Friday, April 21, 2006
The Tastiest Salsa in the Sixth Grade
My eleven-year-old niece’s recipe for shrimp salsa won “Best Mild” and tied for “Most Tastiest” in Mr. Sotomayor’s sixth-grade salsa contest. I thought salsa made out of shrimp sounded a little dubious, but it’s actually pretty good. Here’s the recipe:
SHRIMP SALSA
2 lemons
2 limes
2 oranges
½ bunch cilantro
1 small red onion
1 cucumber
1 tablespoon garlic
2 serrano chiles
Rice wine vinegar
Olive oil
1 cup rock shrimp
Juice the lemons, limes and oranges and place juice in a measuring cup. Add equal parts of rice wine vinegar and olive oil. Place liquids in a large non-reactive bowl. Peel the cucumber, remove the seeds, then dice. Remove the seeds from the serrano chile, then mince. Dice the red onion. Mince or crush the garlic. Wash cilantro and chop coarsely. Add all ingredients to the bowl except for shrimp and mix well. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add the rock shrimp to the bowl just before serving.
