Authentic Aguachile De Camaron
The BEST recipe for Aguachile De Camaron! The shrimp is marinated with a sauce made of jalapeños & serrano peppers, cilantro and lime juice. Easy, healthy & delicious!
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- No separate cook time
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 lb good quality raw shrimp. (It's okay to use previously frozen shrimp)
- 1 jalapeño pepper or 2 serrano chilies if you like it more spicy (stemmed and cut into ¼ -inch pieces)
- ¼ cup fresh cilantro
- 2 tablespoons water
- 6 tablespoons fresh juice from 4 limes
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- ¼ cup thinly sliced red onion
- 1 cucumber (thinly sliced)
- 1 sliced avocado
- Tostadas or corn tortilla chips for serving
Instructions
- 1
Slice the shrimp in half lengthwise and discard any veins. The process is to open it like a butterfly and not cutting all the way through.
- 2
Transfer to a large dish or bowl and cover with plastic. Refrigerate while we prepare the rest of the ingredients.
- 3
In a blender, add the chiles, cilantro, water & lime juice. Puree thoroughly.
- 4
Add the aguachile mixture to the shrimps. Add the red onion and cucumber at this point if you would like. Otherwise, you can just garnish it when serving.
- 5
Sprinkle some salt and pepper to taste then place in refrigerator for 10 to 20 minutes.
- 6
Serve right away topped with sliced avocado, cucumbers and red onion. Eat with tostadas, tortilla chips, or saltines.