Crispy Scallop Taquitos - Rick Bayless

Crispy Scallop Taquitos - Rick Bayless

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Crispy Scallop Taquitos from Rick Bayless | Chopped onion, hot chiles, and garlic wrap tender scallops in a crispy tortilla. Perfect for taco lovers!

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Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, plus extra for spraying or brushing the tortillas
  • 1 small white onion chopped into ¼-inch pieces
  • Hot fresh green chiles to taste (roughly 1 to 2 serranos or 1 jalapeño), stemmed, seeded and finely chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves , peeled and finely chopped
  • 1 15-ounce can diced tomatoes, preferably fire-roasted
  • 10 ounce bay (small) scallops, patted dry on paper towels
  • Salt
  • Vegetable oil to a depth of 1 inch for frying
  • 12 corn tortillas
  • 12 wooden skewers or toothpicks
  • 1/2 cup Mexican crema, sour cream or crème fraiche
  • 1 large ripe avocado, peeled, pitted and diced
  • Fresh cilantro sprigs for garnish

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