3 shrimp ancho pasta Recipes

dried ancho or pasilla chiles (each 4 to 5 in. long; see notes and, olive oil, dried vermicelli or fideos, broken in thirds, anise seeds, cumin seeds, onion, chopped, garlic cloves, minced, reduced-sodium chicken broth, peeled, deveined shrimp, tails left on, kosher salt, sour cream (optional), diced avocado (optional), chopped fresh cilantro

shrimp (i used frozen, thawed of course, the 26-30 per lb. size), olive oil (more or less ), butter, chopped onion (approximately ), minced garlic, more or less) ancho chile powder, fire roasted sweet red pepper, chopped finely (i used jarred), fire roasted green chiles (i used the hot ones, they also have, dried japone chiles , about 7, soaked in boiling hot water to soften, hint*: wear gloves while handling and don tsp touch your eyes, remove all, most seeds to make them less hot., chicken broth (or more depending on how thick or thin you like your, sauce ), cream cheese (i used philly light), chopped fresh cilantro, leaves only, dry) cooked pasta of your choice (i used shells, cuz that s what, hubby likes )