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This recipe has now supplanted all others as my husband’s favorite, it is light, colorful and so very tasty so I am happy to make it whenever he asks. This recipe was the result of my needing a simple fun date night meal for the two of us that we could enjoy making together. In our house most nights my husband sits at the bar in the kitchen entertaining me as I make dinner, he also helps by writing down ingredients and taking photos for this blog. On date night we add a few cocktails and I like to pass the actual cooking part of the meal over to him and his grill. A trip earlier in the day to the grocery store yielded ripe mango and avocados plus my Cilantro plant was in dire need of a haircut. And is how I concocted this wonderful meal for us.
12-20 Medium or large shrimp peeled and deveined
Marinade
Juice of one lime
1 shot of tequila (if you don’t have tequila add juice of a second lime)
2 tsp fresh cilantro diced
Half a diced and seeded jalapeño
1 tsp Adobo season salt
¼ tsp cayenne pepper
1 tbsp olive oil
Salsa
Juice of half a lime
2 tsp fresh cilantro diced
Half a diced and seeded jalapeño
2 mangoes
2 Hass avocados
½ cup of jicama diced
½ cup purple onion
1 tomato seeded and chopped
Small drizzle of olive oil
1 tsp adobo season salt
Salt and pepper to taste
The salsa is pretty simple you just chop everything up and toss it together. Be gentle so that the avocado does not bruise. I try to chop things close to the same size so it’s easy to eat. Not everyone uses jicama often, so remember these suckers are hard, be careful you don’t get cut if your knife slips. Cut away all the rough outside skin on the jicama before you dice it for the salsa. If you can’t find jicama you could use apple, Asian pear or cucumber as an alternative.
Cilantro Rice
2-4 servings of brown jasmine rice (white jasmine rice would work too)
Juice of half a lime
½ cup of cilantro diced
Cook the rice per the package directions. If you are using long grain conventional rice you might need to start the rice cooking before you do anything else in this dish so check your cooking time. Mix the lime juice and cilantro into the cooked rice right before you serve it so that the herbs don’t wilt.
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