{"id":665,"date":"2011-09-12T23:26:28","date_gmt":"2011-09-13T03:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=665"},"modified":"2020-08-15T20:56:33","modified_gmt":"2020-08-16T03:56:33","slug":"basic-ceviche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/basic-ceviche\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Ceviche"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a very easy ceviche recipe that you can do as a side dish, an appetizer, or even an entire meal. We made this with our friend Cinthia while living in Velez-Malaga, Spain.&nbsp; Ceviche is very flexible as long as your ingredients are extremely fresh.&nbsp; Below is a good video from AllRecipes about ceviche.<\/p>\n<p><strong>INGREDIENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This recipe must be made at least 2 hours ahead of time &#8211; 4 hours is better<br \/>\n<strong>PROTEINS<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>1-2 LB FRESH&nbsp; Mahi (Tuna) or other delicate white fish<br \/>\n&#8211; cut into 1\/4 &#8211; 1\/2 inch pieces<br \/>\n&#8211; You can also use Rock Fish, Sea Bream, Grouper, Seabass, Halibut, Talapia, Cod or Red Snapper &#8211; cut thinly and blanched 30 seconds<br \/>\n&#8211; DO NOT use swordfish or tuna, as these are long-lived fish and are more likely to have parasites<\/li>\n<li>Scallops &#8211; blanched*&nbsp; 20-30 seconds<\/li>\n<li>Shrimp &#8211; blanched*&nbsp; 20-30 seconds<\/li>\n<li>Crab &#8211; blanched* 20-30 seconds<\/li>\n<li>Squid or Octopus &#8211; blanched* 20-30 seconds<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">* Blanched means that you plunge it into boiling water for about 30 seconds, and then remove it to an ice bath to stop the cooking.<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>REQUIRED VEGETABLES and LIQUIDS<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>One Lemon and one lime &#8211; zest and juice<\/li>\n<li>1 C FRESH real lime juice (this is because the acidity is well-controlled)<\/li>\n<li>1 TBL tomato juice or green tomato<\/li>\n<li>Cucumber &#8211; Small cubes<\/li>\n<li>Roma Tomato &#8211; Deseeded and chopped fairly small<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 red onion &#8211; Chopped fairly large &#8211; blanched 30 seconds<\/li>\n<li>Cilantro &#8211; Rough chopped<\/li>\n<li>Jalape\u00f1o or Serrano &#8211; minced (hotter: haba\u00f1ero)<\/li>\n<li>Chives &#8211; Cut into 1\/4 inch strips<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp salt<\/li>\n<li>EVOO<\/li>\n<li>Additions:&nbsp; Red onion slivers, Passion Fruit, Papaya, Pineapple, Mango, Kumquat, Plums,<br \/>\n<strong>OPTIONAL INGREDIENTS<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Spice it up with a squirt of Siracha<\/li>\n<li>Radish<\/li>\n<li>An easy option is to buy a good <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/pico-de-gallo\/\"><strong>pico de gallo<\/strong><\/a> and use in place of the vegetables listed above.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SELECTING THE RIGHT FISH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/buying-fresh-fish\/\">CLICK HERE FOR TIPS ON BUYING A FRESH FISH<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>STEP BY STEP<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Cut fish into 3\/4 &#8211; 1 inch pieces<\/li>\n<li>Place fish pieces in a glass bowl<\/li>\n<li>Blanche all raw seafood for no more than 30 seconds, then plunge into ice water to stop the cooking process<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 fresh squeezed lime juice &#8211; enough to cover<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkle with a bit of salt and set aside for 10-20 minutes<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fishex.com\/scallops\/wet-vs-dry\">Dry Pack<\/a> Scallops are another good thing to use in your ceviche.<br \/>\n&nbsp;&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; To find out why Dry Pack are better than Wet Pack,&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/big-bay-sea-scallops\/\">CLICK HERE<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Optional: Plunge shrimp (deveined) and other seafood into boiling water for 30 seconds, then into ice water.&nbsp; I actually prefer this step.<\/li>\n<li>In a second large mixing bowl, combine the following:<\/li>\n<li>Cut 1 red onion into very thin julienne strips<\/li>\n<li>2-3 large tomatoes &#8211; thinly slice tomato flesh, discarding seeds and juice<\/li>\n<li>Finely chop 2-4 TBL&nbsp; EACH &#8211; Depending on taste<br \/>\n&#8211; Optionally: strips of pepper &#8211; mild or hot<br \/>\n&#8211; green olives &#8211; quartered<br \/>\n&#8211; parsley &#8211; chopped<br \/>\n&#8211; cilantro &#8211; some chopped, some fairly whole<br \/>\n&#8211; celery pieces (1 stalk, ribs removed before cutting)<br \/>\n2 TBL EACH<br \/>\n&#8211; ketchup<br \/>\n&#8211; EVOO (emulsified with whisk)<br \/>\n&#8211; Worcestershire sauce<br \/>\n&#8211; oregano and salt to taste<br \/>\n&#8211; minced garlic<\/li>\n<li>Combine all of the above in the glass bowl and refrigerate for AT LEAST 2 hours, but for as long as five.&nbsp; Not longer though, they will become chewy.<\/li>\n<li>Serve topped with slices of avocado, cubed papaya or mango, salt, pepper, and chopped cilantro<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you want to see a ceviche recipe in action, use the below video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"How to Make Ceviche | Seafood Recipe | Allrecipes.com\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QACtvwZNZqU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a very easy ceviche recipe that you can do as a side dish, an appetizer, or even an entire meal. We made this with our friend Cinthia while living in Velez-Malaga, Spain.&nbsp; Ceviche is very flexible as long as your ingredients are extremely fresh.&nbsp; Below is a good video from AllRecipes about ceviche. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/basic-ceviche\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Basic Ceviche&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[180,177,143,189,122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-appetizers","category-book-lunches","category-make-ahead-use-later","category-book-meat-to-eat-seafood","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20085,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions\/20085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}