Skip to content
Savour the SensesRecipes for happiness
  • Home
  • About Me
  • Recipes

Spicy Adobo Shrimp Cocktail

July 16, 2011 13 comments Article Appetizers, Recipes, Seafood

This spring I worked at Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage for a few months before heading to Africa. After being in restaurants for so long, this job seemed unbearably slow at times. In order to pass the time, I would read through all of the cooking magazines at the registers for recipe ideas; probably not what I was supposed to be doing in my down time, but nobody ever said anything. Over these few months I accumulated a giant stack of torn out magazine pages and recipe notes. I am still trying to work my way through them without adding too much to the stack.

This recipe is one that I found in Gourmet magazine. My love of avocado and spicy food attracted me to this one. Shrimp cocktail is a great appetizer for guests and is a great summer dish. This specific version of shrimp cocktail adds some adobo spice with fresh avocado to cool it down. The fresh cucumber gives it a nice crunch as well. This is great by itself, or you can cut the shrimp into smaller pieces and serve it as a sort of salsa with chips. I really like this recipe because it is healthy and can be tossed together very quickly.

Spicy Adobo Shrimp Cocktail

5 from 1 vote
Print Recipe Pin Recipe
Servings 4 -6
Calories 216 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 3/4 lb shrimp peeled & deveined
  • 1 rib of celery sliced
  • 1 avocado chopped
  • 1 cucumber peeled & chopped
  • 1 to mato seeded & hopped
  • 3 tbsp white onion minced
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 2 tbsp cilantro chopped
  • 1/4 cup ketchup
  • 3 tbsp fresh lime juice
  • 1 tsp adobo sauce from a can of chipotles in adobo
  • 2 tbsp water
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Instructions
 

  • Bring a salted pot of water to boil and cook the shrimp until cooked through (about 3 minutes).
  • Drain the water and chill the shrimp until cold (about 10 minutes).
  • Combine the remaining ingredients and gently stir until evenly coated.
  • Stir in shrimp before serving. NOTE: If serving as a salsa, chop the shrimp before stirring them in.

logo
Food Advertising by
Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Related Posts:

  • Skirt-Steak-Arugula-Jus
    New York Restaurants: The Modern
  • The Awaiting Table School of Cookery in Italy
    The Awaiting Table School of Cookery in Italy
  • Ramp-Pizza
    New York Restaurants: North End Grill
  • Ma-Peche_Sweetbreads
    New York Restaurants: Ma Peche
  • Homemade Chinese Soup Dumplings (Xiao Long Bao)
    Chinese Soup Dumplings (Xiao Long Bao)
  • Mexican-Cayenne-Brownies
    Aaron Sanchez's Mexican Spiced Brownies with Cayenne Pepper
Tags: adobo, avocado, cilantro, cocktail, cucumber, easy, healthy, quick, shrimp, spicy, summer, tomato

13 comments

  • Adora's Box July 16, 2011 at 12:56 pm

    Indeed perfect for summer. I love the vegetable mix (especially the celery and cilantro) plus the added bonus of shrimps, my fave. Lovely!

  • Natalya July 16, 2011 at 1:02 pm

    This looks so good! I’m definitely going to try it soon. Thanks!

  • Erin @ Dinners, Dishes and Desserts July 16, 2011 at 4:34 pm

    Great summer recipe! Love avocado’s and spicy food!

  • createwithmom July 16, 2011 at 9:06 pm

    delicious combination of flavours looks wonderful

  • Cooking with Michele July 17, 2011 at 5:40 am

    I have torn pages from 30 years of clipping. Truth is you might never get to them as you start just making up your own recipes. That’s why my cookbooks seem to just decorate that one wall of the house!

  • Skylar July 17, 2011 at 7:36 am

    Yum, looks delicious. Avocado adds so much to almost any dish, and this sound wonderful

  • Amy @ Hungry Hungry Hippos July 17, 2011 at 8:04 am

    This looks awesome!! I have been looking for new things to do with shrimp! Unfortunately I can’t get avocados in India regularly, but the next time I happen upon one I will definitely make this recipe.

  • Carolyn July 17, 2011 at 4:04 pm

    This is so my kind of recipe, with all the adobo, the shrimp, the avocado. Thanks for sharing! And if it was so quiet, I think it was okay that you were reading the magazines!

  • RavieNomNoms July 18, 2011 at 7:42 am

    Wow!! That looks so incredible! All of these ingredients are some of my favorites, nicely done!

  • purabi naha July 18, 2011 at 8:26 pm

    5 stars
    This is so different! I haven’t seen adobo metamorphed in this manner. This is so creative! Saving the recipe.

  • kita July 19, 2011 at 6:06 am

    Dont tell anyone, but I bring a stack of magazines with me on slow days sometimes just to catch up. Its not the proper thing to do but I can’t bring it all of the time… This looks like it was worth sneaking a peek for! I love me some shrimp!

  • Joy July 23, 2011 at 2:58 pm

    The shrimp cocktail looks great.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Rate This Recipe!




Categories

  • Culinary 101 (8)
  • Guest Posts (24)
  • Quotes (1)
  • Recipes (344)
    • Appetizers (49)
    • Bread (2)
    • Breakfast (28)
    • Dessert (41)
    • Drinks (12)
    • Fruit (35)
    • Lunch (94)
    • Main Course (184)
    • Meat (110)
    • Salad (12)
    • Sauces (70)
    • Seafood (57)
    • Side Dishes (54)
    • Snacks (38)
    • Soup (29)
    • Vegetables (108)
  • Restaurants (18)
  • Travel (15)
  • Uncategorized (5)
  • Updates (12)

Tags

appetizer asian asparagus avocado baked baking basil beef bread breakfast carrot cheese chicken cilantro coconut dessert dinner easy fish garlic guest post healthy italian lemon lime mexican onion pasta pork potato quick recipe red pepper rice salmon sauce seafood shrimp soup spicy spinach sweet tomato vegetarian zucchini
logo
Food Advertisements by
logo
Food Advertisements by
logo
Food Advertisements by
my foodgawker gallery
Certified Yummly Recipes on Yummly.com

Foodista Drink Blog of the Day Badge
logo
Food Advertising by
Privacy Policy

Copyright Savour the Senses 2025 | Theme by ThemeinProgress | Proudly powered by WordPress