I think we’re obligated to treat ourselves to some proper summer days this season. ย Lazy days with sunshine, iced tea, and a cool breeze if we can get it.
I had a proper Summer Sunday this past weekend, and I have the pink toasted skin to prove it. ย I tend to be really bad at sitting on the beach with loads of free time and not even one bar of cell service, but the shores of Mississippi are slowly teaching me a thing or two about slowing down and unwinding. ย I’m also re-reading Emily Freeman’s A Million Little Ways which is very much like food for the soul.
Speaking of food… that’s why we’re here, right?
Hot summer days calls for light and fresh foods… and beignets, but that’s always.
I have been craving a shrimp cocktail dish that doesn’t involve cocktail glasses filled with sweet ketchup and dangling pink shrimp. ย I found this recipe for something called Mexican Shrimp Cocktail that combines my love for avocado and salsa with my love for shrimp cocktail. ย It’s fresh and spicy and I totally used store bought Pico de Gallo because all of that chopping would work up an unnecessary sweat.
Ketchup adds a sweet base to this shrimp-y cocktail. ย Pico de Gallo is a mixture of tomato, onion, and jalapeรฑo… which adds a nice spice to balance the sweet. ย I added lime juice and hot sauce, too. ย A generous amount. ย Fresh cilantro. ย Fresh avocado. ย Salt and pepper to taste!
It’s too easy (in the best way ever).
I served this Avocado and Lime Shrimp Cocktail chilled with freshly fried corn tortillas. ย Extra lime wedges for a kick. ย Extra salsa for jazz hands. ย Serve with super cold beer if you know what’s what.
Happy Summer to us!
Avocado and Lime Shrimp Cocktail
makes 4 large or six smaller servings
1 pound chilled peeled, deveined and steamed shrimp and tails removed
2/3 cup ketchup
2/3 cup Pico de Gallo
1/3 cup fresh lime juice
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons hot sauce (like Tabasco or Crystal)
sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper to taste
1 ripe avocado, sliced into chunks
1/4 cup cilantro, coarsely chopped
tortilla chips for serving
lime wedges for serving
In a medium bowl, stir together ketchup, Pico de Gallo, lime juice, olive oil and hot sauce. ย Taste a bit of the mixture and add more hot sauce, salt and pepper to your taste.
Add the steamed and chilled shrimp, the avocado, and the cilantro. ย Stir to combine. ย Taste again and season accordingly.
Cover and refrigerate for at least an hour before serving. ย Serve chilled with crisp tortilla chips. ย
Recipe adapted slightly from The Hot Sauce Cookbook. ย
31 Responses
i’m really going to have to try this, as in the uk a shrimp/ prawn cocktail is something totally different, made with a marie rose sauce (https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4602/classic-prawn-cocktail), so this is is a totally new concept for me!
That looks so delicious! I love the shrimp and avocado together! YUM!
Please don’t use tiger shrimp Joy. Bottom trawling is the most devastating fishing practise out there.
I think all shrimp cocktails are improved with the addition of avocado :)
Love avocado, love shrimp. Yeah, I need to make this!
Love me some coctel de camaron!
This post sent me spiraling into an obsessive search for well made mexican shrimp cocktail. I grew up going to Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan for summer vacation with my Mom and they make the absolute best ones I’ve ever had in my life there. I live in Los Angeles and didn’t think it would be too hard to find a decent one but hours of yelp’ing and google’ing later, nothin’. I was directed to a couple hole in the wall establishments that had seemed promising but all I found was watery broth and shrimps that hadn’t been deveined. Maybe I’m being too picky but …gross.
Honestly, for the price I paid for 2 shrimp cocktails that I did not eat, I could have made my own amazing one via your recipe but I just had my appendix taken out and dang it I’m lazy.
Anyway, thanks for the inspiration Joy. I’ll definitely be making your recipe soon because I just can’t take the cravings anymore! :)
It was good. Beer – what type of beer do you drink? I never really drank beer, but it goes well with certain things like Tex/Mex food ?Coronas? and thick gruel-ish stews like ghoulash.
P.S. if you are ever in Colorado, ping me. I travel for work a lot, but I noticed that you have spring rolls on your list of things to do. I finally learned through some trial and error how to make them this year myself. I’d be willing to share some with you! :)
~cheers
K
It looks divine. Or is that devein? Kidding. By the way I spent all day going through your entire site and selecting recipes I want to immediately try out. Well done on the whole of your blog. I’m impressed by your recipes, but also the personal blog parts as well. I tend not to comment on food blogs unless I have tried the recipe and can speak to it’s awesomeness or to ask a question on what I did wrong. But I wanted to say hello and great job lady, and I will be following along! :)
~cheers
K
What a perfect summer dish! I am not a fan of regular shrimp cocktail, but this is right up my alley!
Oh yummy! How perfect for summertime!
xoxo
Taylor
Delicious! I think lime is a quintesenial summer flavour.
That looks so good!
I’m so into summer flavors in my blog/kitchen right now too! https://pinchofflavor.blogspot.com/ Current obsessions are corn, tomatoes and shrimp. Love the south!
I might have to make this for dinner…tonight.
Holy cow, this sounds ridiculously good. Avocado and shrimp are definitely two of my favorite foods, so I’m all about any combo of those. Gotta try this!
Cat
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Yum! This looks so delicious. Lime is just a completely summery flavor :)
Yum Joy. This looks fantastic!
Love that you worked lots of lime and avocado into this one, Joy! Pinned :)
You’re making me crave shrimp for breakfast! Shrimp cocktails are so summer perfect! ?
Looks perfect! Light and summery!
yum yum i love shrimp
Wow, that looks so yummy! I will try it soon, can’t wait.
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This looks heavenly!
Estupendo! Coctel de cameron meets gazpacho! I’m adding cucumber to mine. Grazie mille!
Sweet ketchup! That’s totally what it is! I love cocktail sauce, but only if I don’t think about it too much. Can’t drink bloody mary’s because I feel like I’m drinking a spicy version. Can’t do it. Bleh.
This looks so delicious I could lick the computer. But I won’t.
A day at the beach with this lovely shrimp cocktail would be an awesome day.
what a great idea! i love easy summer food that you can just stuff in the fridge and serve cold later!
I want to sit in the sun and eat this, please.
It is ridiculously cold here now, but I want this so bad! Definitely going on my summer to eat list!
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