My hubby and I were at a wet market last week, and found some razor clams that were still moving! I got super excited because I miss eating them raw. When I was growing up, my dad would bring a bucket of them home, and we would eat a few of them straight from the shell. The rest of the clams were battered and fried for dinner. The natural sweetness from the clams got me hooked! I hadn’t eaten razor clams in years, and to suddenly happen upon them, we couldn’t say no.
“Uh, so, how are we going to do this?” I asked.
He replied, “I don’t know…”
“Maybe we could just eat them. Can we ceviche?”
“I’ll try and find a recipe, or do some research.”
So off he went to his phone and we quickly decided to make ceviche that night.
We had never made ceviche like this before, so it was really fun for both of us. He was my sous chef for the evening, helping me make the lime juice marinade.
Recipe for Razor Clam Ceviche
- For 2 People
- Preparation:
- Waiting:
Ingredients
- About 600g (1-1½lb) Razor Clams, in-shell
- 60g (¼-cup) Lime Juice
- 20g (2T) Red Onion, diced
- 15g (3½t) Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 5g (⅓-½) Jalapeño Pepper, finely diced
- 8g (½-cup) Cilantro, finely chopped
- 1g (½t) Pink Peppercorn, coarsely ground
- 4g (1t) Granulated Sugar
- 1 medium Vine-Ripened Tomato, diced
Procedure
- Rinse and shuck the razor clams using a paring knife. Keep only the meaty portion of each razor clam.
- Thoroughly clean each razor clam with cold water, then slice into edible portions.
- In a medium bowl, mix the lime juice, onion, olive oil, pepper, cilantro, and peppercorn.
- Toss the clams with the lime juice mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Add the sugar to the ceviche. Dice the tomato and add to the clams right before serving. Mix well, and serve cold.
*Bunny Wisdom*
- To shuck the clams, run your knife along the bottoms and tops of each clam to loosen the meat. Remove any stringy parts, sand, and the dark portions. Place them back into ice-cold water.
- After juicing the limes, you have the option to strain or keep the pulp.
- The onion, jalapeño, and cilantro are chopped and diced finely so that there is even distribution of flavors.
- I choose to add the tomato at the end to prevent bruising. I also remove the seeds.
- Use up to 4g of sugar to balance out the flavors. If the razor clams are naturally sweet, add less sugar.
Nutrition Facts
- Total Fat 8.1g10.4%
- Saturated Fat 1.2g6%
- Trans Fat 0g
- Unsaturated Fat 6.5g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.9g
- Monounsaturated Fat 5.6g
- Cholesterol 15mg5%
- Sodium 306mg13.3%
- Total Carbohydrate 9.6g3.5%
- Dietary Fiber 1.2g4.3%
- Total Sugars 4.3g
- Includes 2g Added Sugars4%
- Protein 8.1g16.2%
- Vitamin A 80µg5.3%
- Vitamin C 20mg33.3%
- Vitamin D 0µg0%
- Calcium 36mg3.6%
- Iron 1mg5.6%
- Potassium 214mg6.1%
Even though, technically, these clams are jackknife clams and not the fatter — truer–, razor clams, they are equally delicious! Their Pacific coast (and Atlantic coast) cousins are bigger, juicier, and meatier (best for deep frying), but these smaller ones (better for ceviche) are more tender, and still have the same sweetness and briny flavor that all clams have. I can’t wait to get more so that I can fry some up!
EDIT: We were so happy to find some of the larger and juicier-looking razor clams in the market, and knew we had to remake this dish. They’re definitely sweeter and we ended up using less sugar to make the marinade.
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