Monday, April 5, 2010

Zocalo's Shrimp Cocktail


Even with all the great food down here, I still miss my favorite shrimp cocktail from Zocalo in Pacific Grove. Diane Wells, Koryn Stone and I used to get this every Wednesday.
Diane, who is a great food experimenter said she had made something that was as close as could be. The secret was Clamato! So here's the recipe:
1 avocado
2 tomatoes
1/2 cucumber
small white onion, chopped
cilantro to taste, chopped fine
cooked shrimp (Zocalo uses big ones, and so will I next time) I boiled mine with garlic salt and a bit of cumin.
lemon juice to taste
splash of apple cider vinegar
Clamato juice
Yucatan Sunshine, or any other hot sauce, to taste
Chop the onion, tomato, cucumber, avocado, cilantro. Combine in a bowl and pour Clamato over the top. Use a bunch; this shrimp cocktail is more like a cold soup. Add the shrimp...make sure they are cold. Splash some apple cider vinegar and a few tablespoons of lemon juice and he hot sauce (optional). Heat up a big flour tortilla and go to Mexican Food heaven!

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