Hey! First of all I am sharing this recipe at 3pm PT today (Wednesday March 7th!) on Facebook Live. I was bogged down with kids obligations yesterday and missed my regular time slot! But this recipe is just way too good not to share as soon as possible. Plus for any of you who are following along doing Whole30 with me I knew I had to make this available to you, probably for dinner tonight. Because anyone who has done this program knows all about #dietfatigue…. (By the way, if you want to follow along with my journey, you can read all about it in My Whole30 Diary.)
These were born the other day when I realized that I had a pound of shrimp I needed to use and I was HUNGRY (as if that was anything unique). I remembered a great technique of pureeing shrimp to use as a binder to make shrimp cakes. That pureed shrimp holds together chopped shrimp, fresh veggies and shredded sweet potatoes and transforms them all into golden, tender and delicious Shrimp Sweet Potato Cakes. They have a little bit of spice and they are best served with a squeeze of fresh lime and a generous serving of the fresh avocado salsa!
- Shrimp Sweet Potato Cakes
- 1 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 2 limes zest
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh jalapeno
- ¼ cup finely diced red bell pepper
- 3 green onions, white and green part, very thinly sliced
- 2 cups packed shredded sweet potato (this took 1 medium-large sweet potato, peeled and ends trimmed grated on a box grater)
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- Avocado Salsa
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 large ripe avocado, diced
- ¼ cup red onion, very finely diced
- 1 red fresno chile, minced
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
- 2 limes juice
- kosher salt
- In the bowl of a food processor add ⅔rds of the shrimp and the lime zest and pulse until you have a fine paste.
- Transfer the shrimp paste to a large bowl and add the remaining shrimp (chopped roughly), the sweet potatoes, red bell pepper, green onions, jalapeno, cilantro, garlic and salt.
- Using clean hands, form 6 equal sized patties from the shrimp and sweet potato mixture. Set the patties aside while you prepare the Avocado Salsa.
- For the Avocado Salsa combine all of the ingredients in a medium bowl and gently fold together. Season to taste with kosher salt and set aside.
- In a large sauté pan, heat a thin layer of vegetable oil over medium heat. Add a few of the shrimp cakes and cook for about 2-3 minutes each until the bottoms have become golden and crispy.
- Flip the cakes and cook another few minutes until the second side is also golden and crispy and the shrimp is cooked to pink.
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Will have to make Paleo Shrimp Sweet Potato cakes..am salivating just reading the recipe.!!
Oh Good!!! they are really easy, I hope you give them a try!
Sounds amazing. Can’t wait to try this recipe. Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely Carol!I hope you like them!
These look amazing!
What a gorgeous dish! I could eat a whole bowl of the avocado salsa!
The perfect dish to bring in the spring season! Gushing over that avocado salsa!!
These shrimp cakes look amazing!
What is Whole 30? Can you explain please.
Also, can one use tuna or cod in place of the shrimp?
Thanks
PS who is that cute doggie?
Hi Nechama, Whole30 is a health/diet challenge that lasts 30 days. You can check out more information about the plan and see my diary about it here. You could try! I am going to attempt it with salmon this week!The doggie is Wilbur!
OMG this looks so incredible. I love savory meals in “patty” or “cake” form. I love shrimp, I love sweet potato, I love avocado. I mean, there’s basically nothing I don’t want to stuff in my face here.
I know this is a silly question, but is the sweet potato cooked? Thank you!
No silly questions Ginger! It is raw! It will cook when you fry it in the pan!
Is this easy to warm up in the microwave? Will the shrimp be overcooked afterwards?
Your recipe is magnificent. Thank you so much for sharing it with us. I love how easy it is to prepare and how delicious it tastes!
Oh great Mildred- thank you so much!
Should the shrimp be raw or cooked?
Raw and then they get cooked when you pan fry them!
Yes! Yes! Yes! Love these. The 9 year old loves these. We need to make more of these.
Do you think I can add an egg to bind?
Thanks!
Hello!
Is the sweet potato pre cooked?
no! It cooks in the pan!