Description
Fresh avocado shrimp salsa made with chopped shrimp, ripe avocados, tomatoes, cilantro, cucumber, and lime juice. This chilled seafood appetizer is bright, refreshing, and perfect with tortilla chips.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound cooked shrimp, peeled, deveined, and chopped
- 2 medium tomatoes, seeded and chopped
- 2 medium ripe avocados, peeled and chopped
- 1 cup minced fresh cilantro
- 1 medium sweet red pepper, chopped
- 3/4 cup thinly sliced green onions
- 1/2 cup chopped seeded peeled cucumber
- 3 tablespoons lime juice
- 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- Tortilla chips for serving
Instructions
- Chop the cooked shrimp into small bite size pieces.
- Seed and chop the tomatoes.
- Peel and chop the ripe avocados.
- Finely chop the cilantro, sweet red pepper, green onions, cucumber, and jalapeno pepper.
- Place the shrimp, tomatoes, avocados, cilantro, red pepper, green onions, cucumber, and jalapeno in a large bowl.
- Add lime juice, salt, and black pepper.
- Gently stir until all ingredients combine evenly.
- Serve immediately with tortilla chips.
Notes
- Wear disposable gloves when handling jalapeno peppers to avoid skin irritation.
- Use ripe but firm avocados for the best texture.
- Serve immediately for the freshest color and flavor.
- Chill for 10 minutes before serving if desired.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: No-Cook
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/4 cup
- Calories: 52
- Sugar: 1
- Sodium: 133
- Fat: 3
- Saturated Fat: 0
- Unsaturated Fat: 2
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 3
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 5
- Cholesterol: 33