I'm a sucker for ceviche...

Do you all like to eat ceviche? It's a seafood dish where the fish or shrimp or other raw seafood is marinated in citrus juices such as lime or lemon juice whose acidity cook the seafood.  I love ceviche, whenever it's on a menu, it's quite hard for me to resist, that and raw oysters. Yummy! In the last 10 days I've been lucky enough to try five different types of ceviche.  We went to La Mar Cebicheria Peruana in San Francisco and had the Cebiche Tasting which includes the Clásico (halibut), Mixto (Mahi Mahi, calamari and octopus),  Chalaco (mussels, scallops, octopus, calamari, shrimp) and Nikei (ahi tuna) cebiches. My fave was the Clásico.  My fifth ceviche was had at Marc 49 after our Muir Woods adventure.  It was made with Alaskan Cod and was delish.  It probably tasted even better to us because we were so hungry.  Unfortunately I don't have any food pictures from those nights but enjoy the drool worthy photo below and the ceviche recipe found at laylita.com.


 

Ingredients:

2lb of white fish fillets (corvina, halibut, sea bass, tilapia, sole), cut into small square pieces
2 red onions diced very finely
4 tomatoes diced very finely
2 bell peppers, 1 orange and 1 yellow, chopped very finely
20 limes, separated into about 10 limes to cook the fish and 10 limes for the ceviche marinade
1 bunch of cilantro (also known as coriander) chopped as finely as possible
Salt and sunflower oil

Preparation:

1. Place the raw fish pieces in a glass dish and cover it with salt and lime juice from about 10-12 limes, the fish should be completely covered by lime juice.
2. Cover the dish with plastic wrap and place it in the refrigerator, let the fish marinate or cook itself in the lime juice for at least 4 hours.
3. Mix the onions, tomatoes, peppers, and cilantro with the juice from the remaining limes and let marinate for about an hour.
4. Once the fish is “cooked” in the lime juices rinse it well and mix it with the vegetable marinade, add salt and sunflower oil to taste.
5. Serve with chifles, patacones, tostones or popcorn.