{"id":2925,"slug":"san-francisco-style-scallop-ceviche","title":"San Francisco style Scallop Ceviche","description":"A ceviche is a seafood dish, originating in Peru, that relies on acid rather than heat to cook the fish. This recipe adds a bit of a California twist by adding sliced avocado to the dish.","ingredients_raw":["1 pound (450 g) bay scallops","½ cup (125 ml) lemon juice (about 3–4 lemons)","4 red bell peppers, roasted, peeled, and seeded","2 tablespoons (30 ml) balsamic vinegar","2 tablespoons (30 ml) extra-virgin olive oil","½ teaspoon (2.5 ml) ground cayenne pepper","Salt, to taste","1 avocado, peeled and sliced"],"ingredients_norm":["bay scallop","lemon juice","red bell pepper","balsamic vinegar","extra virgin olive oil","ground cayenne pepper","salt","avocado"],"steps":["In a non-reactive bowl, combine the scallops and lemon juice. Add more juice as needed to cover the scallops.","Refrigerate, covered, and stir often for 2 hours, until the scallops become opaque.","Combine the bell peppers, vinegar, oil, cayenne, and salt into a food processor or blender, and purée.","To serve, spoon the sauce onto individual plates, drain the scallops, and place them on the sauce. Garnish with slices of avocado."],"categories":["Seafood recipes","Pescatarian recipes","Halal recipes","Recipes using avocado","Recipes using red bell pepper","Californian recipes","Appetizer recipes","Recipes using scallop","Raw recipes","Recipes using lemon juice","Recipes using vinegar","Recipes using olive oil","Recipes using cayenne"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":"4–6","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"very easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:San_Francisco_style_Scallop_Ceviche","source_ref":"4630376","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:San_Francisco_style_Scallop_Ceviche&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"9dc98bfab82b405d25349c5e51604d11adda2ed7064e2d1729f6b3d5fd695026","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:19Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/san-francisco-style-scallop-ceviche"}