Authentic Mexican Shrimp Cocktail (Coctel de Camarones estilo Mexicano) recipe

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Ingredients

⅓ cup Spanish onion, chopped
¼ cup freshly squeezed lime juice
1 pound chilled cooked medium shrimp - peeled, deveined, and tails removed
2 roma (plum) tomatoes, chopped
1 cucumber, finely chopped
1 stalk celery, finely chopped
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons ground black pepper
1 ½ cups chilled tomato and clam juice cocktail (such as Clamato®)
1 cup chilled ketchup (such as Heinz®)
1 bunch fresh cilantro - stems discarded and leaves chopped
2 tablespoons hot pepper sauce (such as Valentina®)
2 avocados - peeled, pitted, and chopped

Nutrition Info

409.7 calories
carbohydrate: 41.8 g
cholesterol: 221.3 mg
fat: 16.5 g
fiber: 9.2 g
protein: 28.8 g
saturatedFat: 2.6 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 2625.8 mg
sugar: 20.6 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Mix onion with lime juice in a small bowl and allow to stand for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, toss shrimp, roma tomatoes, cucumber, celery, jalapeno, salt, and black pepper in a bowl until thoroughly combined.

  2. Whisk tomato and clam juice cocktail, ketchup, cilantro, and hot pepper sauce in a separate bowl, stir dressing into shrimp mixture. Gently fold in avocados. Cover and chill thoroughly, at least 1 hour.

Recipe Yield

4 servings

Recipe Note

I prepare this refreshing shrimp cocktail for my family a lot during the hot summer days. Being a Mexican family, we always add Mexican hot sauce (such as Valentina® or Tapatio®) and serve with saltine crackers on the side. The trick is to start with well-chilled shrimp, ketchup, and tomato juice cocktail so it can be ready after only chilling 1 hour in the fridge. Top with additional hot sauce and avocado slices if desired. Enjoy!

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