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The Greatest Summer Appetizer of All Time! Imagine a fresh tomato-based salsa with a savory, briny base. Now add plump shrimp, sweet lump crabmeat, lime-cooked redfish, creamy avocado, and smoky...

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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup of your favorite red salsa (recommend a chunky roasted style)
  • 1/4 cup of tomato paste (I use the Mutti Tomato Paste in a tube --- it's great because you do not have to open a whole can then figure out what to do with the rest)
  • 1 teaspoon Ancho chili pepper (ground)
  • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 1/4 tsp brown sugar (a little more if you want it a bit sweeter)
  • 1/4 cup green olives, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon olive juice
  • 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 1/2 cup chili sauce (one you just made)
  • 1 tablespoon fresh oregano
  • 1/4 cup parsley, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon chopped serrano or jalapeño pepper
  • 1/4 cup lime juice
  • 1 cup Clamato juice (two 5.5 oz. cans)
  • 1 tablespoons roasted cumin seed
  • 3/4 cup Roma tomatoes, seeded and diced
  • 1/2 cup sweet white onion, diced
  • 1 tsp garlic, minced
  • 1/2 c. cilantro, chopped
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • 1 avocado, peeled and diced
  • 1/2 cup Hatch or New Mexican chiles, roasted, peeled & diced (aka Anaheim chiles)
  • 1/2 pound boiled & peeled shrimp
  • 1 pound of lime juice 'cooked' redfish (gently squeeze out the lime juice before mixing)
  • 16 ounces of lump crabmeat (jumbo pieces)

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