Sardine tacos with cabbage, red onion and mustard salsa on homemade blue corn tortillas by Sonoran cookbook author Jackie Alpers.
Sonoran Seafood Recipes
A collection of Sonoran-Mexican style Southwest regional fish and seafood recipes from the Arizona-Mexico borderlands. Did you know that the Sea of Cortez is part of the Sonoran Desert ecosystem? It’s only a four drive from Tucson and supplies the region with fresh shrimp, spiny lobsters and clams.
Recipes include; quick and easy Sonoran-style shrimp cocktail, spicy shrimp ceviche tostadas, topopo salads and more.
Topopo Salad Recipe: Tucson’s Famous Regional Salad
The Topopo salad is Tucson, Arizona’s most unique regional salad. It’s is a visually stunning volcano of chopped lettuce and mixed vegetables piled high on a bean tostada. This monumental salad was first inspired by a volcano in Sonora, Mexico.
Grilled Octopus Recipe Inspired by Yellowstone
Recipe for Mediterranean diet grilled octopus served with scallions, romaine and fresh tomatoes in a light citrus vinaigrette from The Unofficial Yellowstone Cookbook by Jackie Alpers.
Sonoran-Style Mexican Shrimp Ceviche Tostadas
Sonoran-style Mexican shrimp ceviche tostadas with avocado and hot sauce on crunchy baked tostada shells.
Sonoran-Style Mexican Shrimp Cocktail Recipe
This easy Sonoran style Mexican shrimp cocktail with crisp cucumber, creamy avocado, red onion and hot sauce is ready in about 5 minutes.
Parmesan Crisps with Caviar and Crème Fraîche
Festive enough for New Year’s Eve, this pretty appetizer only takes about 5 minutes to make. Bacon infused caviar adds a unique smokiness that will intrigue your guests and is fairly inexpensive, but any decent quality caviar will do. The one-ingredient parmesan crisps are a savory, no-carb alternative to blini.
Tuna Noodle Casserole Recipe
A modern, flavor-packed, one-pot tuna noodle casserole recipe made with healthy ingredients.
Spicy Thai Coleslaw: A Green Papaya Salad Without the Papaya
Here in Tucson it can be hard to get fresh green papaya, so I use packaged coleslaw mix instead in this spicy Thai cabbage salad inspired by Som Tum.
