This recipe comes from Rick Stein's The Road to Mexico cookbook (RRP$60).
Ingredients
275 ml | Tomato juice (Main) |
4 Tbsp | Extra virgin olive oil |
1 large | Lime, juice only |
2 cloves | Garlic, peeled |
½ | Red onions, roughly chopped |
2 tsp | Chilli sauce, Tabasco, Cholula or Huichol |
1 tsp | Worcestershire sauce |
2 Tbsp | Chipotle chillies in adobo sauce, generous ones (Main) |
¼ tsp | Salt |
1 sprinkle | Freshly ground black pepper, about 8 grinds of the peppermill |
375 | Cooked prawns, that have already been peeled and deveined (Main) |
2 | Avocados, stoned, peeled and diced then tossed in lime juice to prevent browning (Main) |
2 | Tomatoes, chopped (Main) |
1 small handful | Coriander leaves, chopped (Main) |
1 | Little gem lettuce, shredded (Main) |
4 | Lime wedges, for serving |
1 packet | Tortilla chips, or totopos, for serving (Main) |
Directions
- To make the sauce, put the tomato juice, oil, lime juice, garlic, onion, chilli sauce, Worcestershire sauce and chipotles in adobo in a blender or food processor. Season with salt and pepper, then blend until smooth. Refrigerate until ready to assemble the dish.
- When you're ready to eat, mix the prawns with the sauce, diced avocado, tomatoes and three-quarters of the chopped coriander. Divide the shredded lettuce between 4 chilled cocktail or sundae glasses. Top with the prawn mixture, then sprinkle with the remaining coriander. Serve with lime wedges and the tortilla chips or totopos on the side.