Gulf Coast Campechana
This recipe is simple. Prep the ingredients, put everything into a bowl, and mix gently. Keep cold and enjoy!
Ingredients
Vegetable Ingredients
- ¼ cup olives, green, sliced
- ¼ cup onion, white, peeled, and minced
- ¼ cup parsley, chopped fine
- ¼ cup cilantro, chopped fine
- 1 tbsp oregano, fresh chopped
- ¼ cup tomato, seeded and diced
- ½ cup hearts of palm, sliced (optional)
- 2 whole Hatch (Sandia) chilies, roasted, peeled (substitute jalapeno or serrano)
- 2 large cloves of garlic, smashed and minced
- 1 whole avocado, peeled, pitted, and diced
Liquid Ingredients and Seasonings
- ¼ cup avocado oil (substitute any neutral-flavored oil of your choice)
- ¼ cup lime juice
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- ⅓ cup ketchup preferably, Heinz Organic
- ¼ cup chili sauce, Heinz is fine
- ¼ cup Clamato tomato juice (Clamato is four parts tomato juice 1 part clam juice if it is not available in your area)
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tsp Tabasco-style hot sauce
- 2 pinch of salt
- 2 pinch of coarse grind black pepper
Seafood Ingredients
- ½ pound ice shrimp, cooked (Any cooked shrimp can be substituted, chop them into bite-sized pieces.)
- ½ pound lump crab meat, cleaned and picked over
Instructions
Prepare the Base
- Prep the first nine ingredients and place them into a medium or large mixing bowl. Next, add all the liquid ingredients along with the salt and pepper. Reserve
When Ready to Serve
- Add the avocado oil to the mix and prep the fresh diced avocado. Dice the avocado, then add to the mixture along with the lemon and lime juice.
- Finally, add the shrimp and crab. Gently mix to combine.
- Serve in individual portions in a chilled parfait dish. Alternatively, serve as a savory cold dip with crackers or tortilla chips.
Notes
This recipe can be prepped and kept on hand until you need it. Add all of the ingredients except the avocado, lump crab meat, shrimp, and hearts of palm. The base will stay fresh if tightly sealed for some time. Add the fresh avocado, lump crab meat, shrimp, and hearts of palm just before serving.
Feel free to add extras like cooked octopus or sliced cooked scallops.
This dish is excellent with warm fried tortilla chips and ice-cold Mexican beer.