Best Prawn Avocado Escabèche Recipes

Shrimp with Avocado

Provided by Sandra Lee

Time 20m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

1/2 pound cooked bay shrimp
1 lime, juiced
1/2 cup store bought pico de gallo
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro leaves
1 avocado, diced
Salt and pepper

Steps:

In a medium bowl, combine shrimp, lime juice, pico de gallo, and cilantro. Let stand 5 to 10 minutes. Add diced avocado and toss to combine. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Serve immediately.

Escabeche image

Provided by Food Network

Categories appetizer

Time P2DT45m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 16

Salt and pepper
Flour, for dusting
3 pounds grouper or sea bass, skin off, cut into 4 to 5 ounce fillets
Canola oil, for frying
1 red onion, julienne
2 red peppers, julienne
2 yellow peppers, julienne
1 carrot, peeled sliced in thin rounds
4 cloves garlic, sliced thin
1/4 jalapeno chile, minced
1 tablespoon ketchup
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoon peppercorns
1 shot hot pepper sauce
2 avocados, peeled, pitted and sliced lengthwise into1/8-inch slices, tossed with lime juice and seasoned with salt

Steps:

Season fish with salt and pepper, and dust with flour. Heat a skillet and add canola oil to it. Saute the fish until brown on both sides. Remove from the pan and place in a deep pan.
Remove some of the canola oil from the saute pan, and lower the heat to low, add all the vegetables and cook until soft and translucent. Add the ketchup and cook 1 more minute.
Remove from the heat and add all other ingredients, except the avocado. Cover the fish with all ingredients and allow to cool to room temperature. Cover and place in refrigerator for 2 days. Serve with avocado slices.

Shrimp in Escabèche image

Provided by Maggie Ruggiero

Yield Makes 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 small red onion, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced crosswise
1/2 cup distilled white vinegar
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
2/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
2 Turkish bay leaves or 1 California
2 garlic cloves, smashed
1 teaspoon black peppercorns
2 pound large shrimp in shell (21 to 25 per pound), peeled, leaving tail intact, and deveined

Steps:

Toss together onion, vinegar, oregano, and 1 teaspoon salt in a shallow glass or ceramic dish.
Simmer oil, bay leaves, garlic, and peppercorns in a small saucepan 10 minutes, then let stand until ready to use.
Add shrimp to a medium pot of boiling salted water (2 tablespoons salt for 4 quarts water), then remove from heat and let stand, uncovered, until just cooked through, about 5 minutes. Drain well, then stir into onion mixture along with oil mixture.
Chill shrimp in escabeche, covered when cool, stirring occasionally, at least 12 hours. Discard bay leaves and serve shrimp cold or at room temperature.