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Seafood Campechana

Seafood Campechana

A seafood cocktail recipe with crab meat and shrimp from Goode Company Seafood Restaurant
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Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 10
Calories 174 kcal

Ingredients
  

Vegetable Ingredients
  • ½ cup Anaheim chili pepper or poblano pepper (roasted, peeled, and chopped)
  • ¼ cup sweet onion, diced
  • ½ cup fresh tomatoes, seeded and diced
  • ¼ cup fresh cilantro, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
  • ¼ cup pitted green olives, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon fresh oregano, chopped
  • ¼ cup fresh parsley, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon serrano (or jalapeno) pepper, chopped
  • 1 avocado, peeled and chopped
Sauce ingredients
  • ⅓ cup olive oil
  • ½ cup ketchup
  • ½ cup sriracha hot chili sauce
  • ¼ cup fresh lime juice
  • 1 cup Clamato juice
  • ½ teaspoon salt
Seafood Ingredients
  • ½ pound shrimp, boiled and peeled
  • ½ pound jumbo lump crab meat (pasteurized and cleaned

Instructions
 

Directions for Roasting Anaheim Chili Pepper
  • Preheat the oven to the broiler setting and move the oven rack 3-4 inches from the broiler element.
  • Cut the Anaheim chili pepper in half lengthwise. Cut off and discard the stem, and pull out any ribs; discard them.
  • Remove seeds.
  • Place cut side down on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a greased baking sheet.
  • Broil until pepper is charred and blistered, approximately 10 minutes.
  • Remove the pepper from the oven and place it in a bowl, then cover it tightly with plastic wrap.
  • Let sit for 20 minutes until cool.
  • Peel off the charred skin from the pepper.
Directions for Campechana
  • Place all vegetable ingredients except avocado in a mixing bowl. Stir to mix.
  • Add all the sauce ingredients and stir well to mix.
  • Stir in the shrimp and gently fold in the crab meat and avocado.
  • Serve with tortilla chips.

Notes

Chili Sauce

Huy Fong Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce was used in this recipe. Do not substitute a sweet chili sauce in this recipe.

Tomato Clam Juice

Clamato is a tomato-clam cocktail brand made by Motts and located in the juice aisle.

Crab

If fresh lump crab meat is unavailable, use refrigerated crab meat such as Phillips Jumbo crab meat. It is typically found in the refrigerated section of the meat or seafood department in grocery stores. Check the crab meat and remove any cartilage before using it.

Prep Ahead

You can prepare most of this recipe a day ahead of time by roasting the Anaheim pepper and mixing together all ingredients except avocado, shrimp, and crab meat. Store in the refrigerator, then add the freshly chopped avocado and seafood before serving.

Yield

This recipe makes 10-12 servings.

Recipe Source

This recipe was adapted from the Fork and Cork of Chron.com.

Nutrition

Calories: 174kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 10gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0.001gCholesterol: 46mgSodium: 940mgPotassium: 325mgFiber: 2gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 393IUVitamin C: 21mgCalcium: 47mgIron: 1mg
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