Seafood Enchiladas

You guys are going to love these! If you like seafood at all, try these enchiladas. I made up my own version tonight and they turned out great! My kids loved them!

SEAFOOD ENCHILADAS

6 T. butter
1/2 c. flour
freshly ground pepper
1/2 t. salt
3.5 c. milk (2% or whole)
1 c. white wine (can be cooking wine)
8-10 oz. monterey jack cheese, shredded
3 oz. cream cheese, softened
2 green onions, chopped
1 four-ounce can of medium shrimp or 1/4 lb. small shrimp, cooked, peeled, and coarsely chopped
6 oz. imitation crab, coarsely chopped
3 packages of Chicken of the Sea (or other) lump crab meat (in the store by tuna fish)
8-10 flour tortillas

Preheat oven to 375. Melt butter in a 2-qt. saucepan over medium heat. Add flour; cook and stir for 5 minutes. Add salt and pepper. Add milk, white wine, and 2 oz. cheese; cook until thickened. In a medium bowl toss together green onions, crab, and shrimp. Add 1.5 cups of the cheese sauce and mix well. Spread approximately 2 t. cream cheese down the center of each tortilla and then place 2 heaping tablespoons of the crab mixture. Roll up and place in a greased 13 x 9 dish, seam side down and cover with the remaining cheese sauce. Top with the remaining shredded cheese and bake uncovered for 25-30 minutes.

Remember to play around with recipes if you like certain ingredients better than others. I happen to hate imitation crab meat (crap meat) but I bought it today because my kids like it and it's cheap. In the future, though, I'll definitely use real crab, and I'd even like to find fresh crab meat--maybe using less crab and more shrimp. At any rate, this turned out really good!