Mexican Shrimp Cocktail

Ingredients

• ⅓ cup Spanish onion, chopped
• ¼ cup freshly squeezed lime juice
• 1 pound chilled cooked medium shrimp – peeled, deveined, and tails removed
• 2 roma (plum) tomatoes, chopped
• 1 cucumber, finely chopped
• 1 stalk celery, finely chopped
• 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons ground black pepper
• 1 ½ cups chilled tomato and clam juice cocktail (such as Clamato®)
• 1 cup chilled ketchup (such as Heinz®)
• 1 bunch fresh cilantro – stems discarded and leaves chopped
• 2 tablespoons hot pepper sauce (such as Valentina®)
• 2 avocados – peeled, pitted, and chopped

Directions

1- Gather all ingredients

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.

5- Gently fold in avocados. Stir in onion mixture. Cover and chill thoroughly, at least 1 hour.

ENJOY!