Ceviche

If you like seafood as much as I do, then you'll love this recipe. This is one of my favorite low carb recipes. It  is not only low in carbohydrates, but it is low in calories and fat as well!! As many of you know, ceviche is raw seafood and fish that is "cooked" in lemon juice. If you are concerned about eating raw seafood, I would recommend  to cook the seafood in boiling water. Just boil it for a couple of minutes and then put it in an ice bath to stop the cooking process. Also, I would like to mention that the original ceviche recipe calls for green bell pepper, but I use jalapeños instead to give it an extra kick. Just make sure to deseed and devein the jalapeños.

Ingredients:
1/2 lb Cleaned and deveined raw shrimp
1 lb chopped fresh clams
1/2 lb Raw bay scallops
2 lb Fresh Tilapia or Snapper
1 1/2 Cups of Small diced Red, Yellow, Orange, Green Bell peppers (or jalapeños)
1/2 cup diced red onion
1 Avocado
1 Tblsp Chopped Cilantro
16-18 Lemons
3 Tblsp Olive oil
Sea Salt

Preparation:

Squeeze lemons and collect juice. Make sure to remove all the seeds from juice. Julienne the peppers and then cut them in small squares. Dice red onion as well. Mix peppers, red onion and lemon juice.


Cut shrimp and fish into small pieces. If using tilapia, remove the dark meat in the middle of the fillet.


Add Shrimp and Scallops. Cover and refrigarate for at least 2 hours.


Add chopped fish and clams. Add olive oil, salt, chopped avocado and cilantro. Garnish with tomatoes on top.


The dish is ready to serve, though if you did use uncooked fish, you have the option here to leave the fish marinating in the lime juice for up to 30 minutes, which will "cook" it and make it a bit more firm. 


Once you are ready, ceviche is a great presentation dish, so give it a try and experiment with different things (we sometimes user ice cream bowls as well as martini glasses).


Remember, be very selective and use only fresh fish and seafood.