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Spicy Mexican Shrimp and Avocado Cocktail

Ingredients

  • 1 pound peeled medium shrimp
  • 1/2 cup beer
  • 1/2 cup clam juice
  • 1/3 cup ketchup
  • 3 tablespoons lime juice
  • 1/3 cup chopped cilantro
  • 2 tablespoons fresh finely chopped white and red onion
  • 2-3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh jalapeño, with seeds
  • 2 ripe Mexican Hass avocados, halved, pitted, peeled and diced

Prep Time:

10 minutes

Cook Time:

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Serves:

4

Here’s a shrimp cocktail with a spicy Mexican twist, just in time for your Cinco de Mayo party.

Why Try? Because anyone can buy cocktail sauce from the store. Show you are different by mixing this up and giving your party a kick.

Foodie Byte: Fresh ingredients—avocados, onion, jalapenos—make this dish a fiesta for the senses.

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Preparation

  1. Cook shrimp in a medium pot of boiling salted water for one minute (the water should taste like the sea; about 1 tablespoon kosher salt or 1/2 tablespoon fine salt to 1 quart of water). Drain shrimp, then cool and chill.
  2. Stir together beer, clam juice, ketchup, lime juice, cilantro, onion, and jalapeño in a medium bowl. Stir in chilled shrimp, then gently stir in avocado. Fill 4 cocktail glasses.