Shrimp are now a frequent guest on holiday tables. It’s not often that you just cook them for family dinner, often on memorable dates. This product is very useful, you just need to choose the right shrimp: without extra ice(many times frozen), or better chilled.
This product also goes well with almost all foods: cucumbers, tomatoes, cheese, eggs, squid, etc. For example, shrimp is a protein and complements squid and cheese very well. It will work out healthy salad. Refuel them and mayonnaise sauce and spiced oil.
There was a time when I just incredibly wanted a protein salad with shrimp and tomatoes. I was just ready to eat it in buckets, probably something was missing.
The salad recipe has its own twist due to the mixing of mayonnaise and lemon. The sourness will dilute the rather bland taste of shrimp and eggs.
Ingredients:
- 100 g boiled shrimp
- 2 eggs
- 50 grams of cheese
- Mayonnaise
- A little lemon juice
We cut all products.
Grate the cheese.
Mix lemon juice with mayonnaise and pour this mixture over the salad.
Sometimes shrimp are not cut, but simply placed in the salad as a finishing layer, as a decoration. They are eaten first.
But we like it when there are a lot of them, so we chop them into pieces.
The most delicious salad with shrimp and avocado
Avocado is also pretty useful product, which wonderfully complements everything vegetable dishes. And in combination with shrimp, it adds nutritional value and exoticism to the salad.
Ingredients:
- 1 avocado
- 1 tbsp. lemon juice
- 150 g tomato
- 1 bunch of dill
- 200 g peeled shrimp
- Mayonnaise
Peel the avocado and remove the pit. Cut into pieces.
Sprinkle with lemon juice.
We need to prepare pieces of tomatoes and shrimp.
Mix everything in one container with mayonnaise.
Place on lettuce leaves.
Simple salad with shrimp and tomatoes
Tomatoes give juice in the salad, and therefore it turns out not dry, but soaked. The smell immediately reminds you of summer, and its appearance is very attractive.
If you have large cloves of garlic, then take 1 clove.
Ingredients:
- 250 g shrimp
- 100 grams of cheese
- 2 cloves garlic
- Salt pepper
- 2 tomatoes
- 2 boiled eggs
Pour shrimp into boiling salted water.
While the shrimp are cooling, we cut the tomatoes, dill, and eggs.
Place peeled shrimp in a common bowl.
Top with grated cheese and garlic juice.
Salt and pepper and season with sauce or mayonnaise.
Recipe for a delicious salad with shrimp and pineapple
In this salad, a special place is given to fresh cucumber. It adds freshness and airiness to the salad.
Crab sticks can be replaced with meat, there is no difference.
Ingredients:
- 2 packs crab sticks– 500 gr
- 5 eggs
- 1 can of corn
- 1 fresh cucumber
- 100 grams of boiled shrimp
- Mayonnaise
Chop eggs, shrimp and crab sticks.
To them we put corn from a jar without liquid.
Festive recipe for salad with shrimp and squid and red caviar
Red caviar is a delicacy that housewives often buy only on New Year, I’ll pick up one jar on sale. Some people make sandwiches with butter with it, while others put it in salads. It is quite salty, so it gives an unusual flavor to a salad without salt.
You also need to take the right squid (minimum ice in the bag, medium shape and with a minimum of damage).
Ingredients:
- 500 g boiled squid
- 400 g crab sticks
- Boiled whites from 6 eggs
- 250 g cheese
- 140 g red caviar
- 150 g shrimp
- Mayonnaise
We cut the surimi sticks lengthwise into small strips.
We also cut the whites lengthwise into strips.
Chop the shrimp meat.
Next add a jar of red caviar and mayonnaise sauce.
Salt this salad, otherwise its zest and interesting flavor will be lost!
Delicious recipe for salad with shrimp and squid
Squid mass with shrimps is immediately associated with seafood. Even if you add to them seaweed, the taste of the salad will remain winning.
I want to introduce you to a very tasty recipe that is easy to prepare and eat instantly.
Ingredients:
- 600 g squid
- 500 g frozen shrimp
- 5 boiled eggs
- Mayonnaise
Boil or pour boiling water over the shrimp, peel and chop.
Squid carcasses need to be thoroughly cleaned and boiled for 1 minute.
Finely chop the eggs.
Combine all the pieces in a container, add salt and mix with mayonnaise.
