Shrimp & Crab Nachos

Shrimp & Crab Nachos

Wanted seafood...without the messiness and lingering smell. These nachos did just the trick and hit the spot! The original recipe calls for a pound of crab lump meat...but I couldn't bring myself to eat crab from a can or jar. I purchased a pound of Snow crab legs from the store and cracked them myself; I feel like it was fresher that way! Also you can bake the  mix with the chips, which is how it's shown in this photo, however next time I think I'm going to bake the mix by itself, and serve on top of chips separately! 

Ingredients:


1tsp olive oil
1lb peeled and deveined shrimp (mine were precooked from the grocery stores fish area)
2-3tsp ground cumin
1tsp minced garlic (jarred)
1lb crab meat (again,I picked it myself!)
3/4 cup sour cream
4-6oz softened cream cheese
1 bunch green onions, sliced
1 bag tortilla chips (I used a bag of that had red, yellow, and black chips...great for presentation lol)
3 cups shredded pepper jack cheese
1/2 cup sliced jalapeno (jarred)


Directions:

1. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add shrimp, cumin and garlic; saute 3 minutes...just to warm up if your shrimp are precooked. Do NOT overcook your shrimp!

2. Combine cooked shrimp, crab, sour cream, cream cheese and green onions in a large bowl.

3. Spread tortilla chips on an aluminum foil-lined baking sheet. Top with shrimp mixture. Sprinkle with cheese, and top with jalepeno. 

                              ******ALTERNATE WAY: Put shrimp and crab mixture in a baking dish, sprinkle with cheese and top with jalepenos. Leave chips OUT of the mix if you want to serve it separately!

4. Broil 5 to 6 inches from heat 2 minutes or until cheese melts. Serve immediately! 

I'm personally addicted to sour cream sooooo of course I topped it with more sour cream, when I made my plate!!