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What To Serve With Ceviche

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I love ceviche! Mexican, Peruvian and fusion variations too, ceviche is a refreshing appetizer that is healthy, tasty and even easy to make. It's a winner of a dish and I've got the best side dishes and recipes when you're wondering, "What to serve with ceviche?"

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The Best Ceviche Recipes

Cooked with the citric acid from lime or lemon juice, ceviche can be served as an appetizer, a side dish or a main dish. Deciding this will help you decide what else and how much to serve. If you are looking for a good ceviche recipe with unique flavor, try out the classic Mexican Tuna Ceviche with raw tuna (or swap any other fresh raw fish like salmon, white fish or raw shrimp instead of the tuna) or try the classic Coctel De Camaron (Mexican Shrimp Cocktail) that uses cooked fresh shrimp.

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Traditional Side Dishes - Tortillas, Tacos, Tostadas And Dippers

Traditional and popular side dishes for ceviche are usually foods that can easily scoop up this citrusy fish dish. There are so many types of ceviche but what they all have in common is that they love to go in or on something crispy and crunchy. Top of the list are chips, including crunchy tortillas and tostadas, regular and sweet potato chips, plantain chips, fried tortillas, hard taco shells, rice cakes and saltines.

Homemade Tostadas
These easy and crispy tostada are perfect with ceviche. Either serve the ceviche on top of the tostada or break them up like chips.
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A stack of crisp tostada shells on a terra cotta colored plate with cilantro and tomatoes in the background.
Air Fryer Tortilla Chips
The perfect chip for eating with your ceviche! Make homemade Air Fryer Tortilla Chips in under 10 minutes with just a little bit of oil and salt.
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Homemade tortilla chips on a turquoise plate.
Tostones
Tostones are a great base to serve your ceviche on and a favored snack among many people from the Caribbean. Sweet and salty, tostones are a great thing!
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Wooden platter with crisp tostones on one end and pale orange dip in a bowl on the other end.

Latin American Appetizers

Ceviche is a star appetizer and you can pair this seafood dish with some other delicious appetizers for an evening of small bites or tapas. The best way to serve appetizers as a main meal is as a big inviting buffet.

Mango Salsa
Delicious Mango Salsa made with just 5 simple ingredients – sweet mango, red onion, jalapeño, cilantro, and fresh lime juice. Sweet, spicy, refreshing, and so easy to make, enjoy this amazing mango salsa recipe with tortilla chips and ceviche!
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White bowl of mango salsa with flecks of green cilantro. Chips and pieces of lime are beside the bowl on a white counter.
Traditional Guacamole
Just 4 easy ingredients make up this super flavorful and easy guacamole. Perfect layered with ceviche on a tostada!
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Fresh Guacamole With Real Ingredients
Avocado Cotija Dip
Mexican appetizer night? Mexican avocado cotija dip is like guacamole, but kicked up a couple notches with traditional Mexican cotija cheese.
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Green dip in bowl topped with chopped tomatoes, cilantro and crumbled white cheese.
Salmon Crudo
A simple Spanish marinated raw salmon dish that pops with bright acidity and pickled red onions. This is an excellent seafood appetizer to pair up with a raw shrimp ceviche.
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Red thinly sliced salmon on a narrow platter with green herb and citrus dressing down the middle. There are pickled shallots sprinkled over.
Fruit Salsa
The perfect base salsa recipe for whatever fruit you've got, this is an awesome and easy appetizer with crunchy tostadas and tortilla chips.
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A bowl with rice, grilled chicken breast and yellow, orange and green salsa on top. This is sitting on a white tablecloth with limes and water glasses in the background.

Side Dishes To Serve With Ceviche For Dinner

To make ceviche the main entrée, spoon it are over rice like a Hawaiian poke, over a green or pasta salad, or spooned over avocado slices or halves as a light meal. Try sprinkling crushed corn nuts over it as an extra crunchy garnish!

