Mexican-Style Shrimp Cocktail Recipe

Recipesfull introduces to you: Shrimp Recipes. (Mexican-Style Shrimp Cocktail Recipe). You can pretty much get Mexican food like tacos and burritos in just about any corner of the country these days. However, Mexican Shrimp Cocktails don't seem to have caught on elsewhere as they have in the Bay Area. Here's my version--you can adapt your own recipe using the listed ingredients and amounts as a rough guide.

Brief

Servings: 4

Yield: 4 servings

Mexican-Style Shrimp Cocktail Recipe

Ingredients

1 cup clam juice

¼ teaspoon dried oregano

1 pound large shrimp

peeled and deveined

1 ¼ cups peeled

seeded

diced ripe tomatoes

1 cup diced English cucumber

½ cup diced celery

½ cup finely diced red onion

2 tablespoons seeded and diced jalapeno peppers

½ cup ketchup

2 limes

juiced

2 tablespoons freshly chopped cilantro

plus more for garnish

Mexican-style hot sauce

to taste

1 large Hass avocado

cubed

Grits a Ya Ya

Dinner

Directions

Step 1

Place clam juice and oregano in a saucepan; bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Add shrimp and stir just until shrimp turn pink and are not quite cooked through about 2 minutes. Transfer shrimp to a bowl with a slotted spoon. Reserve liquid. Let shrimp cool to room temperature.

Step 2

Place chopped tomatoes cucumbers celery red onion and jalapenos is a mixing bowl. Add ketchup cooking liquid from the shrimp lime juice cilantro and hot sauce. Gently mix until ingredients are well blended.

Step 3

Chop shrimp into bite-size pieces leaving a few whole for garnishes. Stir chopped pieces into the vegetable mixture. Wrap mixing bowl with plastic wrap. Place reserved shrimp in a bowl; wrap with plastic wrap. Refrigerate shrimp cocktail and reserved shrimp until thoroughly chilled 2 to 3 hours.

Step 4

If mixture seems a bit thick add a little tomato juice or pickle juice. Stir in avocado cubes. Serve if possible in clear glass bowls. Top with reserved whole shrimp and some cilantro leaves.

Nutritional Information

Mexican-Style Shrimp Cocktail Recipe

Servings Per Recipe:4

Calories: 267.7

% Daily Value *

Protein: 22.2g 44%

Carbohydrates: 22.8g 7%

Dietary Fiber: 7.6g 30%

Sugars: 11g

Fat: 11.7g 18%

Saturated Fat: 1.8g 9%

Cholesterol: 174.4mg 58%

Vitamin A Iu: 1350.8IU 27%

Niacin Equivalents: 5.1mg 39%

Vitamin B6: 0.5mg 29%

Vitamin C: 36.8mg 61%

Folate: 87.8mcg 22%

Calcium: 86.5mg 9%

Iron: 4mg 22%

Magnesium: 76.1mg 27%

Potassium: 961.9mg 27%

Sodium: 690mg 28%

Thiamin: 0.2mg 19%

Calories From Fat: 105.6

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.