Showing posts with label Mexican shrimp cocktail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mexican shrimp cocktail. Show all posts

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Nina's Mexican Shrimp Cocktail

My friend Nina claims that Mexicans usually eat this dish with lots of jalapeno after a night of drinking, because they say it helps with the hangover. Nina's recipe didn't provide much information about the quantities of the ingredients - probably because it's the kind of dish she just throws together. Here's how I made it:

1 pound cooked, shelled & deveined shrimp
1 15-ounce bottle tomato ketchup (I used Heinz Hot & Spicy)
1 avocado, peeled, pitted and diced
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1/4 cup lemon or lime juice
1 teaspoon grated lemon or lime zest (my addition to the recipe)
as many chopped jalapenos as you feel you can handle

Combine all the ingredients in a bowl. Cover and chill for 3 hours so the flavors can develop.

Eat with tortilla chips or crackers.

Ole!