Instant Pot Refried Beans
Beans are an easy and traditional side dish in many Latin meals. If you enjoy the taste of refried beans, ditch the canned version and learn how to make these instant pot refried beans with a great creamy texture. The recipe is simple to follow and will leave you with delicious beans to complete your meal!
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A colorful tablecloth with a yellow bowl of refried beans. The beans are garnished with diced tomato, white crumbled cheese and sliced green jalapenos.
Traditional Spanish Rice Side Dish
Fluffy and fragrant Mexican Spanish rice makes the quintessential side dish for any Latin American meal. Flavors of tomatoes and peppers in rice is a nice comfort food side dish.
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Coconut Rice
Light and refreshing, this simple Mexican-style cilantro lime cucumber salad is the perfect side with almost all seafood. Fill a bowl with this and top it by spooning your favorite version of ceviche right over top!
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Crispy Baked Plantains
Crispy outside and sweet and creamy inside, Baked Sweet Plantains are an easy and delicious side foil to the acidic ceviche. If you love sweet and salty flavour combinations, you’ll love these!
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Blistered Shishito Peppers
A unique and delightful accompaniment to the clean, fresh flavors of ceviche! Although shishito peppers are a headliner on so many restaurant menus these days, you basically need just 1 ingredient and about 10 minutes to make these!
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White rectangle platter with blistered green shishito peppers on a grey napkin.
Air Fryer Avocado Fries
These air fryer avocado fries are a delicious party appetizer that your guests will go crazy over! Creamy avocado wedges, coated in panko breadcrumbs and air fried until golden brown and super crispy. Serve with this creamy cilantro lime crema for dipping alongside other Mexican appetizers.
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Crispy breaded avocado fries on a wooden cutting board with wedges of green lime and avocado around the edges.
Mexican Cauliflower Rice
Low carb Mexican Cauliflower Rice with ground turkey and lots of veggies for a healthy 30 minute dinner entire family will love. This quick skillet is easy, flavorful and filling main course to follow ceviche.
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White wide rimmed bowl with red rice garnished with jalapeno slices and a lime wedge.

Salads

Perfect hot weather fare, bold and refreshing salads with chili peppers, cucumbers, sweet fresh corn and tropical mango are all delicious side dishes. Plus, they are easy to make ahead, leaving you time to have a siesta before the fiesta!

Mexican Corn Salad
Sweet corn pairs so well with all the flavors of South America as well as shellfish. This simple Mexican Corn Salad hits all the right notes with lots of corn and colorful veggies, black beans for protein, and a nice citrusy dressing. It’s the perfect light Mexican side dish alongside your favorite ceviche for taco filling or as appetizers with chips for all your summer cookouts, BBQs, or potlucks.
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Bright colored Mexican salad with yellow corn kernels, black beans, green and red peppers and cilantro in a grey bowl.
Cilantro Lime Cucumber Salad
Light and refreshing, this simple Mexican-style cilantro lime cucumber salad is perfect for summer. This healthy side dish is a great accompaniment to all sorts of fresh oysters, whitefish and shrimp ceviches.
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Pale green and white salad of cucumber and cilantro in a white bowl on a blue tablecloth.
Jicama And Blood Orange Salad
Crisp jicama marinated in a zesty cilantro lime dressing topped with juicy blood orange slices, pomegranate arils, ripe avocado, and chili lime sea salt.
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Mango Coleslaw Salad
This mango salad is fresh and light, with a lovely sweetness from the fruit. Ceviche pairs great with the tropical flavors of mango and citrus.
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Cream colored bowl on white tablecloth with colorful purple, orange and green mango coleslaw.

Main Courses To Follow Ceviche Appetizers

If ceviche is your appetizer, follow it up with some heartier fare like tacos and tostadas or your favorite enchilada recipe. Here are a few of my favorites below.

