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Shrimp Ceviche Lettuce Wraps
These Shrimp Ceviche Lettuce Wraps are everything you love about Peruvian ceviche, healthy, no cooking required, and gluten-free. They make for a perfect appetizer or light, easy meal!
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 4
Calories: 125 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Peruvian
Ingredients
- 1 pound high-quality raw shrimp peeled, deveined, tail removed, cut into small pieces
- 1 cup lime juice
- 1 cup English cucumber chopped
- 1 cup Roma tomato seeded and chopped
- 1/2 cup fresh cilantro chopped
- 1/2 cup red onion diced
- 1 tablespoon Jalapeno pepper diced
- 1 head of butter lettuce washed and full leaves pulled off
- 1 avocado sliced or diced
- 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon salt to taste
Instructions
- Chop shrimp into even-sized small pieces and add them to a large mixing bowl. Add the lime juice, ensure all shrimp are covered and then cover the bowl with plastic wrap and set it aside in the fridge and let sit for at least 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, chop the cucumber, tomatoes, onions, cilantro, and jalapeno. Trim and wash the lettuce and set aside.
- After 15 minutes, check the shrimp. Ensure that the shrimp is "cooked" and that it is no longer gray and is instead pink and transluscent.
- If shrimp is cooked, add veggies and mix well. Season with salt and then add diced avocado and mix.
- Serve in lettuce wraps and enjoy!
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Notes
- Substitutions
- Substitutions
- Shrimp: In place of fresh shrimp, you use frozen shrimp by defrosting the shrimp in a bowl of cold water before chopping. You can also use rockfish, sole, or another semi-firm white fish.
- Cucumber: We prefer English cucumbers for this recipe because they are firmer and have fewer, smaller seeds.
- Tomatoes: Roma tomatoes are our favorite because they have a firmer flesh and fewer seeds.
- Lime Juice: While you can of course use fresh lime juice, we recommend using lime juice concentrate. It ensures a certain level of citric acid. You could also use a combination of lime juice with lemon and orange juice, too.
- Lettuce: Use butter, romaine, or another favorite for lettuce wraps.
- "Cooking" Tips
- "Cooking" Tips
- Be sure that the shrimp turn pink and translucent and the shrimp is no longer gray. Sometimes it takes longer for the shrimp to "cook" and all of the gray to be gone, especially if using fresh lime juice.
Nutrition Information
Calories
125kcal
(6%)
Carbohydrates
16g
(5%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
8g
(12%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
5g
Sodium
490mg
(20%)
Potassium
634mg
(18%)
Fiber
5g
(20%)
Sugar
5g
(10%)
Vitamin A
2151IU
(43%)
Vitamin C
36mg
(40%)
Calcium
46mg
(5%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 125
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 125kcal | 6% |
| Carbohydrates | 16g | 5% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Sodium | 490mg | 20% |
| Potassium | 634mg | 13% |
| Fiber | 5g | 20% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 2151IU | 43% |
| Vitamin C | 36mg | 40% |
| Calcium | 46mg | 5% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.