Mexican Shrimp Cocktail (+ Stuffed Avocados)

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Mexican Shrimp Cocktail (+ Stuffed Avocados)

Mexican Shrimp Cocktail stuffed into avocados with tons of veggies in a spicy sauce. Serve Mexican Shrimp Cocktail with tortilla chips or stuff into avocados – sure to become a summer dinner favorite! Just 7 grams of net carbs in this dinner recipe!

Prep Time15

Rest Time15

Course: Fish & Seafood

Servings:

Calories: 264kcal

Author: Marzia

Equipment

Ingredients

1 pound cooked shrimp chopped
1 cup chopped tomatoes I remove the seeds
½ cup diced cucumbers
½ cup diced red onions
1 jalapeno deseeded and diced (see notes)
¼ cup chopped cilantro
3 tablespoons shrimp cocktail sauce
2 tablespoons hot sauce such as Tapatio or Cholula
2-3 tablespoons lime juice
1-2 teaspoons prepared horseradish optional
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
½ teaspoon kosher salt
½ teaspoon sugar
¼ teaspoon black pepper
2-4 Avocados depending on if you're serving them in halves or dicing and adding it

Instructions

COMBINE: In a large bowl, combine the chopped shrimp, and add the tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, jalapeno, and cilantro.
MIX: In a small bowl combine cocktail sauce, hot sauce, lime juice, cayenne, 1 tsp horseradish, salt, sugar, and black pepper. Stir until all the ingredients come together. Taste and adjust with more horseradish, sugar, or hot sauce as desired. Pour the cocktail sauce mixture over the chopped ingredients. If you aren’t serving the cocktail in avocados, you can dice 1 avocado and add it to the shrimp cocktail if you’d like. Stir to combine.
COOL: Cover and refrigerate the shrimp cocktail for a minimum of 15 minutes and ideally, 30 minutes if time allows. This allows all the flavors to come together.
SERVE: Serve the shrimp cocktail in a bowl with lots of tortilla chips on the side. Or you can serve in avocados. Cut them in half and remove the seed. You can scoop out a bit of the avocado flesh so that you can fill it up more if you prefer. Fill the avocados and serve immediately. Enjoy!

Notes

To make this spicier you can up the number of jalapenos to two or three.
Like your cocktail saucier? You can up the amount of cocktail sauce you use! I typically like to use ⅓ cup cocktail sauce when I'm serving these with tortilla chips. I use less when I'm serving these in avocados!

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