4.7 from 42 votes
Shrimp Stuffed Avocados
🍤🍅🥑 If you like ceviche, you're going to LOVE these EASY avocados stuffed with a mixture of shrimp, tomatoes, cucumber, red onions, and more — plus some hot sauce for a touch of heat! There's a time-saving shortcut so these are ready in 15 minutes with no fuss!
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
2 mins
Total Time
17 mins
Servings:
2
servings
Calories:
626 kcal
Course:
Lunch
Cuisine:
Mexican
Ingredients
- 1 pound Shrimp cooked (40 to 50 count; Tip - To save time, buy cleaned, cooked, and chilled shrimp from your grocery store butcher area, small
- 1 Roma tomato diced very small, medium
- ⅓ English cucumber diced very small, medium
- ⅓ cup red onion diced very small
- ¼ cup cilantro finely minced, fresh
- 2 to 3 tablespoons lime juice
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt or to taste
- ½ teaspoon black pepper or to taste, freshly ground
- hot sauce to taste (I used 2 tablespoons Cholula; or try Huichol)
- 2 avocado halved and with about 50% of the flesh scooped out and put into the mixture, extra-large or 3 average sized
Instructions
- To a large bowl, add all the ingredients (If you're using raw shrimp, I recommend boiling cleaned shrimp for 1 minute or until just done, and setting in an ice bath to chill) and stir to combine. As it pertains to the avocados, you want to widen and somewhat hollow out the area to fill the avocado halves so there's space to add the shrimp mixture, but you don't want them totally clean. Scoop out approximately 50% of the flesh and stir this into the shrimp mixture.
- Taste the mixture and as desired, add additional salt, pepper, lime juice, hot sauce (the 2 tablespoons I added gave it a kick but it wasn't overly spicy for our tastes), etc. to taste.
- Spoon the mixture into the hollowed out avocados and serve immediately. Recipe is best fresh.
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Notes
- Storage: This recipe is best served right away. However, if you have leftovers, you can transfer the shrimp mixture to an airtight container, and store it in the fridge for 1-2 days.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1serving
Calories
626kcal
(31%)
Carbohydrates
29g
(10%)
Protein
57g
(114%)
Fat
34g
(52%)
Saturated Fat
5g
(25%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
26g
(153%)
Cholesterol
479mg
(160%)
Sodium
2757mg
(115%)
Fiber
15g
(60%)
Sugar
5g
(10%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2 servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 626
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1serving | |
| Calories | 626kcal | 31% |
| Carbohydrates | 29g | 10% |
| Protein | 57g | 114% |
| Fat | 34g | 52% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 26g | 153% |
| Cholesterol | 479mg | 160% |
| Sodium | 2757mg | 115% |
| Fiber | 15g | 60% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.