By adding interesting ingredients into the recipe, you will get a variety of salad variations. It is possible to dilute with olives, red caviar or cucumber.
We often buy squid to fill up on protein and fatty acids. A kilogram of them can be purchased at a discount in the store for less than one hundred rubles. And they are much more beneficial than pork. And who would refuse naked protein, so on evening reception food can be cooked low calorie salad, and protein, as is known, is not deposited on the sides.
Choose a recipe to suit your taste.
The main thing is to remove seafood from boiling water in time, otherwise during the digestion process you will get rubbery meat instead of tender flesh.
Shrimp salad can be prepared using romantic dinner or for a holiday table. Some of the most interesting, simple and delicious recipes are given below.
Salad with shrimp and avocado
Shrimp and avocado salad is perhaps one of the most popular food combination options.
For two servings, take the following amount of products:
- peeled shrimp - 30-50 g;
- avocado - 1;
- cherry tomatoes - 6;
- Romano salad - a bunch;
- fresh herbs - 2-3 sprigs;
- garlic cloves - 1;
- lemon juice - 1 table. l.;
- ground pepper - a couple of pinches;
- olive. butter - 3 table. l.
First of all, prepare a delicious homemade gas station for the salad - combine finely chopped washed and dried greens, crushed/grated garlic, pepper, juice and oil. Mix well.
Boil shrimp in salted water.
To serve, the salad can be decorated with fresh herbs or grated hard cheese.
On a note. Shrimp are always immersed in boiling water. As soon as the water boils again, we note the cooking time: 2-3 minutes are enough for small shrimp, 5 minutes for medium ones, 8-10 minutes for large ones.
Recipe with arugula
Interesting and original salad with arugula and shrimp:
- Tiger chrimp- 10 units;
- arugula - 80 gr;
- avocado - 200 gr;
- Parmesan - 60 gr;
- cherry tomatoes - 80 gr;
- pine nuts - 10 g;
- flower honey - 20 g;
- lime - 1;
- soy sauce- 10 g;
- balsamic cream - 10 g;
- olive oil - 35 ml;
- salt, pepper mol.
We start cooking with the dressing: combine butter, freshly squeezed lime juice, honey, sauce and cream. If desired, you can grind the lime zest and add it to the dressing. Mix everything and leave to soak while the salad itself is prepared.
Wash and dry the arugula. We also wash the avocado, peel it and cut it into medium cubes. Rinse the tomatoes and cut them into halves. We make cheese into thin slices.
Heat the oil in a frying pan. While it is heating, wash the shrimp. Place the shrimp in the oil, add a little salt and pepper, and fry for 5-6 minutes.
Assemble the salad: place arugula leaves on the bottom of the salad bowl, shrimp and cheese go on top. Place cherry tomatoes around the edges. Pour the dressing over everything and sprinkle with nuts. Can be served.
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Shrimp salads are not only delicious, but also healthy dishes. Beneficial features shrimp are due to the content of vitamins D, E, A, PP, B12, copper, iron, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, potassium. The presence of amino acids, iodine and sulfur in them helps to activate the growth of body cells, as well as the harmonious functioning of all organs and systems. These useful material also have a beneficial effect on the condition of the skin, nails and hair.
Due to their low calorie content, shrimp can be consumed in dietary ration. In addition to calories, shrimp contain a substance such as astaxanthin, which is responsible for the color of the crustacean. This substance is capable of strengthening the cardiovascular system, preventing the formation of heart attack, coronary heart disease, and stroke. That is, shrimp is a very healthy product for everyone.
1. Salad with shrimp and cheese
Ingredients:
- shrimp -150 g
- lettuce leaves - 150 g
- cherry tomatoes - 10 pcs
- quail egg - 10 pcs
- lemon juice - 1 tsp
- salt - 0.3 tsp
- Parmesan cheese - 50 g
Preparation: cut cherry tomatoes, quail eggs and salad. Three Parmesan cheese. Lay out the lettuce leaves boiled shrimp, cherry tomatoes and eggs on a plate, salt and add lemon juice, according to the recipe. Sprinkle with grated cheese and serve.
2. Salad “Lightness”
Ingredients:
- shrimp – 500 g
- tomatoes - 3 pcs.
- cucumbers - 2 pcs.
- bell pepper- 1 PC.
- cheese (Brynza, Feta) – 80 g
- olives - 10 pcs.
- lettuce leaves - 6 pcs.
