Shrimp Ceviche with Fresh Fries

Ingredients (Ceviche)

• 1/2 of a red bell pepper

• 1/2 of a cucumber

• 1/2 of a jicama bulb

• 1 small or 1/2 of a large shallot

• 2-3 cloves of garlic

• a handful of fresh cilantro (to yield approx 1/4 cup chopped)

• Juice of 2 lemons

• 1 avocado

• Sea salt & pepper to taste

• 1 lb cooked, peeled & deveined shrimp (preferably wild)

• Juice of 1 lime

Ingredients (Fresh Fries aka Jicama Sticks)

• jicama

• lime juice

• sea salt

• chili powder/cayenne pepper if you like it spicy!

Variations

• Mango

• Pineapple chunks

• Orange or yellow bell peppers

Directions

1. Finely dice the red bell pepper, cucumber, jicama, shallot and garlic and place into a large mixing bowl. 

2. Chop the cilantro and split open and dice the avocado, scooping out the chunks into the bowl and mix to incorporate all ingredients gently so as not to mash the avocado.

3. Chop the shrimp into desired bite sizes – either into 3-4 small chunks each for scooping with some organic corn chips, or leave larger pieces if you’re going to enjoy the ceviche with a spoon or in lettuce wraps.

4. Gently mix shrimp in to the rest of the ingredients and allow the mixture to chill all together in the fridge for at least 30 minutes before serving.

5. Add sea salt and pepper to taste. I recommend cutting the extra jicama into “fresh fries” and serving them along side the ceviche.

6. To make fresh fries, simply squeeze lime juice over jicama sticks cut to the size of French fries and then sprinkle with sea salt and chili powder.

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Balanced Bites says this is the perfect dish to accompany your favorite guacamole recipe! Many of these ingredients can be increased or decreased completely to taste or preference, this is cooking, not baking, so please feel free to play a bit!

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