Shrimp patties with nopales and red sauce 

Shrimp patties with nopales and red sauce is another favorite dish for Lent, although I prepare it at any time of the year because I love them. They are a little time consuming but worth it because they are so tasty.

These patties remind me of my paternal grandma, I think it was with her that I tried shrimp patties with chile ancho for the first time. She prepared more traditional recipes than my maternal grandma during the Lenten season.

From my maternal grandmother, what I remember at this time is that she wouldn’t let us go to the pool during Lent, because she said that we would get a fishtail, lol. she said we must respect those days, etc. He also made Lenten recipes like bean soup and habas.

She lived with us, so most of the time Easter was to visit the seven temples, go to the Via Crucis and all these traditions that are customary at that time in Mexico.

I hope you enjoy the shrimp cake recipe as much as I do.

Shrimp patties with nopales and red sauce

 Ingredients

•  ½ kg of nopales (prickly pear)
• 1 onion (separated amount)
• 1 cup dry shrimp powder
• 5 eggs
• 2 tomatoes
• 2 garlic cloves
• 6 guajillo peppers
• 2 ancho peppers
• Salt to taste

 

Wash the nopales and cut into slices.

Cook the nopales with water, a tablespoon of salt, ¼ onion and a clove of garlic. Let cook until softened. Separate.

While the nopalitos are cooking, clean the chiles, devein and remove the seeds.

Cook the ancho and guajillo chiles with water and a clove of garlic just until they boil and leave them to soak for about five minutes in the same water. Separate.

Blend the tomatoes with the chiles and a little of the water where they were cooked.

Then you can strain the chile mixture to remove the skins (optional).

To make the patties:

Separate the egg whites from the yolks.

Beat the egg whites until stiff (like foam) and add the yolks one by one, continue beating.

Gradually add the ground shrimp and mix gently with a spatula, so as not to lose the stiff consistency.

Heat oil in a pan, enough, but do not cover the patties.

To make the shrimp patties, take a tablespoon of the shrimp and egg mixture and carefully place it in the pan.

You can fry several patties at once, you can usually fit three to four of them in the pan.

Flip the pancakes when you see they are browning, once, and let them brown on the other side.

Separate them, place on top of a napkin to absorb the oil a little.

Once you have all the pancakes ready, heat oil in a pan and fry half an onion in slices.

Add the chile mixture, plus three cups of water, season to taste with salt, and bring to a boil.
Stir in the nopales and patties carefully, cook for ten more minutes so that the flavors mix.

Remove from the heat and serve hot.