Mexican Tostadas with Camarones Enchilados for Your Next Party

By Liliana Moyano for Shine Latina

Mexican Tostadas con camarones enchilados
Mexican Tostadas con camarones enchilados

Having four sisters and five nieces and nephews means a lot of birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, and every gathering a family could have. One of the most important before a reunion is having the right food and appetizers must be a success. I try to stay away from messy appetizers sticking to bite size fun and colorful starters.
A few months ago, my sister had a Mexican party with margaritas, tacos and beer. I was in charge of making the appetizers and sticking to the theme, I made bite size tostadas con camarones enchilados with a spicy kick of jalapeno topped with cilantr. They were so popular, instead of enjoying the party I ended up giving out the recipe all night.
Buen provecho!
Ingredients

Vegetables cooking before adding the shrimp
Vegetables cooking before adding the shrimp


1 tbsp. olive oil
½ white onion, chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 roasted red peppers, canned or in a jar
6 jalapenos, minced
1 ripe tomato, chopped
1 hass avocado
1 lb. jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined
½ lime
20 small corn tostadas
Sea salt to taste
¼ bunch cilantro

Try this dish with my mango margarita

Directions

Tostadas with avocado, & shrimp ready to decorate with cilantro
Tostadas with avocado, & shrimp ready to decorate with cilantro

Prep a pan with olive oil at medium-high heat for three minutes. Add the onion and garlic and let the aroma emerge for a few minutes. Then, add the red peppers, jalapenos and tomato and cook for 5 - 7 minutes. In the mean time, peel and mash the avocado adding some salt and set aside. Add the shrimp, salt and squeeze the lime on the rest of the ingredients in the pan. Start prepping your appetizers by placing a layer of the smashed avocado on each tostada. Place one shrimp on each tostada topping the avocado and decorate with cilantro. Repeat the process until your Mexican appetizer is ready to pass along.

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