This quick-cooking recipe, which uses yesterday's shrimp [1], brings Caribbean flavors like pineapple and lime to an open-faced Mexican standby, the tostada.
They're incredibly healthy, yet also chock full of sweet, salty, and spicy flavors. If you're not a fan of heat, simply omit the jalapeños to create a milder version of the dish. To get the recipe, .
Pineapple-Shrimp Tostadas [2]
From Everyday with Rachael Ray [3] magazine
From Everyday with Rachael Ray [3] magazine
Ingredients
1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined
3 slices pineapple, each 1 inch thick
3 slices red onion, each 1 inch thick
1 jalapeño
Vegetable oil, for brushing
2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
1 lime, juiced
Salt
4 tostada shells
Directions
- Place the shrimp in a large pot of boiling, salted water. Remove the pot from the heat, cover and let stand until the shrimp are opaque and cooked through, about 3 minutes. Drain the shrimp, pat dry and refrigerate.
- Preheat a grill pan over medium-high heat. Lightly brush the pineapple slices, onion slices and jalapeño with oil on both sides and cook, turning once, until grill marks appear, about 3 minutes on each side.
- Coarsely chop the onion and pineapple. Seed and chop the jalapeño. In a large bowl, toss the onion, pineapple and jalapeño with the mint and lime juice; season to taste with salt. Add the reserved shrimp and toss.
- To serve, spoon the shrimp salad onto the tostada shells.
Serves 4.
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