Baked Shrimp with Tomatillos Recipe

Ingredients

* 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
* 1 medium onion, chopped, about 1 cup
* 1-2 jalapeno chiles, seeded, minced
* 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
* 1 lb tomatillos, chopped
* Salt
* 1/2 cup clam juice OR 1/4 cup water*
* 1 lb shrimp, cleaned, deveined
* 1 cup Cotija queso seco cheese (can substitute feta)
* 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
* Lime juice
* Black pepper

* An oven-proof sauté pan or cast iron pan

*One time we made this we used tequila as opposed to clam juice, it was good too!
Method

1 Heat oil within the pan you will use for baking. Add the onions and
jalapeños, cook for five minutes on medium high until the onions begin to
brown. Add the garlic and cook one minute more. Add the tomatillos,
reduce heat to medium and cook for Ten minutes, before tomatillos
are cooked through, but nevertheless hold their shape. Sprinkle salt over the
tomatillos because they are cooking.

2 If using clam juice, help to increase pan, show up the heat reducing by
half. If using water, just add the 1/4 cup of water without reducing.

3 Add the cheese and shrimp. Cook in a preheated 425°F oven for 10 minutes.

4 Remove pan in the oven. If using a pan which has a handle, for instance a
cast iron frying pan, I would recommend cooling the handle with ice for
safety; it's all too easy to forget that pan just leave the oven,
so you grab the hot handle in error. Just before serving, add
the cilantro and sprinkle with lime juice and freshly ground black
pepper.