. Minced Garlic

1 Chipotle Pepper, diced

1/2 Lime Juiced

1 T Fresh Cilantro

1 T Adobo Sauce

Directions:

-Season shrimp with salt and pepper.

-Melt butter in skillet over medium high heat, cook shrimp 1-2 minutes per side or until pink (done). Remove shrimp from pan and set aside.

-Add in garlic and cook 30 second, add in remaining ingredients, except cilantro and simmer 2 minutes, remove from heat stir in cilantro, toss shrimp in sauce and serve immediately.  Enjoy!

Chipotle Orange Scallops

This is an amazing appetizer for any meal.  I love the taste of chipotle pepper and love adobo sauce even more; so I figured why not use the on scallops to make them out of this world.

Ingredients:

1/2 lb. Sea Scallops

Chipotle Chili Powder, Garlic Salt and Cumin for dusting scallops

2 T Butter, divided

1 Chipotle Pepper, diced

2tsp. Adobo Sauce

1/4 C Orange Juice

Cooking Spray

Directions:

-Dust both sides of scallops with chili powder, garlic salt and cumin.

-Spray skillet with cooking spray and melt 1 T butter over medium to medium high heat (every stove is different).

-Add scallops to hot pan cook 1-3 minutes per side or until lightly golden and cooked, flip and cook 1-2 minutes or until cooked.  Remove from pan and set aside.

-Add in remaining butter, orange juice and adobo sauce, bring to low boil and cook until sauce thickens and reduces by half.

-Remove pan from heat, add in cooked scallops and toss in sauce. Serve immediately, Enjoy!