Charleston Chow Cocktail Sauce

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Ingredients

• 1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 1/4 cup orange soda
• 1 tablespoon clam juice
• 1 1/2 teaspoons Mexican hot sauce, such as Cholula
• 1 teaspoon lime juice
• Freshly cracked black pepper, optional
• Lemon and lime rounds, for garnish
• 1 ripe avocado, pitted and sliced
• 1 cup fresh cilantro leaves
• 1 sleeve soda crackers, such as Saltines

Details

Cooking time 30mins

Preparation

Step 1

Whisk the ketchup, orange soda, clam juice, hot sauce, lime juice and pepper to taste, if using, in a medium mixing bowl.

Serve the cocktail sauce in a chilled glass bowl or individual cocktail glasses. Perch the shrimp and some lemon and lime rounds on the rim. Top with the avocado and cilantro (I don't like cilantro so I use parsley). Serve with crackers.