Shrimp with Chunky Fresh Tomato Salsa

Shrimp with Chunky Fresh Tomato Salsa
Cookbook: Mexican Everyday

Outta 10: This salsa was very fresh, and we will probably use this recipe again for salsa. The shrimp didn't add much except for substance. In retrospect it probably for have been better to serve this as a side, rather than the main dish itself...but we needed something to use up all our tomatoes fromt he garden...so yeah. In the end we give this a 7/10.

Substitutions and Comments: We used green chili paste instead of fresh chilies. We used a mix of yellow tomatoes and red roma's since we were trying to use a bunch of ripe garden tomatoes. We used way more than 2 because the tomatoes weren't that big, but also because we doubled the recipe for the salsa. We opted for the lime juice. We used a hand mixer rather than a food processor. We also seeded all of the tomatoes except for the ones we put in the food processor. We didn't use all the salsa for the shrimp, we left some cold to have as a side dish.


Recipe:

1 garlic clove, peeled
Fresh hot green chiles to taste, stemmed and halved
2 medium-large (about 1 pound total) ripe round tomatoes
1/3 cup (loosely packed) roughly chopped cilantro
1 large green onion, chopped
1 tbsp fresh lime juice (or light flavoured vinegar)
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp olive oil
1 1/2 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined

1.  Drop the garlic and chile pieces one at a time into a running food processor, letting each get finely chopped before adding the next. Turn off the food processor and remove lid.

Our garden tomatoes.

2.  Cut 1 tomato into quarters and add it to the food processor, along witht he cilantro. Pulse 4 to 6 times, until you have a coarse puree. Scrape the mixture into a bowl.

3. Cut the other tomato into 1/4 inch pieces and add to the bowl along with the green onion. Taste and season with lime juice and salt. Salsa is best served fresh.

4. Heat a skillet or wok with olive oil over medium-high heat.  Add in the shrimp and stir fry until half cooked, about 2 minutes.  Douse with the salsa. Stir-fry for another could of minutes, until shrimp are cooked. Sprinkle with extra lime juice and cilantro.

Shrimp and salsa in the skillet

C'est fini!

Stay Hungry :D