I was on a recent trip with one of my very dear girlfriends and she offered to make shrimp ceviche to accompany our shredded pork tacos for dinner one night. Of course, who was I to refuse? Avocados and shrimp? Yes, please! Ceviche is so delicious, so fresh, and makes an amazing appetizer.
So what is ceviche? Technically ceviche is a dish made with raw shrimp marinated in lime juice, along with jalapeño, avocado, onion, and cilantro. We used cooked shrimp fresh from the fish market in our dish, and it was out of this world delicious!
Shrimp ceviche is amazingly easy to make. All the effort is just chopping up the ingredients. Remember to keep it cold and covered until ready to serve. I love the freshness of this dish!
We prefer cooked shrimp in ceviche. There are several methods to cooking shrimp: Bake in a single layer in the oven (with garlic and lemon) at 350 for 15 minutes or until tightly curled and opaque. Or steam in a steamer basket on the stove, approximately 7-10 minutes. They’d be delicious thrown in a grill pan and grilled for 5-8 minutes as well. You can even purchase them already cooked, peeled, and deveined.
Shrimp Ceviche
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound shrimp; peeled, deveined, cooked, and chopped into bite sized pieces
- 4-5 ripe avocados, pitted, chopped into chunks
- 1 small red onion, diced
- handful of cilantro, diced
- 1 jalapeno, seeds removed, chopped finely.
- 2-3 garlic cloves, diced
- juice from 1 lime
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Most of the work in preparing this dish comes from chopping and dicing the ingredients. Once they are all prepared, mix gently with a spoon until incorporated.
- Store covered in the fridge for up to 3 days.
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