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Ceviche Recipe
Ceviche is loaded with shrimp, avocado, tomatoes, cucumber, and cilantro; all marinated in fresh lime juice. You can use raw shrimp or cooked shrimp meat for this Mexican shrimp cocktail. Using cooked shrimp meat cuts down the marinating time significantly which is why we prefer it. P.S. This also keeps really well in the refrigerator and you'll be happy if you have leftovers!
Prep Time
15 mins
Additional Time
2 hrs
Total Time
2 hrs 15 mins
Servings: 8 people
Calories: 156 kcal
Course:
Appetizer
Cuisine:
Mexican
Ingredients
- 1 lb medium shrimp (raw or cooked*), thawed, peeled, deveined, and diced
- 1 cup lime juice from 6 limes
- 1 cucumber peeled and diced
- 2 avocados
- 3 roma tomatoes diced
- 1 red onion diced
- 1/4 bunch cilantro chopped
- 1 Jalapeño seeded and minced
- 1 cup Clamato juice (use "picante" version for spicier salsa)
Options To Serve:
- 16 tostadas (or tortilla chips)
- hot sauce (Tabasco or Cholula)
Instructions
- Prep the Shrimp: Rinse the thawed shrimp under cold running water and thoroughly squeeze or pat dry with paper towels to remove excess moisture so your cocktail isn't watered down. Do this with raw or cooked shrimp.
- Marinate Shrimp: Dice shrimp if large and place it into a large glass (non-reactive) bowl. Use a citrus squeezer to get 1 to 1 1/4 cups lime juice from 6 limes over shrimp. Stir to combine then cover and marinate in the refrigerator (marinate 1 1/2 to 2 hours for raw shrimp or until no longer translucent and marinate 15 minutes for cooked shrimp), stirring halfway through.
- Chop the vegetables: cucumber, avocado, tomatoes, red onion, jalapeno, and cilantro. A food chopper will make this process much faster.
- Combine: When shrimp are done marinating, add vegetables to the bowl along with clamato juice and stir to combine. Serve with hot sauce if desired along with tortilla chips or over tostadas.
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Notes
- *I prefer using 1 lb of pre-cooked shrimp salad meat. You don't have to soak it as long in the lime juice, and you don't have to chop it, so it saves me some steps. And if it's frozen, it thaws quickly in cold water. *Nutrition label only calculates the ceviche and not tostadas or tortilla chips for serving.
Nutrition Information
Calories
156kcal
(8%)
Carbs
11g
Protein
13g
(26%)
Fat
8g
(12%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
5g
Trans Fat
0.003g
Cholesterol
91mg
(30%)
Sodium
77mg
(3%)
Potassium
630mg
(18%)
Fiber
4g
(16%)
Sugar
4g
(8%)
Vitamin A
470IU
(9%)
Vitamin C
27mg
(30%)
Calcium
61mg
(6%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 156
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 156kcal | 8% |
| Carbs | 11g | |
| Protein | 13g | 26% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Trans Fat | 0.003g | 0% |
| Cholesterol | 91mg | 30% |
| Sodium | 77mg | 3% |
| Potassium | 630mg | 13% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 4g | 8% |
| Vitamin A | 470IU | 9% |
| Vitamin C | 27mg | 30% |
| Calcium | 61mg | 6% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.