Ceviche recipes are made by first starting with really fresh raw seafood and combining it with other really fresh ingredients.
Ceviche is a popular Latin dish that's typically served as tapas in Spain and as an appetizer in the coastal regions of Latin America.
Making shrimp ceviche recipes will help you to get the most health benefits from shrimp.
Because there really isn't any "cooking" involved which destroys the precious omega 3 fatty acids found in seafood.
There are a few types of shrimp that you can choose from to make these raw tapas.
However, the best tasting shrimp will always be wild caught.
And using a fresh caught white fish will also be a great choice when making ceviche recipes.
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There use to be a cafe in Hawaii that specialized in ceviche recipes.
One of my favorite ceviche recipes was coconut milk shrimp ceviche.
It was placed on an organic corn tortilla - then topped with mandarin slices and melted cheese.
It was so good!!!
A shrimp is sometimes called a prawn and a prawn is sometimes called a shrimp.
They are both a type of crustacean that have a similar look and taste in your ceviche recipes.
There are a few technical differences such as gill structure and sets of legs.
Prawns are usually harvested from fresh water and shrimp from salt water.
Prawns will usually be larger in size than shrimp.
It's better to buy shrimp or prawns to use in your ceviche recipes that still have their shells and the shells should be firm.
The shrimp or prawns should also smell fresh. And there should be no discoloration of their heads or shells.
Shrimp or prawns are available fresh, cooked, or frozen.
Fresh shrimp or prawns are very perishable and will need to be used in your ceviche recipes as soon as possible.
White Shrimp - is actually a species of prawn found along the Atlantic coast from New York to Florida and also in the Gulf of Mexico.
These shrimp have a firm and mild sweet tasting flesh.
They
prefer shallow, warm, and low salinity water with a temp above 37
degrees F.
Northern Shrimp - are shrimp found in the cold waters off the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
These shrimp also go by the name pink shrimp and have a firm, mild sweet tasting flesh.
They are a cold water shrimp and are wild caught.
Brown Shrimp - are shrimp found in the Atlantic all the way down to Mexico.
And they are abundant off the waters of Louisiana and Texas.
Also go by the name Northern brown shrimp and have a firm, mild tasting flesh. They are a cold water shrimp that are wild caught.
There should be over 300 different types of shrimp to choose from to make your shrimp ceviche.
Many would be from waters off the Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, or the Gulf of Mexico.
However, you will only find a few types of shrimp in your grocery stores these days because of the pollution in these waters.
There are basically two types of shrimp - cold or warm water shrimp.
Cold water shrimp will have more omega 3 fatty acids than warm water shrimp and are known for being a better quality shrimp.
It's also important to look for wild and sustainably caught shrimp when purchasing shrimp.
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