Recipes with prawns and avocado
16 verified Mexican recipes with prawns and avocado.
Prawns and avocado are the Mexican seafood bar's signature couple: prawn cocktail, aguachile with its fans of avocado, prawn tostadas, ceviches and fresh beach-style salads. Avocado's creaminess tempers the lime and chilli — pure balance in every bite.
This page gathers 16 verified Mexican recipes with prawns and avocado, ordered A to Z — including Black Aguachile, Green Aguachile, Mexican Prawn Rice (Arroz con Camarones). Total times range from 20 to 80 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).
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
Green Aguachile
Raw prawns marinated in lime juice with serrano chilli, cucumber and red onion. An intensely fresh Sinaloan dish.
25 minfacil4 servings
Mexican Prawn Rice (Arroz con Camarones)
Mexican coastal rice with prawns in a tomato and epazote sofrito.
45 minfacil4 servings
Sinaloa-Style Prawn Aguachile
Sinaloa raw prawns in green chilli, lime and cucumber marinade.
20 minfacil4 servings
Campechana de Mariscos (Mixed Seafood Cocktail)
Mixed fresh seafood cocktail in tomato sauce.
40 minfacil4 servings
Prawn Ceviche
Prawns cured in lime with tomato, cucumber, red onion and coriander. Served cold on tostadas.
30 minfacil6 servings
Prawn Cocktail
Prawns in a chilled tomato and ketchup broth with lime, onion and avocado.
30 minfacil4 servings
Prawn Fajitas
Marinated prawns with mixed peppers in a sizzling cast iron pan.
25 minfacil4 servings
Seafood Molcajete (Hot Stone Mortar Seafood)
Fresh seafood in chilli sauce served bubbling in a volcanic stone molcajete.
45 minmedia2 servings
Mexican Sushi Rolls
Sushi rolls with battered prawn, avocado and chipotle sauce — Mexico's hugely successful Japan-Mexico fusion phenomenon.
80 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
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
Frequently asked questions
How many recipes with prawns and avocado are there on Recetas Mexas?
We have 16 published Mexican recipes using prawns and avocado, all with verified ingredients, steps and timings. A few examples: Black Aguachile, Green Aguachile, Mexican Prawn Rice (Arroz con Camarones).
What's the quickest recipe with prawns and avocado?
Camarones Aguachile Estilo Sinaloa, ready in 20 minutes in total. The rest of the recipes on this page range from 20 to 80 minutes.
How much does prawns and avocado 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 avocado and not much else — what can I cook?
Use our "What can I cook?" tool: tick prawns and avocado 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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