Kyle’s Killer Crab-Lovers’ Ceviche Del Mar
This delicious and refreshing appetizer is a crowd-pleaser!
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 4 hours
- Total Time: 4 hours 15 mins
- Yield: 16 1x
- Category: Appetizer
- Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 pounds medium-sized shrimp (41–50 count bags), uncooked, peeled and deveined
- 1 pound lump crab meat (ready-to-eat)
- 1 large tomato, chopped
- 3 large cucumbers, peeled and cubed into 1/4-inch cubes
- 1/2 medium onion (your choice of white, yellow or red), peeled and chopped
- 3 Serrano chili peppers, finely diced (include seeds for a bit of spice)
- 1 bunch cilantro, leaves stripped from stems and finely diced (reserve some whole leaves for garnish)
- 12 ounces Clamato tomato cocktail (original flavor)
- 1 package (22 count) tostadas (pre-cooked, crispy; I used Guerrero brand)
- 1 tablespoon celery salt
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 1/2 cups lemon juice (about 6 fresh lemons, squeezed)
- 2 avocados, peeled and either sliced or chopped (for garnish)
Instructions
- Remove tails from shrimp and chop shrimp into 1/2-inch chunks.
- Place chopped shrimp into a 9″ x 13″ glass (non-reactive) pan in a single layer.
- Pour lemon juice over shrimp and marinate, covered, in the refrigerator for 4 hours.
- In the meantime, chop tomato, cucumber, onion, peppers and cilantro and add to a large mixing bowl.
- Add crab meat and Clamato; stir to combine.
- Add seasonings (celery salt, salt and pepper) and stir to combine; refrigerate until shrimp is ready.
- When shrimp is “cooked”, add the crab/ veggie mixture to the shrimp/lemon juice mixture and stir to combine.
- Serve immediately.
To Serve:
- Place tostado on salad plate.
- Using a slotted spoon, scoop about 1/4 cup of ceviche and add to tostada shell.
- Garnish with sliced avocado and extra cilantro leaves.
Notes
If not serving immediately, cover and refrigerate until ready to eat. This recipe made so much (there were only 6 of us eating it), that I ate it over several days. So, it keeps well in the refrigerator for a few days. However, the cucumbers start to lose their crunch after the first day, but it is still delicious!
Find it online: https://tootsweet4two.com/kyles-killer-ceviche-del-mar/
