Chi-Chi’s Mexican Shrimp Cocktail Recipe

Chi-Chi’s Mexican Shrimp Cocktail is a tangy and flavorful appetizer featuring chilled shrimp tossed in a spicy tomato-based sauce with onions, cilantro and avocado.

Make our Chi-Chi’s Mexican Shrimp Cocktail Recipe at home. With our Secret Restaurant Recipe your Mexican Shrimp Cocktail will taste just like Chi-Chi’s.

Photo by Chef Mick (Michaelangelo) Rosacci

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Chi-Chi's Mexican Shrimp Cocktail Recipe

Make our Chi-Chi's Mexican Shrimp Cocktail Recipe at home. With our Secret Restaurant Recipe your Mexican Shrimp Cocktail will taste just like Chi-Chi's.

Prep Time20 minutes mins

Active Time25 minutes mins

Chilling Time1 hour hr

Total Time1 hour hr 45 minutes mins

Course: Appetizer, Party Recipe, Side Dish

Cuisine: Mexican, Seafood, TexMex

Keyword: Chi Chi's, Dip, Dipping Sauce, Mexican, Mexican Restaurant-Style Recipes, Seafood

Yield: 6 Appetizers

Ingredients

• Chi-Chi’s Mexican Cocktail Sauce (See Box Below for a Link to this Recipe)
• 24 large raw fresh Shrimp
• 1 1/2 cups Water
• 1/2 cup freshly squeezed Lime Juice
• 2 teaspoons minced fresh Garlic
• 1 Jalapeño Pepper seeds and ribs removed, minced
• 2 teaspoons Salt
• 1 teaspoon Chili Powder
• Tortilla Chips to serve
• Lime Wedges to serve

Instructions

• Prepare Chi-Chi’s Mexican Cocktail Sauce according to the recipe linked to in the Box below. Set aside.
• Peel, devein and rinse the shrimp, leaving the tails attached, if desired. Set aside.
• Place a medium saucepan over medium high heat.
• Add water, lime juice, garlic, jalapeño, salt and chili powder. Bring to a boil.
• Cook until reduced to about 1 cup.
• Add shrimp. Bring back to a boil. Cook 1 to 2 minutes or until the shrimp turn pink.
• Remove from heat, cover and refrigerate until chilled.
• When shrimp have cooled, serve 4 per serving with (hanging on the side of the glass, in the traditional "Shrimp Cocktail Look") or mixed into the prepared Chi-Chi’s Mexican Cocktail Sauce, dressed up with tortilla chips and lime wedges.

Chi-Chi's Mexican Shrimp Cocktail

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Photo of “Cocktail de Cammaron” is by Chef Mick (Michaelangelo) Rosacci and is used by permission under the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Creative Commons License. Read the Full License Here – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/legalcode. Thank you, Chef Mick (Michaelangelo) Rosacci. Great Picture. Photos may be “representative” of the recipe and not the actual finished dish. All photo licenses listed were correct at the time of the posting of the page. Recipe is our adaption of several recipes formally widely-circulated on the internet – courtesy of the Wayback Machine. Additional Information Courtesy of Wikipedia and is used by permission.