Camarones en Apuro is a traditional Colombian dish from the Coast of the country and it is a simple and easy way to cook shrimp. It’s a wonderful and delicious appetizer to serve when having company.
In Colombia, it is usually served on a bed of Romaine lettuce with saltine crackers and lemon or lime wedges on the side, but I served mine with crostini and I loved it!
Enjoy!
On another note, Cheri, a friend of my husband, recently started a recipe blog called MeatLessDays.com. My husband, being a vegetarian, has been emailing me links to her recipes. He is very excited, especially since I regularly tell him that I don’t know what to make him that’s vegetarian 
Why not check out the site for yourself? I have also added a link to her site on my Links page for future navigation.
Ingredients
(4-6 servings)
1 1/2 pounds uncooked shrimp, peeled and deveined
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 cup olive oil
1/3 cup bread crumbs
1 1/2 cups tomato sauce
3 tablespoons lime or lemon juice
Salt and pepper
Directions
1. In a medium sauce pan heat the olive oil, add the shrimp, onion powder, garlic powder, stir and cook for about 5 minutes.
2. Add the bread crumbs, salt and pepper and stir well. Add the tomato sauce and lemon juice. Cook for about 3 more minutes.
3. Stir and serve over lettuce.
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oh wow, I would order this in a restaurant!
Hola Ericka,
These shrimp look great! I’ll take a look at your friend’s blog. Thanks
Looks like I found my Sunday meal!
Erica, I love shrimp and have been craving it so much, so I am going to make this! Any excuse to make shrimp!
Shrimps look delicious!
I would probably add some chilli to them as well because I like it spicy, but the colour is fabulous!
Love shrimps and think that this would also be great on pasta.
los camarones se ven deliciosos and now i am going to visit your vegetarian friend…thanks!
Lovely shrimp and although I’m a meat lover I love cooking vegetarian side too so thanks for the link
Looks delicious!
Qué rico se ve!
Gracias!
Erica, for this recipe do you buy frozen shrimp or fresh ones?
Ruby- I used fresh shrimp, but you can use frozen!
Loved this as well, but would have liked a bit more heat to it. The tomato sauce gave it some flavor but I wanted some kick. Any suggestions on making this a little spicier?
JT- Add some red pepper flakes or hot sauce!