DISH RESEARCH · Snack
Cóctel de Conchas
Salvadoran curil-clam cocktail with chopped vegetables, citrus and condiments.
About Cóctel de Conchas
Ircia de Mejia publishes this cóctel de conchas from Usulután, El Salvador. Her version combines raw curiles with tomato, red onion, radish, cilantro and green chilli, retaining the shellfish liquid.
Limón juice supplies citrus sharpness alongside the vegetables and salt. Salsa inglesa and hot chilli condiment season the mixture to taste; their exact commercial formulas are not provided.
The extracted shellfish and chopped vegetables form a juicy cocktail in a deep dish. Salted crackers accompany the serving. This is the author’s specific Salvadoran version, with no cooking or final serving-temperature category specified.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Molluscs, Wheat (gluten).
Product-dependent or unconfirmed: Fish.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Cóctel de Conchas
Ircia de Mejia’s Salvadoran cóctel de conchas with radish.
- Conchas or curilesProtein
- Red onionAromatic
- RadishBase
- CilantroAromatic
- Green chilliSeasoning
- TomatoesBase
- Limón juiceSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- SaltSeasoning
- Salsa inglesaSeasoning
- Hot chilli condimentSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Salted crackersAccompaniment
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Conchas or curiles: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Molluscs source-confirmed. Broader clam candidate; actual local bivalve name96, exact species unresolved. Molluscs positive.
- Red onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Radish: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cilantro: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Green chilli: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal chile verde100; exact cultivar/heat unspecified.
- Tomatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Limón juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Latin-American limón102/122 exact lime/lemon species not established; no arbitrary citrus mapping.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salsa inglesa: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish unconfirmed. Named Worcestershire-style sauce105/122; exact formula unprovided. Fish is pending because some products contain fish; no invented definite formula.
- Hot chilli condiment: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal chile picante106 and al gusto chile122; exact sauce/formula unknown, not assumed sweet chilli or fresh additional species.
- Salted crackers: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Normal salted wheat crackers107 confirm Wheat; broader cracker candidate, exact product/other ingredients unresolved.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- El Salvador
- El SalvadorCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Salvadoran Cuisine
- Salvadoran CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.