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Return To Life Cocktail (vuelve A La Vida)

A home-style Return To Life Cocktail (vuelve A La Vida) made with Octopus, Crab Meat, Squid Cocktail Sauce, Sm Ripe Tomato Chopped, and Serrano Chile Seeded And Minced. Serves 4. Scale it up or down for the number of people at the table.

Illustrative photo

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb
• 1/3 lb
• 1/3 lb
• 1
• 1
• 1
• 2
• 2 tbsp

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Boil each type of seafood in salted water separately, until tender

2. 2

   Octopus: You may have to purchase a whole octopus.

3. 3

   Cut the thick portions of cooked octopus meat into 1/2-inch rings, but leave the slender tips of the ten

4. 4

   Shrimp The shrimp are done when they turn pink about 3 to 4 minutes. After cooking, cool and peel.

5. 5

   Crab meat Fresh crabmeat requires about 3 minutes of cooking. Cool and remove meat from the shells.

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   Squid: Cut the squid into 1/4-inch rings, removing the hard core from the head and separating the tentacles into 3 or 4 bunches.

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   Boil only for about l0 minutes; overcooking will toughen meat.

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   Prepare the sauce.

9. 9

   Toss the prepared seafood with the vegetables and cilantro.

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    Serve in old-fashioned ice-cream sundae glasses or in fluted goblets.

11. 11

    If desired, you may garnish with slices of avocado.

12. 12

    Per serving: Calories 281 Fat 10g Cholesterol 314 mg

13. 13

    Sodium 831 mg Percent calories from fat 32%

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    Dallas Morning News 3/27/96