📝 Description
This Mexican Shrimp Cocktail (Coctel de Camarones) is a fresh, spicy, and tangy seafood dish made with juicy shrimp in a chilled tomato-lime sauce. It’s light, refreshing, and packed with bold Mexican flavors.
🛒 Ingredients
🦐 500g shrimp, peeled & deveined
💧 Water for boiling
🧂 1 tsp salt
🍅 1 cup tomato juice (or Clamato)
🍅 2 tbsp ketchup
🍋 Juice of 2 limes
🌶️ 1–2 tbsp hot sauce (to taste)
🧅 1/2 red onion, finely chopped
🍅 1 tomato, diced
🥑 1 avocado, diced
🌿 2 tbsp cilantro, chopped
🌶️ 1 jalapeño, finely chopped (optional)
🧂 Salt & pepper to taste
🍘 Saltine crackers or tostadas for serving
👨🍳 Instructions
🦐 Boil shrimp in salted water for 2–3 minutes until pink.
❄️ Drain and immediately cool shrimp in ice water, then chop into bite-size pieces.
🍅 In a large bowl, mix tomato juice, ketchup, lime juice, and hot sauce.
🧅 Add chopped onion, tomato, jalapeño, and cilantro.
🦐 Stir in the cooked shrimp.
🥑 Gently fold in diced avocado.
🧂 Season with salt and pepper to taste.
❄️ Chill for 15–30 minutes before serving.
🍽️ Serve
🥣 Serve cold in a glass or bowl.
🍘 Enjoy with crackers or crispy tostadas.
🍋 Add extra lime juice and hot sauce on top if desired.
💡 Notes
🧊 Must be served cold for best flavor.
🌶️ Adjust spice level with more or less hot sauce.
🥑 Add avocado just before serving to keep it fresh.
🍅 Clamato gives a more authentic Mexican flavor.
