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Best Tostadas de Camaron (Battered Fried Shrimp Tostadas)

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These Tostadas de Camaron (Battered Fried Shrimp Tostadas) are hyper delicious and ultra satisfying for any tostada craving! Topped with shredded lettuce and chopped cilantro.  Then finished off with a delectable Jalapeño Tartar Sauce, hyper tasty Tomatillo Pico de Gallo and lime juice! 

Tostadas de Camaron topped with shredded lettuce, jalapeno tartar sauce, tomatillo pico de gallo and cilantro, served on a white platter with lime wedges.

These Tostadas de Camaron (Shrimp Tostadas) are just absolutely delicious! They’re perfect as a hearty snack, weekend meal and perfect for a tostada party.

Gather a few friends and set up a tostada bar station! Surround a table with plenty of toppings and be ready to feed and entertain a crowd completely stress free!…

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Camarones Empanizados (Battered Fried Shrimp)

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These Camarones Empanizados (Battered Fried Shrimp) are hyper delicious.  Perfectly crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.  This batter will be one of the best batters you will come across for the most perfect crispy succulent tender shrimp fry!  This dish is perfect as an appetizer or served as a meal with a side of fries or salad.

Camarones Empanizados (Battered Shrimp) served with jalapeno mayo sauce, mayo-ketchup with lime wedges on a white platter.

If you’re a seafood lover like me and especially love fried battered shrimp, then guaranteed you will absolutely love these Camarones Empanizados!  These fried battered shrimp is guaranteed to become your favorite go to recipe!

These jumbo shrimps are seasoned perfectly and the batter is simply divine for these shrimps!

It’s thick and light all at the same time.  Perfect for coating the shrimps to get a delicious crispy coating but certainly not bready and heavy!…

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Mofongo con Camarones

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Mofongo con Camarones or Mofongo de Camarones (Mofongo with Shrimps) is a hyper delicious Puerto Rican dish made with a garlic plantain mash and served with shrimps in a salsa criolla sauce.  One of the best dishes you will ever have!

Mofongo con Camarones (Garlic Plantain Mash with Shrimp) served in a pilon (wooden mortar and pestle) and topped with salsa criolla.

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What is Mofongo

Mofongo (Garlic Plantain Mash) is the quintessential dish of Puerto Rico.  It is by far one of our most loved dishes and with good reason.

Guy Fieri, from the Food Network claims it is the “best fried thing he ever ate!”

Mofongo is also known as “Mofongo Boricua.” 

This delicious Puerto Rican dish is simply fried green plantains that are then mashed with a garlic puree or paste,  “chicharrones” (pork cracklings) and olive oil.

This simple combination is phenomenal!

However, there is the Mofongo Relleno, which simply means a mofongo that is stuffed with a delicious filling, such as with shrimps, pork or chicken.

Yes!  Add shrimp and this already delicious dish somehow gets even more delicious.  Mofongo con Camarones or Mofongo de Camarones is just simply delicious!…

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Camarones a la Crema

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Camarones a la Crema (Shrimps in a Chipotle Cream Sauce) is a delicious shrimp dish made in a creamy chipotle cream sauce that is cooked in twenty minutes or less, making it the perfect weeknight meal.  Serve with rice or veggies for a full savory meal or even as an appetizer.

Camarones a la Crema served with white rice and limes on a white platter.

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Camarones a la Crema (Shrimps in a Cream Sauce) are just well…absolutely delicious!

I don’t know exactly what it is about any kind of seafood in a cream sauce that just makes the dish so comforting and delicious.

This dish is just that.  Comforting and delicious!  Enjoy this recipe as a meal or choose to serve as an appetizer….

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Camarones al Ajillo

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Camarones al Ajillo (Puerto Rican Garlic Shrimp) are cooked in a delicious broth of butter, garlic, lime, white wine and cilantro or parsley.  Serve as an appetizer, with pasta or on top of rice.  Yummylicious!!

Delicious Camarones al Ajillo cooked in a cast iron skillet.

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If you’re a seafood and shrimp lover like I am, then you will love these Camarones al Ajillo (Puerto Rican Garlic Shrimp)!

These are delicious, succulent plump shrimp in a garlicky, butter, lime, cilantro and wine broth that are to die for!

You will find Camarones al Ajillo on the menu in many restaurants in Puerto Rico especially along the coast and the Metropolitan Area of San Juan….

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