Kare-Kare Shrimp Quesadillas
Kare Kare is a popular stew in the Philippines featuring a creamy peanut sauce that is thickened with toasted, ground rice. It is usually made with oxtail, pork hocks or stewing beef. Pulo Cuisine’s Kare Kare Toasted Peanut Cooking Sauce has a rich, nutty aroma with a slight hint of palm vinegar, is vegan and also Gluten-Free. This really isn’t your typical peanut sauce, the rich peanut flavour is cut nicely with the acid of the vinegar.
Pulo says that Philippine cuisine is the original fusion so I thought I would take that idea and go somewhere a little unusual with the Kare Kare Toasted Peanut Cooking Sauce. Honestly my first thought was to do a delicious noodle bowl with shrimp and vegetables and the Peanut Cooking Sauce but it seemed a little bit obvious and eventually I came up with this delicious recipe for Kare-Kare Shrimp Quesadillas.
Kare-Kare Shrimp Quesadillas
Ingredients:
1 tbsp oil
1 small onion, Sliced
1 medium carrot, cut into matchsticks
34ish Shrimp, Cooked and Deveined
1 Cup Pulo Kare-Kare Peanut Cooking Sauce
1 tablespoon cilantro, chopped
2 10-inch tortillas
2 cups cheese, shredded
Directions:
Heat the oil in a skilled over medium-high heat.
Add the onion and carrot then saute until tender, about 5 minutes.
Add the shrimp and Pulo Kare-Kare Peanut Cooking Sauce and cook for about 2 minutes to heat through
Mix the onion, carrot and shrimp with the cilantro in a bowl.
Clean the skillet then heat more oil over medium heat.
Layer cheese on a tortilla and top with shrimp, then more cheese, and place another tortilla on top.
Place it in the skillet and allow to brown slightly then flip** to the other side to brown slightly.
Cut the Quesadilla into quarters and drizzle a little extra sauce over the quesadillas or serve with Pulo Kare-Kare Peanut Cooking Sauce for dipping and serve immediately.
**Tip: Place a plate onto the quesadilla in the pan and carefully turn upside to flip it from the pan to the plate, then slide it back into the pan.
Kare-Kare Shrimp Quesadillas
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 small onion, Sliced
- 1 medium carrot, cut into matchsticks
- 34 ish Shrimp, Cooked and Deveined
- 1 Cup Pulo Kare-Kare Peanut Cooking Sauce
- 1 tablespoon cilantro, chopped
- 2 10- inch tortillas
- 2 cups cheese, shredded
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a skilled over medium-high heat.
- Add the onion and carrot then saute until tender, about 5 minutes.
- Add the shrimp and Pulo Kare-Kare Peanut Cooking Sauce and cook for about 2 minutes to heat through
- Mix the onion, carrot and shrimp with the cilantro in a bowl.
- Clean the skillet then heat more oil over medium heat.
- Layer cheese on a tortilla and top with shrimp, then more cheese, and place another tortilla on top.
- Place it in the skillet and allow to brown slightly then flip** to the other side to brown slightly.
- Cut the Quesadilla into quarters and drizzle a little extra sauce over the quesadillas or serve with Pulo Kare-Kare Peanut Cooking Sauce for dipping and serve immediately.
Nutrition Information:
Serving Size:
1 gramsAmount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
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Disclosure: This post has been sponsored by Pulo Cuisine. All thoughts and opinions are honest and my own.
I’ve never heard of that sauce, but I love shrimp with basically anything.
This looks so delicious and is totally different from any quesadilla I’ve ever made. Time to try something new!
This looks lovely — I’ll have to try making it this summer! I might add some hot sauce since I like things spicy. I’ve never heard of kare kare before — how intriguing!
These do look good and I do love my shrimp, don’t really fancy the Peanut Cooking Sauce though, I’ll have to try and think up a different sauce that would fit. 🙂
I will have to make this over the weekend
I have never heard of Kare Kare but this looks good
I am not a seafood fan but I will definitely share this with family/friends that are!
Oh yum, that looks delicious. This is the first time I’ve heard of this type of sauce. I bet it would be great as a simple stir fry kind of thing, too.
This is such a brilliant idea, my daughter and I love shrimp so much so! I must try to make this! Thank you for a recipe idea that includes shrimp!
Oh my goodness! This looks so tasty!
Oh, hallelujah! My mouth is watering at the mere sight of this recipe. I’ll be preparing this for sure.
i LOVE shrimp this looks like an amazing recipe. I wonder if my family would enjoy this.
yum yum yum yum and yum love shrimp quesadillas and fajitas so good.
I could definitely go for some shrimp! This looks like a great dinner idea for this week.
That looks so cheesy! Man I love Mexican food. 🙂
Kare Kare shrimp sounds amazing. Combining that with my love for quesadillas and I’m sure is a winner that I’m going to want all the time.
You know, I’m not much of a seafood fan, but this looks too tasty not to try! I’ve never thought of putting shrimp in a quesadilla – looks very appetizing!
Oh my goodness. These sound and look amazing. I can’t wait to try them.
Never heard of Kare Kare before. This sure does look yummy though!
Oh my does that look good. They way the cheese melts is my favorite.
can we say mouthwatering? Oh my goodness that looks out of this world amazing! I want to reach in and take a bite right through my screen!
I love quesadilla’s and typically make mine with shredded chicken breasts. I’ve never tried them with shrimp. Thanks for the recipe!
I am not a seafood person but my bestfriend is and would love this.
Yep. I’m making this for sure. It sounds delicious, and living in Rhode Island, we have the freshest seafood available.
I’m not a shellfish eater, but I can totally see this with chicken or beef as a substitute. Yum!
I can’t eat seafood but my kids would love this. Saving this for later!
I have never heard of Kare Kare before. This looks pretty darn delicious.
Wow, these sound amazing. I have never heard of Kare Kare but want to look into them.
Oh my gosh these look amazing. I will have to make this over the weekend for my family.
Oh those look so messy and so good! I’ve never heard of kare kare but now I want to try it!
Wow, that’s different form my usual. I think it’s worth a try, I might fall in love!
That sound SO good. I definitely have to try this.