Make our El Torito Shrimp Veracruz Recipe at home tonight for your family. With our Secret Restaurant Recipe your Shrimp Veracruz will taste just like El Torito.
Photo by Christian Gonzalez
El Torito Shrimp Veracruz Recipe
A El Torito Copycat Recipe
El Torito Shrimp Veracruz Recipe
Make our El Torito Shrimp Veracruz Recipe at home tonight for your family. With our Secret Restaurant Recipe your Shrimp Veracruz will taste just like El Torito.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon Oil
- 1 small Onion chopped
- 3 Tomatoes peeled, chopped
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Capers
- 1 Bay Leaf
- 1/2 teaspoon Sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1 large Green Pepper cored, seeded and cut into strips
- 2 tablespoons Oil
- 1 pound fresh Shrimp peeled and deveined, chilled
- 2 - 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed Lime Juice
- 1/3 cup minced fresh Cilantro
Instructions
- Add oil to medium pan. Place on stovetop over medium heat.
- When oil is hot and shimmering, add onion and sauté until tender, but not browned.
- Add tomatoes, capers, bay leaf, sugar and salt. Bring to boil.
- Reduce heat. Cover and simmer 15 minutes.
- Add green peppers. Cook 5 minutes longer.
- Heat 2 tablespoons oil in another skillet.
- Place over medium heat.
- When oil is hot and shimmering, add cleaned shrimp. Cook over medium heat until just pink. Do not over cook.
- Sprinkle lime juice over shrimp.
- Add prepared sauce. Heat 3 - 4 minutes longer.
- Top with cilantro and serve immediately.
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Photo of Camarones Veracruz (shrimp) is by Christian Gonzalez and is used by permission under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) License. Thank you, Christian. 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. —
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