- dill and parsley - to taste
- lemon juice – 2-3 tbsp.
- olive oil – 2 tbsp.
- salt - to taste.
Preparation: Pour boiling water over the shrimp and remove the shells. Chop the tomatoes not too finely. Place them in a salad container, add chopped peppers, as well as slices of cucumbers. Cut the olives into rings and add to the rest of the products.
We tear the lettuce leaves with our hands (the metal of the knife reacts with the lettuce and this does not benefit the body at all). Add shrimp. Add diced cheese. Finely chop the greens and add to the salad, then season lemon juice And olive oil.
Ingredients:
- spinach fresh leaves— 200 g
- cherry tomatoes - 150 g
- boiled peeled shrimp - 100 g
- oil olive extra virgin - 2 tbsp. l.
- lemon juice - 25 ml
- balsamic vinegar - 1 tbsp. l.
- grainy mustard - 1/2 tbsp. l.
Preparation: put out half a spoonful of mustard balsamic vinegar and add a little olive oil. Add spinach leaves, stir, cut cherry tomatoes in half and add peeled shrimp. Sprinkle with lemon juice and serve.
4. Breaded shrimp in green salad
Ingredients:
- green onions(chopped) - 1/3 cup
- cabbage - 350 g
- shrimp (raw) - 400 g
- mayonnaise - 3/4 cup
- breadcrumbs - 2 cups
- vegetable oil - 4 tbsp. l.
- lettuce - 1 bunch
- sweet sauce chili - 1/3 cup
Preparation: chop the salad. Place in a large bowl. Add spring salad or small broccoli florets. Add chopped green onions. Mix mayonnaise with chili sauce.
The sweet sauce is what you need, so don’t mix it up! Add Sriracha sauce and mix well. Place the sauce in the refrigerator until you are ready to serve the salad.
Peel the shrimp and place in a deep bowl. Add a little oil... And stir. Then coat the shrimp in breadcrumbs.
Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan and fry the shrimp for 3 minutes on each side. Cooked shrimp return to bowl and stir into sauce. Chop the lettuce, cabbage and greens and place on plates. Add shrimp in sauce and serve.
5. Vegetable salad with shrimp
Ingredients:
- cucumbers - 2 pcs.
- Cherry tomatoes - 5 pcs.
- carrots - 1 pc.
- shrimp (peeled, boiled) - 200 g
- butter - 20 g
- hard cheese - 20 g
- white wine (dry) - 2-3 tbsp. l.
- white bread - 2 pieces
- vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l.
- lemon juice - 1 tbsp. l.
- salad leaves - 1 bunch
- dill - 1/2 bunch
- salt to taste
- pepper (black, ground) to taste
Preparation: lettuce leaves rinse cold water, cut or pick by hand. Place on plates. Cut the cucumbers into thin strips. Add halved cherry tomatoes to the salad. Add carrots cut into strips. Slice the cheese thinly and add to the salad.
Toast the bread in a toaster, remove the crusts and cut into medium cubes. Add croutons to salad.
Fry the shrimp a little with butter, add white wine and simmer for 1 minute. 9. Add shrimp and finely chopped dill to the salad. Add salt, black fresh ground pepper, sesame seeds and season the salad with vegetable oil and lemon juice. If desired, you can prepare a salad dressing with a mayonnaise base.
6. Tangerine salad with shrimp
Ingredients:
- tangerines - 8 pcs.
- shrimp – 200 g
- apples - 2 pcs.
- celery - 2-3 stalks
- lettuce leaves - 100 g
- parsley - 50 g
- lemon - 1 pc.
- mayonnaise - to taste
- salt - to taste
Preparation: Boil the shrimp in salted water and peel.
Prepare the sauce. To do this, you need to squeeze the juice from two tangerines. Mix the resulting juice and mayonnaise (preferably homemade) until a homogeneous consistency is obtained.
Peel the apples and cut into small cubes. Chop the celery into thin shavings. Peel 6 tangerines and divide into slices. Mix all ingredients with shrimp and place the resulting mixture on lettuce leaves. Before serving, pour generously over the sauce, garnish with parsley and a thin crescent of lemon.
7. Salad “Shrimp on a snow bed”
Ingredients:
- hard cheese— 200 g
- boiled eggs - 4 pcs.
- shrimp – 400 g
- salad - 100 g
For the sauce:
- quail eggs - 7 pcs.
