Micah Monday: The Only Way To Eat Seafood This Summer

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Guess who’s back. It Micah. Feels good. Ready to take on the week. Oh, hell yeah.

Last week was a wild one, huh? That Wednesday holiday really threw everything off. But, you know what? Sometimes it’s good to have that five day week. Your boy is gonna grind on some new podcast ideas and launch something really exciting. Team Content for life!

Let’s talk about food. I like to eat. You eat. I like seafood. It’s summertime, and it’s hot. I’m a sweatboi, and I am in need of some refreshment. This brings us to the topic of today’s MM, Aguachile.

You may be asking, “Micah, what’s an Aguachile?” Friends, it’s time to get raw. From wikipedia: “Aguachile is a Mexican dish made of shrimp, submerged in liquid seasoned with chili peppers, lime juice, salt, cilantro, and slices of onion. Fresh vegetables such as cucumber are usually added.” Yep. That’s it. And it’s good as fuck.

Let me tell you how to make this delicious treat, Micah-Style. Let’s start with the seafood. Shrimp is the most traditional vessel for this dish, but you could make this delightful dish with basically any type of fresh seafood you have on hand. Catch a couple of Redfish or Black Drum? Oh yeah. Did the local fishmonger have some fresh Amberjack, you betcha. Landlocked in flyover country? No problem. Find some scallops and you’re good to go. Your man made this dish last week with a pound of fresh gulf shrimp I brought back from a beach weekend in Port Aransas. ‘Twas lit.

Here’s what you’ll need:
Limes (10-12)
English cucumber
Red onion
Cilantro (at least one big bunch)
Serrano chiles (4-6)
Salt
Avocados
Tortilla chips/tostadas and saltine crackers

Juice the hell out of those limes. I know it seems like a lot of lime juice, but you’ll need all of it. This is key. Don’t you dare cheat and buy concentrate. Fresh lime juice is the most important part of this dish.

Slice some red onion thin as hell. Toss that into a bowl, cover the onions with lime juice, and sprinkle with salt. Let them hang out for 20-30 minutes while you prep everything else. This isn’t traditional, but will help mellow the onion. Trust ya boi.

Remove shells and clean the shrimp. Depending on size, you can butterfly them or just chop into bite-sized pieces. Dry the protein well with paper towels. Same method applies if you’re using fresh fish or fresh scallops. If you can’t get fresh seafood or you don’t want to fuck with raw seafood, feel free to quickly boil shrimp or scallops for a few minutes. Just make sure to quickly move the seafood into an icebath to stop the cooking, and don’t forget to dry everything. Put your seasfood in a shallow bowl, and get that bowl on ice in the fridge. Pour enough lime juice over the seafood to cover, but not enough to drown. You follow? Good.

Now, get to choppin’ son. Take the cucumber, peel it, and remove the seeds. Cut it in half and slice one half into thin pieces. The sliced cucumber should be about the same size as the butterflied shrimp. Toss that fresh veg on top of the red onions.

Take the other half and roughly chop into three or four pieces. Toss that into your blender. It’s blender time, baby! Add to the blender the roughly chopped serranos, 90% of the cilantro, a big pinch of salt, and finally the rest of the lime juice (should be about half the juice you squeezed earlier). You know what time it is. Blend that shit, playboy!

The mix should be a beautiful green color, and it will be fragrant as fuck. Pour half that shit over the shrimp. Top the seafood with the onions and sliced cucumber, and then pour the rest of the blender sauce on top. Now your seafood will be swimming in an unbelievably spicy, acidic, herbaceous pool of deliciousness. Garnish with a cilantro leaf or two. Pretty af.

Stick two big spoons into the bowl, and serve with a big-ass bowl of chips and saltine crackers and tons of sliced avocado. Oh, and don’t you fucking dare forget a cooler full of icy-cold cervezas. Oh hell yeah!

Now we’re living. It’s hot! You don’t need more heat in the crib. You just made a delicious (and healthy) meal for you and a loved one or two. You didn’t have to turn on the oven or the stove or the grill. You win young fella, you win!

Until next week, live más my friends. .

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