ceviche de corvina
Some days, it just doesn’t pay to get out of bed, and some days, it’s just too dang hot to cook. Now, with the temperature way south of freezing, and about 6-inches of the white stuff on the ground, this isn’t one of those days… but those scorchers will come again, and when they do, this is an excellent recipe to serve. If you have never partaken of ceviche, then you’re missing a treat. It is essentially a spicy raw fish salad, marinated with salt and lemonjuice. The acidity of lemonjuice denatures the proteins, giving ceviche a lightly cooked texture. In other words… no cooking involved
prep time
20 Min
cook time
method
No-Cook or Other
yield
4 serving(s)
Ingredients
- 1 pound boneless, totally fresh, corvina, or white sea bass
- 1 1/2 cups yellow onion, small dice
- 1 1/4 cups freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1/2 cup celery, small dice
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
- 1 teaspoon sea salt, or to taste
- 1 small hot pepper, your choice of pepper, small dice (optional)
How To Make ceviche de corvina
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Step 1Chef’s Note: Since we are not cooking this fish, you want to make sure that it is the freshest you can get… I don’t know about you, but I would really like to avoid giving my guests any parasites.
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Step 2Cooking Tip: If you don’t want to use raw fish, you can make this dish using cooked seafood, like: shrimp, lobster, or crabmeat. If you do, then reduce the marinating time to 15 or 20 minutes.
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Step 3Chef’s Note: The fish corvina tastes like or is similar to sea bass. It has firm, white flesh and a mild taste. Some species of corvina are orangemouth corvina, yellowfin corvina and golden corvina.
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Step 4Cut the white fish into bite-size pieces.
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Step 5If you are using a chili pepper, cut it in half, pole-to-pole, remove the seeds, and then dice small.
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Step 6Chef's Note: You could use a rather mild chili; like the Jalapeño M (Capsicum annuum)… coming in at a modest 24,000 on the scoville scale, or you could do something like a Trinidad Moruga Scorpion pepper (Capsicum chinense) with a scoville rating of 1.2 million, and burn the bottom of your stomach out… up to you.
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Step 7Place all of the ingredients (including the fish) in a bowl, and then pour the lemon juice over everything, and mix to combine.
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Step 8Chef's Note: If you want a different taste try using lime juice instead of lemon juice, or mix them fifty/fifty.
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Step 9Cover and put into the refrigerator for 24 hours. This gives the lemon juice time to denature the proteins of the fish. They will literally cook in the acids of the lemon juice.
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Step 10Serving Tip: Serve with crisp corn tostadas, avocado and lettuce for a light meal, or with a bowl of good quality tortilla chips as a snack with drinks.
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Step 11Keep the faith, and keep cooking.
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Category:
Fish
Category:
Other Salads
Culture:
Mexican
Keyword:
#No bake
Keyword:
#Ceviche
Keyword:
#lemon-juice
Keyword:
#Corvina
Keyword:
#salad
Keyword:
#fish
Ingredient:
Fish
Diet:
Gluten-Free
Diet:
Low Fat
Diet:
Dairy Free
Diet:
Soy Free
Diet:
Low Carb
Method:
No-Cook or Other
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