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INGREDIENTS:

  • 2-3 medium tomatillos
  • 1 jalapeño
  • 1 small onion, peeled and quartered
  • 2 large avocados
  • 1 lime, juiced
  • handful of chopped cilantro
  • salt to taste

The recipe is right here from Closet Cooking (one of my most FAVORITE cooking sites)!!!

 

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Your ingredients to cook on the grill. Take off the wrapping from the tomatillo, and peel onion.

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Cooked and ready to go in to the food processor…

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Grill on a medium to high heat…but don’t leave unattended 

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Peel the skin off the jalapeño, and chop the onion and tomatillo

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Everything cut and ready to whirl

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Add seasoning and cilantro and pulse it..

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Now add some Mexican Cream

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Like so

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VOILA

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Ceviche a la Lupita

Feeds 8 easily

Finished

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 mahi-mahi filet, thinly sliced then diced or similar mild fish
  • ½ lb med shrimp, deveined
  • 1 med pot with water, bring to boil
  • 10 key limes
  • 2 Roma tomatoes seeded & diced
  • ½ med onion, diced small
  • 1 bottle ketchup
  • 1 cup orange juice
  • 1 avocado, diced
  • ¼ tsp oregano
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp pepper

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Take diced mahi-mahi and put in bowl. Squeeze 7 of the 10 limes into the bowl and marinade, turning frequently for at least 10 mins.
  2. Take the shrimp and put into billing water for 2-3 mins then remove and dice, put into bowl with Mahi and stir and let sit for 5 mins.
  3. Take the diced tomato & diced onion and toss in bowl. Then add the chopped cilantro.
  4. Now, take the Mahi & Shrimp mixture and by the handful, take it out and “squeeze” the marinade out of it and then put into tomato mixture
  5. Once that is done, add the bottle of ketchup & then rinse out bottle with 1 cup of OJ and put into mixture, with oregano, S & P and then squeeze the last three limes and the diced avocado Stir it up and taste it.
  6. For those who want a little more “kick”, add some picante or hot sauce and then cover with saran wrap and put in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours and then VOILA!!!

Serve on a bed of lettuce, or in a cup with crackers…whatever you like!! Best part….it’s even better the 2nd day!  ENJOY!!!

DSC00116Marinade Mahi Mahi or whatever white fish you want

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Take diced shrimp and put into boiling water for 2-3 mins, drain and add to Mahi Mixture

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Mixed tomatoes & onion

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Add Cilantro

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Squeeze excess marinade from fish mixture and add to tomato mixture

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Add 1 bottle of ketchup to mixture

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Add 1 cup of OJ to Ketchup bottle then pour into mixture

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Add your last 3 limes

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Add Avocado and then season with Oregano, S & P

Finished

Put it in fridge and in 2-3 hours top it with sprigs of Cilantro and then ENJOY!!