This is where I live. About two hours north of a major cruise line stop (Mazatlan), just on the other side of the pond of a major vacation destination (Los Cabos), and 12 hours south of the United States border. Living in Mexico has had both its' perks and dissappointments. One huge benefit for living quite close to the coast in Mexico is the abundance of fresh seafood in all the markets. While growing up in Indiana and Tennessee, and also attending graduate school in Ohio, I NEVER had much interest in seafood. Who could grow an appreciation for seafood when you live in the middle of a huge country with no access to fresh markets? I remember that whenever my parents said that fish was on the dinner menu I always inwardly groaned and complained. The only seafood that I could enjoy eating was shrimp, usually in the form of shrimp cocktails. After living in Mexico for 4 years now, I have eaten dozens of fish filets (salmon, tuna, white fish, etc), peeled and deveined hundreds (if not thousands) of shrimp, swallowed a few whole oysters, and even gotten to enjoy octopus. All of the fresh seafood is so ridiculously inexpensive that it allows us to enjoy a seafood dish several nights of the week. Here is a great shrimp dish that provides an extreme twist on the classic shrimp cocktail appetizer.
Spicy Shrimp Appetizer
Ingredients
1/3 cup sriracha hot sauce
1/3 cup olive oil
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 handful fresh cilantro, chopped
1 teaspoon white sugar (some prefer to double)
salt, pepper
16-20 shrimps
1. Combine all ingredients together (except for shrimp). Mix well.
2. Pour marinade into a Ziplock storage bag and add shrimp. Shake to cover all shrimp in marinade.
3. Let shrimps marinate for 3-4 hours in the refrigerator.
4. Remove shrimps from marinade. Cook in skillet or put shrimp on skewers and cook over grill until shrimp is pink.
5. Heat the marinade and place in a small bowl for extra dipping. Sour cream also tastes really good with these shrimps.
Bon appetit!
3 comments:
Which is correct when using the plural form of shrimp: shrimps or shrimp?? I don't want to look like an idiot when writing out the recipe instructions. Both seem correct to me!
Oh gosh. Now I've looked at the word 'shrimp' for too long and it looks very very funny. Isn't that funny how that happens?
camarones? lol
Both are right. Same as "meat" or "meats"; "fish" or "fishes". It just depends if you want to describe them as a countable individuals, or a mass of it.
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