Shrimp cocktail.
Hello everybody, it's me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I'm gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, shrimp cocktail. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Shrimp cocktail is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It's easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Shrimp cocktail is something which I've loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook shrimp cocktail using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Shrimp cocktail:
- {Take 1 large of salad bowl.
- {Take 2 lb of jumbo shrimp.
- {Take 1/2 large of can tomato juice.
- {Get 3 large of tomatoes chopped.
- {Make ready 2 of haas avocados chunked.
- {Make ready 1 medium of cucumber peeled/seeded/chunked.
- {Make ready 1 medium of yellow onion diced.
- {Get 1 bunch of fresh cilantro leaves chopped.
- {Get 1/2 medium of green pepper diced.
- {Get 1 medium of jalapeno seeded/chopped you can throw in a few seeds for added heat.
- {Make ready 1 tsp of finely chopped garlic.
- {Make ready 1 oz of hot sauce I like Franks red hot.
- {Prepare 2 oz of ketchup or catsup whatever.
- {Make ready 1 of splash of citrus soda I recommend fresca or squirt.
- {Prepare 1 of salt n pepper to taste.
Steps to make Shrimp cocktail:
- boil shrimp in salt water (large pot, 1Tbsp salt) if shrimp r precooked defrost fully in cold water instead of boiling them. tips: bring water to boil before throwing shrimp in, they will float to the surface when done. dont leave the shrimp in too long, you want them tender not chewy!.
- cool shrimp in cold water ( ice speeds up the process of coarse.) when cooled, or defrosted, peel shrimp and devein (to devein shrimp, run a paring knife along the outer curve of the shrimp almost 1/4in deep from top to bottom youll see it!) its poop u dont want to eat that part!.
- throw the shrimp in the bowl with all other ingredients, toss well, but gently u dont want to mash the avocado or tomatoes... chill for atleast an hour n enjoy! great with saltine crackers and a slice of lime.
- a great add-in is chunked octopus..
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