Return to life cocktail (vuelve a la vida)
4 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | pounds | Octopus |
| 3 | pounds | Small to medium shrimp |
| ⅓ | pounds | Crab meat |
| ⅓ | pounds | Squid |
| Cocktail Sauce (recipe | ||
| Follows) | ||
| 1 | small | Ripe tomato, chopped |
| 1 | Serrano chile, seeded and | |
| Minced | ||
| 1 | Avocado, peeled and chopped, | |
| Plus enough for garnish,if | ||
| Desired | ||
| 2 | Green onions, including tops | |
| Sliced into fine disks | ||
| 2 | tablespoons | Minced cilantro |
| 4 | servings. | |
Directions
Boil each type of seafood in salted water separately, until tender: Octopus: You may have to purchase a whole octopus. A large one (more than l pound) may require up to 2 hours; a smaller one may take only l ½ hours. Cut the thick portions of cooked octopus meat into ½-inch rings, but leave the slender tips of the ten Shrimp The shrimp are done when they turn pink about 3 to 4 minutes.
After cooking, cool and peel.
Crab meat Fresh crabmeat requires about 3 minutes of cooking. Cool and remove meat from the shells.
Squid: Cut the squid into ¼-inch rings, removing the hard core from the head and separating the tentacles into 3 or 4 bunches. Boil only for about l0 minutes; overcooking will toughen meat.
Prepare the sauce. Toss the prepared seafood with the vegetables and cilantro. Serve in old-fashioned ice-cream sundae glasses or in fluted goblets. If desired, you may garnish with slices of avocado. Makes Cocktail Sauce: Mix together ½ cup ketchup, ½ cup fresh lime juice, ¼ cup water and salt to taste.
Per serving: Calories 281 Fat 10g Cholesterol 314 mg Sodium 831 mg Percent calories from fat 32%
Dallas Morning News 3/27/96