Coctel de camarones

Michelle D. writes in:

"Remember the yummy shrimp dish Brook brought to Kurt and Karen's? Well, I got the recipe from him and it is a cinch to make. This has become a summer staple at Casa Dargen. -M "

Brook is an awesome cook and always brings unusual and extremely tasty dishes to parties. He recently had a daiquiri party at his house where he made a variety of drinks from different kinds of fresh fruit - pineapples, strawberries, peaches, and so on. But the shrimp dish he brought to Kurt and Karen's was amazing. I think Big Bad Dad and I went back about three times for more of this.

After doing a search on the web, I found out that this dish is considered by some to be an aphrodisiac. I don't know about that but we did have a nice time at the party.

Coctel de Camarones

(The more you make the more friends will like you, so double away!)

Ingredients:

• 1 lb shrimp
• 1/2 cup lime juice
• 1/2 medium white onion diced
• 1/3 cup chopped cilantro (Michelle D. uses less)
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 2 tablespoons hot sauce
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 cup diced cucumber
• 1 small cubed avocado
• salt to taste
• limes cut into small wedges

Directions:

Mix up all these ingredients in a bowl and let it chill in the refrigerator for a little while. Serve with saltine crackers or corn chips for a traditional garnish. Michelle D. serves it with either flour tortillas or crunchy corn tortillas. She also

buys precooked shrimp with the tails on, and then takes the tails off herself. Also, Michelle uses more hot sauce than the recipe calls for, either Tamazula or Valentina with a few dashes of a hotter sauce.

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