Saturday, September 11, 2010

Marinade makes Ceviche

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I present to you Mexican food. If the hobby of international food certainly did not miss this one meal. Yes !! Ceviche (seh-vee-chay or seh-vee-chee) is raw fish which has been marinated in lemon and/or lime juice. Typical Mexican food. success.

Components
1 / 2 pound crab meat (imitation will do)
1 / 2 pound medium shrimp, small, peeled and deveined
lime juice
lemon juice
1 avocado, diced
1 tomato, diced
1 / 2 red onion, diced
cilantro
1 teaspoon Tabasco
1 cup vinegar v. Tea
salt to taste
pepper
tostada shells

In a saucepan, bring four quarts of water, salt to a boil hard. Add shrimp and cook for 1-2 minutes max (shrimp paste will do the rubber). Remove shrimp and place in a bowl of ice water to stop cooking immediately.

In glass or ceramic bowl, combine crab meat, chopped shrimp, lime juice and lemon. Cover and refrigerate for half an hour.

Combine red onion, chopped tomatoes, 1 teaspoon vinegar, 1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce, salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate for half an hour.

Before serving, add avocados and cilantro mixture. Serve on top of the tostada shell.

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