Recipe Details

Authentic Mexican Shrimp Cocktail (Coctel de Camarones estilo Mexicano)

Cocktails
Ingredients

  • ⅓ cup Spanish onion, chopped

  • ¼ cup freshly squeezed lime juice

  • 1 pound chilled cooked medium shrimp - peeled, deveined, and tails removed

  • 2 roma (plum) tomatoes, chopped

  • 1 cucumber, finely chopped

  • 1 stalk celery, finely chopped

  • 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped

  • 2 teaspoons salt

  • 2 teaspoons ground black pepper

  • 1 ½ cups chilled tomato and clam juice cocktail (such as Clamato®)

  • 1 cup chilled ketchup (such as Heinz®)

  • 1 bunch fresh cilantro - stems discarded and leaves chopped

  • 2 tablespoons hot pepper sauce (such as Valentina®)

  • 2 avocados - peeled, pitted, and chopped

Description

  1. Meanwhile, toss shrimp, roma tomatoes, cucumber, celery, jalapeno, salt, and black pepper in a medium bowl until thoroughly combined.

  2. Whisk tomato and clam juice cocktail, ketchup, cilantro, and hot pepper sauce in a separate bowl; stir dressing into shrimp mixture.