- vegetable oil - 150 ml
- mustard - 1 tsp.
- sugar - 1 tsp.
- salt - a pinch
- juice of 1 lime
- cilantro and dill - to taste
- freshly ground pepper
- lime zest
Preparation: grate the cheese or cut it into noodles with a special fruit knife. Divide the eggs into white and yolk, grate. Mix cheese with egg yolk. Boil shrimp in salted water for 3-5 minutes, cool and peel.
For the sauce, combine quail eggs, sugar, salt and mustard, beat with a mixer for 1 minute. Without stopping whisking, add vegetable oil in a thin stream. Beat until it becomes a thick, soft mass. Add lime juice, chopped herbs and ground pepper.
Place the salad on a serving plate, egg white make a “snow pillow”. Place some cheese and yolk on top and decorate with shrimp. Sprinkle with lime juice and sprinkle with zest. Serve the sauce separately. Salad “Shrimp on a snow pillow” is ready.
8. Italian salad “Romance for two”
Ingredients:
- shrimp (tiger) - 500 g
- salad - 2 bunches
- tomatoes - 3 pcs.
- tomato paste - 200 g
- sour cream - 100 g
- mayonnaise - 100 g
- garlic - 2 cloves
Preparation: Boil shrimp in the shell and peel (in the shell they turn out tastier and juicier than store-bought, peeled ones). Cut lettuce leaves. It is usually recommended to tear the salad by hand, but in the restaurant it was chopped.
Place the chopped salad on a flat plate. Sprinkle with boiled shrimp. Pour over the sauce.
Prepare the sauce: In a cup, mix sour cream, mayonnaise, and ketchup (not spicy, but sweet) and squeezed garlic. Add ketchup until the sauce turns a pleasant pink color. It is the mixture of this sauce with lettuce leaves and shrimp that captivates those who try this salad for the first time.
Pairs well with dry white wine. Garnish with tomato slices (rings). Serve chilled.
9. Shrimp, Avocado and Orange Salad
Ingredients:
- cocktail shrimps - 200 g
- olive oil - 1 tbsp.
- butter - 10 g
- avocado - 1 pc.
- orange - 1 pc.
- shallots - 1 pc.
- lime - 1 pc.
- garlic - 1 clove
- cilantro - to taste
- brown sugar - 1 pinch
- salt - to taste
- black pepper - to taste
Preparation: Peel the orange and remove membranes. Squeeze the juice out of the membranes and pour over the orange slices to prevent them from drying out.
Heat olive oil in a frying pan. Melt the butter in the olive oil (if using butter). Add finely chopped garlic to the heated oil. After 30 seconds, add shrimp. Season with salt and pepper. Fry for a couple more minutes, then remove from heat. Slice the shallots into very thin half rings. Thinly slice the avocado.
On big dish(or portioned plates) lay out the salad: first lay out the avocado, salt and sprinkle with a pinch of sugar.
Place shrimp from the pan on top of the avocado, without oil or liquid. Place oranges on top of shrimp and pour over everything orange juice. Place the onion on top and lightly sprinkle it with sugar. Sprinkle lime juice over everything. Adjust salt, sugar and pepper to your taste, but there should not be too much sugar. Finely chop the cilantro and sprinkle it over the salad.
10. Shrimp salad
Ingredients:
- shrimp - 300 g
- lettuce leaves - 1 bunch
- Cherry tomatoes - 15 pcs.
- garlic - 2 cloves
- hot pepper - 1 pc.
- olive oil - 4 tbsp.
- Parmesan cheese - optional
- balsamic vinegar - optional
- salt - to taste
- black pepper - to taste
Preparation: Throw shrimp into boiling water for just one minute. Place them in a colander and let the water drain. You can remove the tails from them.
Heat olive oil in a frying pan. Peel the garlic, cut in half. Also cut the pepper in half and remove the seeds. Place garlic and pepper in heated oil and fry until golden brown.
Once the garlic has browned, discard it and the pepper. The oil became aromatic and spicy. Place the shrimp there and fry for literally 2 minutes. Pepper (optional).
Place lettuce leaves and chopped tomatoes on a plate. On top are shrimp. Mix well, add salt to taste. Drizzle with balsamic vinegar. Sprinkle with Parmesan. Salad ready.
Hi all. Shrimp salad is always beautiful, tasty and healthy. This dish can and should be prepared not only on festive feast, but also just to treat yourself to something tasty and beautiful. I can also recommend a salad or one that we prepared quite recently.
