When it comes to food culture, China is the world's well-deserved big brother, but this does not mean that there is nothing worth learning and learning abroad. Although China has a large land, it still has a disadvantage: the coastline is short, especially compared with the United States, Mexico and other American countries, we still have a lot to learn about how to eat seafood.
For example, the following cold meal has been popular in Europe and the United States for at least a hundred years: cocktail shrimp. Because it is so ordinary, it is impossible to verify who its inventor is, but for a hundred years, cocktail shrimp has always been a well-known seafood appetizer in Western food. I first tasted this delicacy at a seafood restaurant in Mexico City, when I had just arrived in Mexico and was still a little unfamiliar with a country bordering the east and west.
There is a saying in the circle of donkey friends that it is: "Your stomach will help you judge that a place is not suitable for you to stay for a long time." "When the waiter brought me this cocktail shrimp and I took the first bite with a spoon, I foresaw that I would stay in the country for at least a few years.
The main ingredient of cocktail shrimp, generally shrimp, octopus or raw clam meat, in addition to concentrated tomato juice and tomato sauce, will also add some spices and local sauce, and then with some refreshing diced vegetables, eat it is also sour with sweet, sweet with fresh, good taste to fly, since then I have fallen in love with this cold meal uncontrollably, every time I go to the seafood restaurant to eat always have to order a cup to appetize.
I came back to China a few years later, and I missed this dish a lot, but after trying it one day, I found that it was actually very simple, and you wanted to make this dish at home.
Ingredients that need to be prepared in advance include:
1, 1/2 cup concentrated tomato juice; 2, 2 tbsp tomato sauce; 3, Western-style chili sauce (tabasco) 1 tsp (do not eat spicy can be omitted, but can not be replaced with Chinese hot sauce); 4, a little green pepper diced; 5, a little white onion diced; 6, a little chopped coriander; 7, a little diced tomatoes; 8, fresh shrimp to shrimp shell (or buy frozen shrimp directly); 9, half a lemon; 10, half avocado.
This is done by:
1: Put the shrimp in boiling water and blanch until cooked, fish out and then go through the ice water, then drain the water (you can also use kitchen paper to absorb the water). 2: Dice the avocado, squeeze in the lemon juice and mix well (prevent oxidation and blackening). 3: Find a large bowl and pour the chopped vegetables, sauces, etc. into the mixture, take a transparent glass and pour in the mixed ingredients. 4, cut the diced avocado on the top, shrimp can be depending on the shape, the size of the container, decide whether to hang on the edge of the cup. Finally, you can also squeeze the remaining lemon juice into the cup, which not only reduces the fishy taste of seafood, but also plays a role in freshness.
In this way, a refreshing and delicious cocktail of shrimp is ready, and it takes only a few minutes before and after. Paired with crispy cornflakes or original soda cookies, it's not too delicious, refrigerate for a while and then take it, you can also eat it with a spoon while watching American dramas, and even watermelon can be put aside for a while!
Of course, the above introduction is only the basic model, as long as it is possible to eat raw vegetables and fruits can be added to it, the sauce can also be replaced with taste, such as you really want to use the old dry mother to make sauce, the big summer blush heartbeat sweat, that is not impossible.