Recipes with prawns
49 verified Mexican recipes with prawns.
Prawns are the star of Mexican coastal cooking: Sinaloa-style aguachile with serrano chilli and lime, prawns a la diabla, garlic-butter mojo de ajo, port-style prawn cocktails, tacos gobernador and the restorative prawn broths. Fast seafood cooking — most of these are done in under 30 minutes.
This page gathers 49 verified Mexican recipes with prawns, ordered A to Z — including River Crayfish in Chipotle Sauce, Black Aguachile, Red Aguachile. Total times range from 20 to 135 minutes, so there are weeknight options as well as weekend pot-cooking projects. The quickest is Camarones Aguachile Estilo Sinaloa (20 minutes in total). Indicative UK price: £4.99 per 180g (researched for our cost estimates).
River Crayfish in Chipotle Sauce
Huastec river langoustines in thick chipotle and tomato sauce.
45 minmedia4 servings
Black Aguachile
Raw prawns in a dark soy, chilli and lime sauce with cucumber and red onion. A bold, umami-rich Sinaloan seafood dish.
25 minmedia4 servings
Red Aguachile
Raw prawns cured in lime and red chillies — a fiery, refreshing Sinaloan speciality.
25 minmedia4 servings
Green Aguachile
Raw prawns marinated in lime juice with serrano chilli, cucumber and red onion. An intensely fresh Sinaloan dish.
25 minfacil4 servings
Arroz a la Tumbada (Seafood Rice)
Soupy seafood rice, Veracruz style.
65 minmedia6 servings
Arroz a la Tumbada con Pulpo (Veracruz Soupy Rice with Octopus)
Veracruz soupy rice with octopus and seafood in the Alvarado style.
60 minmedia4 servings
Mexican Prawn Rice (Arroz con Camarones)
Mexican coastal rice with prawns in a tomato and epazote sofrito.
45 minfacil4 servings
Mexican Prawn Broth
Spicy prawn broth with guajillo chilli, a Pacific coast classic.
50 minmedia4 servings
Seafood Broth
A hearty mixed seafood soup in a rich tomato and chilli broth.
55 minmedia6 servings
Caldo de Oso (Hangover Seafood Broth)
Spicy Sinaloan seafood broth, famous as a hangover cure.
45 minfacil6 servings
Oaxacan Stone Soup (Caldo de Piedra Chinanteco)
Chinantec ritual soup cooked by plunging red-hot volcanic stones into cold broth. Oaxaca tradition.
35 mindificil4 servings
Devilled Prawns
Prawns tossed in a fiery red sauce of guajillo, arbol and morita chillies.
45 minmedia4 servings
Butter Prawns
Prawns sauteed in butter with golden garlic and guajillo chilli.
25 minfacil4 servings
Sinaloa-Style Prawn Aguachile
Sinaloa raw prawns in green chilli, lime and cucumber marinade.
20 minfacil4 servings
Coconut Prawns
Prawns coated in desiccated coconut, fried until golden and crispy.
35 minfacil4 servings
Garlic Prawns
Prawns sauteed in butter with plenty of golden garlic, lime and guajillo chilli.
30 minfacil4 servings
Cucaracha Prawns (Sinaloa)
Prawns in dark dried chilli sauce from Sinaloa.
35 minmedia4 servings
Camarones en Chileajo (Prawns in Oaxacan Chilli-Garlic Sauce)
Prawns in Oaxacan chileajo sauce of dried chillies, roasted garlic and spices.
50 minmedia4 servings
Camarones Roca (Rock Prawns with Sweet & Tangy Sauce)
Battered prawns with creamy sweet and tangy sauce, Baja California pride.
40 minmedia4 servings
Zarandeados Prawns (Nayarit Grilled Prawns)
Nayarit prawns marinated in chilli adobo and grilled over charcoal.
50 minmedia4 servings
Campechana de Mariscos (Mixed Seafood Cocktail)
Mixed fresh seafood cocktail in tomato sauce.
40 minfacil4 servings
Cazuela de Mariscos (Mexican Seafood Casserole)
Coastal Mexican stew of mixed seafood in tomato sauce with ancho chilli and epazote.
45 minmedia4 servings
Prawn Ceviche
Prawns cured in lime with tomato, cucumber, red onion and coriander. Served cold on tostadas.
30 minfacil6 servings
Seafood Chileatole
Thick Veracruz seafood soup with corn masa
70 minmedia4 servings
Veracruz-Style Prawn Chilli Broth
Veracruz prawn broth with guajillo chilli, tomato and epazote in the classic jarocho style.
50 minmedia4 servings
Prawn Cocktail
Prawns in a chilled tomato and ketchup broth with lime, onion and avocado.
30 minfacil4 servings
Fresh Corn and Dried Prawn Pozole
Guerrero fresh corn pozole with dried prawns, sweet and flavoursome from the coast.
