Mexican Prawn Cocktail

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recipe by Tenina Holder https://bit.ly/TheWeekendTable

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    2hrs 50mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    4
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    383

Obsessed with pineapple and avocado, add prawns and I'm anybody's basically. Mexican flavours are a bit of a thing for me. This ticked all the boxes.

Inspired by: https://tenina.com/recipes/mexican-prawn-cocktail

recipe updated 21 Dec. 2021

Ingredients

  • Prawns icon
    Prawns
    500 g
  • Lime icon
    Lime
    1
  • Lime icon
    Lime
    2
  • Tomato icon
    Tomato
    1
  • Avocado icon
    Avocado
    1
  • Cherry tomatoes icon
    Cherry tomatoes
    200 g
  • Red onion icon
    Red onion
    ¼
  • Coriander icon
    Coriander
    1 handful
  • Pineapple icon
    Pineapple
    ½
  • Coriander icon
    Coriander
    as needed
  • Red chili icon
    Red chili
    ½
  • Shallot icon
    Shallot
    ½
  • Coriander icon
    Coriander
    as needed
  • Extra virgin olive oil icon
    Extra virgin olive oil
    30 g
  • Ground cumin icon
    Ground cumin
    ½ teaspoon
  • Pink himalayan salt icon
    Pink himalayan salt
    2 pinches
  • Water icon
    Water
    500 ml
  • Garlic clove icon
    Garlic clove
    2
  • Red onion icon
    Red onion
    ½
  • Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce icon
    Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
    1
  • Worcestershire sauce icon
    Worcestershire sauce
    1 tablespoon
  • Silver tequila icon
    Silver tequila
    1 tablespoon
  • Black pepper icon
    Black pepper
    1 pinch
  • Tortilla chips icon
    Tortilla chips
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon TM5
  • kCook icon Medium bowl
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl
  • kCook icon Stasher bag
  • kCook icon Tm5 bowl
  • kCook icon Cocktail glass
  • kCook icon Varoma dish

Step preview

  1. Place prawns into a stasher bag
  2. Place remaining 'prawn' ingredients into the Thermomix bowl
  3. Chop - approx 6 sec, speed 6 with MC on
  4. Pour into the stasher bag and mix in with the prawns
  5. Seal bag and refrigerate for at least 2 hours
  6. Pour water into the Thermomix bowl
  7. Place the stasher bag into the varoma dish
  8. Steam - approx 10 min, 100°C, speed 4
  9. Turn the stasher bag over
  10. Steam - approx 10 min, 100°C, speed 4
  11. Leave in the stasher bag for 10 minutes to continue cooking
  12. Drain Thermomix bowl
  13. Place all chipotle sauce ingredients into the bowl
  14. Blend - approx 20 sec, speed 6 with MC on
  15. Scrape down sides of TM5 bowl
  16. Blend - approx 20 sec, speed 6 with MC on
  17. Combine all salsa ingredients in a bowl
  18. In a large bowl, mix the prawns, sauce and fresh salsa together
  19. Spoon into glasses
  20. Garnish with extra coriander and top with a tortilla triangle or two
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