Blue Crab Recipes
Crab Campeche
Sweet jumbo lump crab and Gulf shrimp mingle with roasted peppers, lime, avocado, and fresh herbs in this zesty coastal dip served chilled with tortilla chips.
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 2 roasted peppers (Hatch, Anaheim, or poblano)
- 1/2 lb Wild Caught Texas Shrimp
- 1/2 lb jumbo lump crab meat
- 1 tomato, chopped
- 2 jalapeños, chopped
- 1/2 cup Clamato juice
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 3 tbsp Castelvetrano olives, chopped
- 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
- 1/4 cup white onion, chopped
- 11/2 tsp fresh oregano
- 3–4 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 tbsp lime juice
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 avocado, diced
- Salt, to taste
- Tortilla chips, for serving
Preparation
- Grill peppers until charred. Steam in a covered bowl for 10–15 minutes, then peel, seed, and chop.
- Boil shrimp in salted water for 2–4 minutes. Transfer to an ice bath, then chop.
- In a bowl, combine peppers, tomato, jalapeños, Clamato, ketchup, olives, cilantro, onion, oregano, garlic, lime juice, olive oil, and salt.
- Fold in shrimp, crab, and avocado gently.
- Serve chilled with tortilla chips.