85 minmedia6 servings
Prawn Empanadas
Corn-dough empanadas filled with prawns, fried until golden.
50 minmedia6 servings
Prawn Fajitas
Marinated prawns with mixed peppers in a sizzling cast iron pan.
25 minfacil4 servings
Huatape de Camaron (Thick Prawn Broth)
Thick Huastec-style prawn broth with corn masa and guajillo chillies.
65 minmedia6 servings
Seafood Molcajete (Hot Stone Mortar Seafood)
Fresh seafood in chilli sauce served bubbling in a volcanic stone molcajete.
45 minmedia2 servings
Prawns in Green Pumpkin Seed Sauce (Pipián Verde)
Fresh prawns in green pumpkin seed sauce with tomatillo and epazote, a stew rooted in pre-Hispanic cuisine.
50 minmedia4 servings
Prawn Pozole (Guerrero)
Pozole with prawns in guajillo chilli sauce.
65 minmedia6 servings
Romeritos in Mole
Wild greens braised in red mole with cactus paddles, dried prawns and prawn fritters. A festive Christmas dish from Mexico City.
75 minmedia8 servings
Sopa de Piedra (Hot Stone Soup)
Ancestral Chinantec broth cooked with red-hot river stones placed directly inside a gourd bowl.
60 minmedia4 servings
Mexican Sushi Rolls
Sushi rolls with battered prawn, avocado and chipotle sauce — Mexico's hugely successful Japan-Mexico fusion phenomenon.
80 minmedia4 servings
Tacos de Camarón (Prawn Tacos)
Battered prawn tacos with cabbage, cream and hot sauce.
35 minfacil4 servings
Battered Prawn Tacos Baja Style
Crispy beer-battered prawns in flour tortillas with chipotle cream. Baja California style.
40 minmedia4 servings
Beer-Battered Prawn Tacos (Baja Style)
Prawns in beer batter, deep-fried and served with cabbage, soured cream and chipotle in corn tortillas.
40 minmedia4 servings
Crispy Prawn Tacos Sinaloa-Style
Crispy rolled tacos filled with seasoned prawns, Sinaloa-style, with guacamole and cream.
40 minmedia4 servings
Governor Tacos
Prawn and melted cheese tacos in a golden flour tortilla, from Sinaloa.
30 minmedia4 servings
Tamales Barbones (Bearded Prawn Tamales)
Sinaloan whole prawn tamales, antennae poking out like a beard.
105 minmedia12 servings
Prawn Tamales (Sinaloa-Style)
Corn masa tamales filled with prawns in tomato and chilli sauce. Pacific coast tradition.
135 mindificil6 servings
Tortas de Camaron Seco (Dried Prawn Fritters)
Dried prawn fritters with egg bathed in red mole, a classic Lenten dish from Puebla.
55 minmedia6 servings
Tostadas de Aguachile (Prawn Aguachile Tostadas)
Crispy tostadas topped with prawns in green chilli and lime aguachile from Sinaloa.
25 minfacil4 servings
Prawn Tostadas
Crispy tostadas with cooked prawns, avocado and fresh salsa, a speciality of the Mexican coast.
30 minfacil4 servings
Ceviche Tostadas
Crispy tostadas topped with fresh fish and prawn ceviche marinated in lime juice with avocado and hot sauce.
30 minfacil6 servings
Prawn Ceviche Tostadas
Fresh prawns marinated in lime with tomato, onion, serrano chilli and avocado on crispy tostadas, Mexican coastal ceviche.
30 minfacil4 servings
Vuelve a la Vida (Seafood Cocktail "Back to Life")
Spicy mixed seafood cocktail, famous for "reviving" anyone.
45 minfacil4 servings
Frequently asked questions
How many recipes with prawns are there on Recetas Mexas?
We have 49 published Mexican recipes using prawns, all with verified ingredients, steps and timings. A few examples: River Crayfish in Chipotle Sauce, Black Aguachile, Red Aguachile.
What's the quickest recipe with prawns?
Camarones Aguachile Estilo Sinaloa, ready in 20 minutes in total. The rest of the recipes on this page range from 20 to 135 minutes.
How much does prawns cost in the UK?
The indicative price we use in our cost estimates is £4.99 per 180g, researched across UK supermarkets and Mexican grocers. Each recipe page shows its calculated cost.
I've got prawns and not much else — what can I cook?
Use our "What can I cook?" tool: tick prawns plus whatever else you have at home and it tells you which recipes you can make in full and which are only one ingredient away.
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Recipes curated by Edmond Bojalil. Last updated: 2026-06-17.
Founder, Recetas Mexas
Mexican from Puebla, IT professional and foodie. Author of 1000+ authentic Mexican recipes adapted for home kitchens worldwide. Based in Madrid since 2018.
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