Puerto Rican Shrimp Ceviche

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When you make this Puerto Rican Shrimp Ceviche recipe, full of refreshing, vibrant and tarty flavors, your palate will never forget it! Serve as an appetizer with sliced green plantains, tortilla chips or as a main dish on top of rice.

Prep Time10

Cook Time30

Course: Appetizer, Lunch

Cuisine: Puerto Rican

Servings:

Calories: 267kcal

Author: Catherine Arena

Ingredients

1 lb raw or cooked shrimp small or large shrimp peeled and deveined
1 small red onion peeled and thinly sliced or chopped
2 tomatoes chopped
1 whole red pimiento pepper chopped
½ green bell pepper chopped
3 cloves garlic thinly sliced or finely chopped
6 limes juiced or ½ cup of fresh lime juice
½ bunch cilantro rinsed and chopped
¼ cup light olive oil
2 tablespoon ketchup
salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

For Raw Shrimp

Rinse under cool water, remove shells and devein.
If shrimps are large, chop into smaller pieces. If shrimps are small, you can keep whole.
Add shrimps to a bowl or container and refrigerate until ready to use.

For Frozen Shrimp

Add frozen shrimp to a bowl of very cold water and allow shrimp to thaw in the refrigerator.
Once thawed, drain the bowl of water and discard.
Deshell and devein shrimps if needed.
Rinse under cool water. Set in a bowl and refrigerate until ready to use.

Veggies and Limes

Rinse the tomatoes, pepper and cilantro under cool water.
Chop pepper, tomatoes and cilantro.
Thinly slice onions and garlic cloves.
Juice the limes and set juice aside.
Add the vegetables to a large bowl.

Making Ceviche with Raw Shrimp

Remove the shrimp from the refrigerator, add the lime juice and onions.
Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes, add the other ingredients, olive oil, ketchup, salt, pepper to taste and stir well together.
If adding avocado cubes, add now.
Cover and refrigerate for another 15 minutes.
Ceviche is ready to serve.
PLEASE NOTE: "Cooking" time will vary depending on the size of your shrimp. The smaller the shrimp, the less time it will need to marinate in citrus juices.
For shrimp that are ready to eat, look for shrimp to be pink on the outside and opaque on the inside.
Serve with fried green plantain chips or tortilla chips.

Making Ceviche with Frozen Shrimp

Remove the shrimp from the refrigerator and add the lime juice, olive oil, ketchup and all the other ingredients.
Add the salt and pepper to taste and stir all ingredients well.
If adding avocado cubes, add now.
Cover and marinate shrimp for 15-30 minutes to allow all flavors to combine.
Ceviche is ready to serve.
Serve with fried green plantain chips or tortilla chips.

Notes

PLEASE NOTE: "Cooking" time will vary depending on the size of your shrimp. The smaller the shrimp, the less time it will need to marinate in citrus juices.

For shrimp that are ready to eat, look for shrimp to be pink on the outside and opaque on the inside.

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