Refreshing ceviche dish brought from Latin American cultures that can be eaten as a starter or as a side dish. Normally we tend to see fish ceviches, such as tuna ceviche, macerated in lemon or lime juice, but the truth is that there are also meat ceviches.
In this article, we show a simple recipe for sausage ceviche, ideal for children and in the purest Mexican style, since it is in Sinaloa where it is most common to prepare this appetizer. You will see that it is very simple to prepare, it is only necessary to chop all the ingredients, mix them and let them rest. Keep reading to discover our tricks!
Ingredients to make Sausage Ceviche:
• 2 frankfurter-type sausages
• 1 piece of cucumber
• 1 green bell pepper
• 1 glass of tomato juice
• 2 ripe tomatoes without skin
• 1 purple onion
• 1 pinch of ground chili or black pepper
• 3 pinches of salt
• 1 tablespoon of ketchup
• 1 lemon (the juice)
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
How to make Sausage Ceviche:
Cut the sausages into slices and then each slice into four pieces if they are thick, if they are rather thin simply cut the slices in half.
Chop the red onion into not very small pieces. To do this, cut it first into slices and then in half. And if you prefer the sausage ceviche to be finer, you can chop the ingredients even smaller, to your liking! Also chop the other ingredients into small squares, that is, the green pepper, the cucumber, the avocado and the tomato.
Put all the previous ingredients and the rest in a container in this order: first the tomato juice, then the salt, the oil, the ketchup, the chili or pepper and, finally, the lemon juice. Stir well, cover with plastic wrap and let the sausage ceviche macerate for 30 minutes in the fridge.
Ready to serve! It is common to enjoy the sausage ceviche recipe with toast or seed crackers. Without a doubt, this is a really delicious appetizer or starter, easy and quick to prepare, perfect for when we have guests. Bon Appetite!
How to prepare sausage ceviche – Tips and tricks
If you liked the sausage ceviche that we have learned to make, go ahead and experiment and introduce new ingredients. For example, you can make sausage and mango ceviche by cutting this fruit into small cubes and mixing it with the rest of the ingredients. You can also add pineapple or shrimp!
As it is slightly spicy, this sausage ceviche for children is ideal, they will love the mix of flavors! And if you want to know some tricks, pay attention:
• To cut the onion without crying, you have two options: reserve it in the refrigerator or blanch it for a few seconds.
• To easily remove the tomato skin, make a cross cut and leave it for a few seconds in a pot of boiling water.
• You can make your own tomato juice by crushing tomatoes with a little water, in this way the recipe will be healthier because it will not have added sugar, as is the case with some industrial juices.
• For an extra kick of flavor, add chopped cilantro.