In addition, shrimp is quite a healthy seafood product since it contains a lot of iodine, phosphorus, vitamins and protein, not food, but total benefit. And if you are a lover of proper and balanced nutrition, then better product and not to be found. Yes, in principle, everyone knows that sometimes it is useful to eat seafood to improve your health.
Shrimp go well with a huge selection of foods, so there are recipes for making salads with them great amount. Today I will give you some of the most popular recipes preparing salads based on shrimp. So if you want to cook something delicious for dinner or for a holiday, read my recipes and cook to your heart’s content.
The salad consists of only a few components, which makes it very light. Great idea in quality light dinner or lunch.
Ingredients:
- Shrimp 150 gr.
- Cherry tomatoes 10 pcs.
- Lettuce leaves 100 gr.
- Cheese cheese 150 gr.
- Natural yogurt 100 gr.
- Lemon half
- Mustard 1 teaspoon
- Butter 50-60 gr.
- Soy sauce 2 tbsp. spoons
- Salt and pepper to taste
Cooking process:
Thaw the shrimp and clean them and be sure to remember to remove the dark streak on the back.
Lightly fry the peeled shrimp butter. Cooking time no more than 3 minutes. At this stage you can add salt and pepper. After frying, transfer them to a plate.
You can use feta cheese, but it is better to find semi-hard cheeses that will not melt well. And so cut the cheese into cubes and also lightly fry in a frying pan on all sides.
Next you will need to prepare the salad dressing. Mix yogurt, soy sauce and mustard in a bowl, mix, add a little lemon juice and mix again and put in the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes.
And when all the ingredients are ready, you can start assembling the salad.
In a bowl I put lettuce leaves which I simply finely tear with my hands, cherry tomatoes cut into 3-4 pieces, fried shrimp and pieces of cheese.
I'll mix it carefully and season it with ours before serving. branded dressing which is infused in the refrigerator.
This is what you should get. Delicious and simply healthy.
Bon appetit.
Shrimp cheese and crab sticks salad
This is also a fairly easy-to-prepare salad that can decorate your holiday table. Not long ago I described recipes for preparing salads with the addition of pineapple, and if you are interested, you can find this note by clicking on this link.
Ingredients:
- Shrimp 450-500 gr.
- Canned pineapple 4 rings
- Apples 4 pcs.
- Iceberg lettuce leaves
- Hard cheese 80 gr.
- Crab sticks 250 gr.
- Mayonnaise
- Ketchup
Cooking process:
Wash the leaves well, dry them and tear them with your hands. small pieces. You can also cut with a knife as you wish.
Cut crab sticks into cubes. Cutting crab sticks is one of my favorite things to do. I don’t know why, but I get some kind of aesthetic pleasure from this.
We clean the shrimp and set it aside as we will use them whole. Peel the apple and remove the rough core. Then cut the apples into small cubes.
The pineapple also needs to be cut into small cubes. You can also use fresh pineapple to make the salad even more tasty and aromatic.
Place all the ingredients in a bowl, season with mayonnaise and a small portion of ketchup.
Mix well and can be served. Bon appetit.
Cocktail salad with shrimp and pineapple
I suggest you cook light snack from shrimp. All simple and delicious salad. It can also be called vitamin because it contains a lot of ingredients that are beneficial for the body. This treat looks best in small bowls.
Ingredients:
- Shrimp 500 gr.
- Lettuce leaves 1 bunch
- Canned pineapples 1 jar
- 1 can pitted olives
- Celery stalk 1-2 pcs.
- Lemon juice 2 tbsp. spoons
- Garlic 1 clove
- Natural yogurt 3-4 tbsp. spoons
- Mustard 1 teaspoon
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Greens for decoration
Cooking process:
Boil the shrimp until tender, cool and remove the shell. Be sure to remove the dark streak on the back.
Cut the celery stalk into thin slices.
Open the jar of pineapples, drain the brine and cut the rings into cubes like these.
We tear the lettuce leaves into small pieces with our hands. Usually, I tear it into pieces that will be convenient to eat.
I cut the olives into slices. When cutting, 2 pieces were caught with a bone.
Once I even broke a tooth on a bone like this, but it was written that it was 100% pitted. Now I always cut them or check each one before putting it in the salad.
