Spicy Mexican Shrimp Cocktail

Cooked shrimp are chilled in a tomato-juice cocktail with avocado, red onion, and cilantro. The addition of habanero and jalapeno chiles brings the heat.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 15 mins
• Calories: 226 Calories

Ingredients

• ¼ cup fresh lime juice
• salt to taste
• ¼ cup ketchup
• 1 tablespoon crushed garlic
• ¼ cup prepared horseradish
• 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce, or to taste
• ½ cup finely chopped red onion
• 1 jalapeno pepper, diced
• ¼ cup fresh cilantro, chopped
• 1 habanero pepper, diced
• 2 pounds cooked shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1 ½ cups tomato and clam juice cocktail
• 1 ripe avocado - peeled, pitted, and chopped

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Mix shrimp, red onion, habanero pepper, cilantro, jalapeno pepper, and garlic in a large bowl; add tomato and clam juice cocktail, lime juice, ketchup, horseradish, and hot pepper sauce and stir. Season mixture with salt. Gently stir avocado into the mixture taking care to not mash the avocado.

Step 2

Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours before serving.