Charlie's Ceviche Celebration!

This is my brother-in-law's recipe. Straight from his family in Mexico. While I think the technical definition of ceviche requires you to marinate/cook raw fish in acid/citrus juice, this starts with already cooked shrimp, which I'm cool with. Less fuss and less muss.

And did I mention ... it's delicious? Like, so freaking good. In a crave it like sushi or hot dogs kind of way. (Well, maybe that's just me. You crave whatever you want to.)

Charlie's Ceviche Celebration
1 16 oz. package frozen cooked shrimp (you could also substitute fake crab or combine the two), thawed
Juice of 1 orange or 2 clementines
1 finely chopped Serrano pepper (keep ribs and seeds if you want it hot, use less or jalapeno if you want less heat)
3 Roma tomatoes, chopped
1 small red onion, chopped
Big handful of fresh cilantro, chopped
1/4 c ketchup
1/4 - 1/2 c orange soda
2T white vinegar
1t dry oregano
Salt to taste
Avocado, chopped, if you want

Mix shrimp, orange juice, pepper, tomatoes, onion, cilantro. Mixture should be about equal shrimp/tomato/cilantro or red/white/green in color. (Like the Mexican flag!) Add ketchup, orange soda, vinegar, oregano and salt. Add avocado right before serving. Should be saucy, but not swimmingly saucy.

Charlie serves on soda crackers. Which sounded strange to me, too. But it's yummy! It would also be good on Scoops, whole wheat crackers, baked pita chips, wrapped up in a whole wheat tortilla, or just straight out of the bowl with a spoon.