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Tropical Shrimp Cocktail
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Tropical Shrimp Cocktail

Recipes »  Appetizers  »  Seafood

Forget traditional cocktail sauce. These are full of tangy mango, delicate shrimp, and hold a tangy, spicy surprise.

"Excelllent! Really went over big with the crowd. Tripled the recipe and still came out great! I added thin slices of avacado to the top for a little pizzaz." - pegleg13

Yield: 6 Ready in 20 minutes

Cuisine: AsianMain Ingredient: Shrimp

(3.8, 5) 75% would make again (reviews)

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Servings          
Original recipe makes 6
1/2 poundSalad shrimp; cooked
2 largeMangos; Ripe
1/2 Cantaloupe
1 mediumTomato
1/4 headIceberg lettuce
4 ouncesThai Sweet Chilli sauce; (Maggi is a good brand)
2 mediumLimes; Mexican or Key limes
4 sprigsCilantro

Tropical Shrimp Cocktail Preparation

Thaw the shrimp if needed but keep chilled. Cut the flesh from the mangos and dice into 1/2 inch cubes. Similarly dice the melon. Cut up and seed the tomato then dice it as well. Finely shred the lettuce.

In a large glass or clear bowl build the cocktail. Start with a bed of lettuce, Then scatter layers of shrimp, mango, melon, and tomato as you fill the glass. Every couple of layers drizzle some of the sweet chilli sauce and some lime juice over the mixture.

Decorate with a few leaves of cilantro before serving. Sometimes I rim the glass with a mixture of salt and powdered red chilies. You can also sprinkle some Mexican "Acidito" (a mixture of salt, chili, and citric acid) over the top if you like.

Each (app 1 cup) serving contains an estimated:

Cals: 128, FatCals: 8, TotFat: 1g

SatFat: 0g, PolyFat: 1g, MonoFat: 0g

Chol: 74mg, Na: 242mg, K: 483mg

TotCarbs: 23g, Fiber: 3g, Sugars: 18g

NetCarbs: 20g, Protein: 9g

Notes

Thai Sweet Chilli sauce is kind of a cross between Chinese sweet &sour and a Hot pepper sauce. Don't try and substitute seafood cocktail sauce or any ketchup based concoction. It just won't work. Take the effort to find the right stuff, it will be worth it.

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Calories Per Serving: 114
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Tropical Shrimp Cocktail Reviews

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6 months, 4 days, 20 hours, 28 minutes ago
realy good ; a nice change from the usual
4 years, 3 weeks, 6 days, 8 hours, 26 minutes ago
Excelllent! Really went over big with the crowd. Tripled the recipe and still came out great! I added thin slices of avacado to the top for a little pizzaz.
4 years, 3 weeks, 6 days, 12 hours, 37 minutes ago
[I made edits to this recipe.]
5 years, 5 months, 3 weeks, 3 days, 6 hours, 51 minutes ago
Thai Sweet Chilli sauce is kind of a cross between Chinese sweet &sour and a Hot pepper sauce. Don't try and substitute seafood cocktail sauce or any ketchup based concoction. It just won't work. Take the effort to find the right stuff, it will be worth it.
[I posted this recipe.]
8 years, 3 weeks, 2 days, 54 minutes ago

Tags

  1. Low-fat
  2. Spring
  3. Simple - Easy
  4. Hors dOeuvres
  5. Brunch
  6. Appetizers
  7. Shrimp
  8. Asian
  9. Summer
  10. Bold

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