Authentic Mexican Shrimp Cocktail (Coctel de Camarones estilo Mexicano)

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup spanish onion, chopped
• 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
• pound chilled cooked medium shrimp - peeled, deveined, and tails removed
• roma (plum) tomatoes, chopped
• cucumber, finely chopped
• stalk celery, finely chopped
• jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped
• teaspoon ssalt
• teaspoon sground black pepper
• 1/2 cup schilled tomato and clam juice cocktail (such as Clamato®)
• cup chilled ketchup (such as Heinz®)
• bunch fresh cilantro - stems discarded and leaves chopped
• tablespoon shot pepper sauce (such as Valentina®)
• avocados - peeled, pitted, and chopped

Instructions

1. Gather all ingredients. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
2. Mix onion with lime juice in a small bowl and allow to stand for 10 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, toss shrimp, roma tomatoes, cucumber, celery, jalapeno, salt, and black pepper in a medium bowl until thoroughly combined.
4. Whisk tomato and clam juice cocktail, ketchup, cilantro, and hot pepper sauce in a separate bowl; stir dressing into shrimp mixture. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
5. Gently fold in avocados. Stir in onion mixture. Cover and chill thoroughly, at least 1 hour. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
6. Enjoy! Dotdash Meredith Food Studios