Spicy Mexican Shrimp Cocktail
Cooked shrimp are chilled in a spicy tomato-juice cocktail with avocado, red onion, and cilantro. Serve in one large bowl or ladle into individual bowls.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Additional Time: 2 hrs
- Total Time: 2 hrs 15 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 pounds cooked shrimp, peeled and deveined
- ½ cup finely chopped red onion
- 1 habanero pepper, diced
- ¼ cup fresh cilantro, chopped
- 1 jalapeno pepper, diced
- 1 tablespoon crushed garlic
- 1 ½ cups tomato and clam juice cocktail
- ¼ cup fresh lime juice
- ¼ cup ketchup
- ¼ cup prepared horseradish
- 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce, or to taste
- salt to taste
- 1 ripe avocado – peeled, pitted, and chopped
Directions
- Mix shrimp, red onion, habanero pepper, cilantro, jalapeno pepper, and garlic in a large bowl; add tomato and clam juice cocktail, lime juice, ketchup, horseradish, and hot pepper sauce and stir.
- Season mixture with salt. Gently stir avocado into the mixture taking care to not mash the avocado.
- Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours before serving.
Nutrition Facts
- Servings Per Recipe 6
- Calories 226
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 6g 8%
- Saturated Fat 1g 6%
- Cholesterol 230mg 77%
- Sodium 662mg 29%
- Total Carbohydrate 16g 6%
- Dietary Fiber 3g 12%
- Total Sugars 6g
- Protein 26g
- Vitamin C 20mg 98%
- Calcium 71mg 5%
- Iron 4mg 23%
- Potassium 551mg 12%