Blackened Fish Tacos
Follow a fresh bowl of ceviche with these delicious, flaky mahi mahi tacos. Fish is seared in blackening seasoning and butter and added to corn tortillas along with a tangy, homemade slaw. Top with sour cream, baja sauce, avocado, cilantro, lime and jalapeno slices!
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Three soft shell tacos filled with fish, coleslaw and jalapenos and drizzled with mayonnaise sauce.
Spicy Potato Tacos
These spicy potato tacos are delicious. Delight your friends with these picant meatless and tacos! A spicy potato mixture in a crispy corn tortilla shell with avocado, cabbage, and queso fresco, they are a substantial meal and contrasting texture to shrimp ceviche.
Check out this recipe
2 Soft tacos around a potato filling with purple cabbage and white crumbled cheese.
Ground Beef Tostadas
Follow a fish ceviche appetizer with zesty Beef Tostadas! Crispy, crunchy tortilla shells are topped with ground beef and refried beans for a satisfying Mexican main course.
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Tostadas topped with ground beef, tomato chunks and crema drizzled over.

Best Drinks To Pair With Ceviche

Here are some of the best cocktails from Latin America, Spain and Peru. In addition to these cocktails (including the non-alcoholic agua fresca below) don't overlook simple sparkling water garnished with fresh lemon or lime juice, fresh fruit juices and crisp white wine. White wines like the grassy Vinho Verde and Sauvignon Blanc, Verdelho and Pinot Blanc all make a perfect match.

Homemade Margaritas
The classic and most well known Mexican cocktail, this homemade margarita recipe is the best one there is! Serve it up at happy hour with ceviche and a bowl of tortilla chips.
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Three margaritas in coupe glasses with salted rims. There is a gold cocktail stirring spoon laying down and a pile of limes in the background. Each drink is garnished with a slice of citrus, lime, grapefruit and orange.
Passion Fruit Margarita
Passion Fruit Margarita! A classic margarita on the rocks with a tropical passion fruit twist.
Check out this recipe
Clear glass with yellow drink, red granulated rim and lime wheel. There is an open passionfruit and lime wedge beside.
Hibiscus Margarita
This hibiscus margarita recipe uses traditional ingredients, combined with hibiscus flower syrup, to create a beautiful and tasty drink.
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Red hibiscus margarita in a tall mason jar with lots of ice cubes in it and a lime wedge on the top edge of the glass.
Agua Fresca
Excellent and refreshing, this non-alcoholic drink is loved by all ages! This agua fresca recipe is a basic formula to produce a perfect Mexican style fruit drink every time.
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Agua fresca in yellow, pink and green each in different glasses.
Grapefruit Paloma
This refreshing grapefruit Paloma tonic is a tasty update to a traditional Paloma with the addition of grapefruit tonic. This refreshing cocktail goes well with the bright flavors of raw seafood in ceviche.
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Peachy pink grapefruit drink with a grapefruit and lime wedge.
Mangonada
A mangonada is a vibrant and delicious drink made with juicy mangoes, chamoy, and chile-lime seasoning. It's the perfect balance between sweet, sour, spicy, salty, and umami and makes an excellent apertif with salty flavored ceviche.
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A bright orange and red drink with pieces of mango in it and a red sugared rim.
Cantaritos
Cantaritos are a popular Mexican cocktail recipe made with tequila, citrus fruits, salt, and bubbly grapefruit soda. Each one is sweet, tangy, and incredibly refreshing with citrus seafood appetizers.
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Mexican Candy Shot
This Mexican candy drink is a classic cocktail that goes perfectly with ceviche! Like all Mexican cuisine, it has a bit of a kick that makes it the life of any fiesta!
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I hope this has helped you find the perfect pairing for your favorite ceviche! If this has been helpful, I'd love for you to save it to FB or Pinterest for later.

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Salud! Sabrina

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About Sabrina Currie

Classically French trained cook, photographer and food stylist living on beautiful Vancouver Island, BC.

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