Shrimp patties with nopales and red sauce 

Shrimp patties with nopales and red sauce are another favorite dish for Lent, although I prepare it at any time of the year because I love them. How to make tortitas de camarón.

They are a little time consuming but worth it because they are so tasty.

This recipe is also in Spanish: Tortitas de camarón con nopales y chile

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. I will show you next, how to make tortitas de camarón.

Shrimp patties with nopales and red sauce

 Ingredients

•  ½ kg of nopales
• 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 nopales with water, a tablespoon of salt, ¼ onion, and a clove of garlic. Let cook until softened. To stop.

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

Cook the 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. To stop.

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

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

To make the pancakes:

Separate the egg whites from the yolks.

Beat the egg whites to a point of nougat (like foam) with the mixer and add the yolks little by little, continue beating.

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

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

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

You can fry several pancakes at once, you usually fit three to four pancakes in the pan. Separate the pancakes, place on top of a napkin to absorb the oil a little.

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

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

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

Remove from the heat and serve hot.

More Lent recipes:

• Nopales salad with Clamato
• Fish with shrimp
• Fava bean soup

Shrimp patties with nopales and red sauce

Brenda Cisneros

A great recipe to enjoy the shrimp and nopales with a spicy flavor.

5 from 2 votes

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Course Main Course

Cuisine Mexican

Servings 10 patties

Calories 49 kcal

Equipo

• Blender

Ingredients

  

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• 1 lb nopales
• 1 onion separated amount
• 1 cup dry shrimp powder
• 5 eggs separate whites from egg yolks
• 2 tomatoes medium
• 2 garlic cloves
• 6 pcs guajillo peppers
• 2 pcs ancho peppers
• 1 tbsp Salt to taste

Instructions

 

• Wash the nopales and cut them 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 chiles and a little of the water where they were cooked.
• Then you can strain the chile mixture to remove the skins (optional).

To form 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 form the patties, take a tablespoon of the shrimp and egg mixture and carefully place it in the pan.
• You can fry several patties at the same time, you can usually fit three to four of them in the pan.
• Flip them when you see they are browning, once, and let them brown on the other side.
• Separate them and place them on top of a napkin to absorb the oil a little.

Incorporate shrimp patties and red sauce

• Once you have all the patties 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, shimmer for ten more minutes so that the flavors mix.
• Remove from the heat and serve hot.

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Nutrition Facts

Shrimp patties with nopales and red sauce

Amount Per Serving (1 g)

Calories 49 Calories from Fat 18

% Daily Value*

Fat 2g3%

Saturated Fat 1g6%

Cholesterol 82mg27%

Sodium 741mg32%

Potassium 230mg7%

Carbohydrates 4g1%

Fiber 2g8%

Sugar 2g2%

Protein 4g8%

Vitamin A 743IU15%

Vitamin C 8mg10%

Calcium 92mg9%

Iron 1mg6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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