At this stage, you can begin to place the ingredients in the bowls. I place lettuce leaves on the bottom. Then I spread shrimp and pineapple pieces in equal parts.
Now let's start preparing our wonderful salad dressing. It’s quite simple to make; just take yogurt or mayonnaise, whichever you prefer, add garlic pressed through a press, mustard and mix well, and that’s it, our dressing is ready.
Pour the dressing over our salad bowls and place them on the table. If desired, add a sprig of dill or parsley for decoration.
Delicious salad with shrimp and avocado in an unusual presentation
This dish was inspired by the recent World Cup. Or to be more precise, one of the Brazilian fans. I decided to find out something about Brazilian cuisine and found this delicious salad. The taste is rather ambiguous, so to speak, for an amateur, but my family liked this treat, so those who do not take risks do not drink champagne.
Ingredients:
- Avocado 2 pcs.
- Chicken breast 250 gr.
- Banana half
- Lime juice 1 tbsp. spoon
- Lettuce half a bunch
- Shrimp about 25 pcs.
- Sour cream 4 tbsp. spoons
- Cream 1 tbsp. spoon
- Ground black pepper 1 pinch
- Sugar a pinch
- Salt to taste
Cooking process:
Wash the avocado well, divide it into two halves and remove the pit.
Do you know that avocado is not a berry, but a nut. But you can’t eat the bone because you can get poisoned.
Now you need to carefully remove all the pulp from these halves. This is very easy to do with a spoon. Try not to damage the shell as this is where we will be laying ready salad. Don’t throw away the insides either, they will be useful to us. If the pieces are too big, make them smaller.
By the way, here’s a video tutorial on how to easily peel an avocado.
Cut the banana into circles like this. If you wish, you can, of course, cut the whole banana. there won't be anything wrong with that.
Boil the chicken breast and cut into cubes. You can use almost any poultry meat you can find, from chicken to goose. It is also important that the meat is not very tough, so the salad will not be very tasty and not at all light.
Cut the lettuce leaves into thin strips. Place in a bowl with avocado and banana.
Next, we start preparing the salad dressing. In a small bowl, mix sour cream, cream, pepper and sugar. Stir until smooth. You can add a little dried chili pepper to add some heat. 
Season our ingredients with the resulting sauce, mix well and arrange the salad in our unusual shapes.
Caesar salad with shrimp (classic recipe)
Of course, this classic is more folk than culinary. But it is extremely popular. Besides, we cook exclusively for ourselves and our guests. And as practice shows, this salad is no worse than the original.
Thai unusual salad with shrimp and cucumber
Whatever one may say, the shrimp are quite exotic product overseas they have been prepared for a long time and we have a lot to learn. Once at a dinner party I was treated to such beauty. And I really liked the secret in the complex sauce, which basically makes the whole taste of this dish.
Ingredients:
- Tiger shrimps 10 pcs.
- Fish sauce 25 gr.
- Soy sauce 10 gr.
- Lemongrass 15 gr.
- Cilantro 5 gr.
- Grapefruit half
- Chili pepper 1 piece
- Cucumbers 2 pcs.
- Cane sugar 5 gr.
Cooking process:
Peel the grapefruit and remove the film from the segments. It is necessary that only one pulp remains without films.
Cut the cucumbers into large cubes. If you come across bitter cucumbers, you will have to remove the bitter peel from them.
Crush the lemongrass with a knife and chop coarsely. If you can’t find the stems of this herb, you can replace it with lemon zest.
Cut the hot chili pepper into rings, but only to the place where the seeds begin. There is no need to use seeds.
Remove the zest from the lime. Not so long ago we bought this device for removing zest, but in the old-fashioned way you can use a fine grater.
All this time we were preparing products to prepare the secret sauce. Now we will mix the ingredients. Pour soy sauce into a bowl, fish sauce, add cane sugar, lime zest, lemongrass, lime juice and squeeze a clove of garlic here. Let the sauce soak in the flavors.
Cook the shrimp in lightly salted water for exactly 1 minute. We put the shrimp in the water only when the water boils. We clean them accordingly after cooking.
Place cucumbers on a plate, sliced grapefruit pulp and shrimp on top secret sauce and sprinkle with chopped herbs.
The salad is ready to serve. Now you have a real greeting from Thailand on your table.
Shrimp with arugula, cherry tomatoes and tangerines
You can call this salad a New Year’s salad, since tangerines are freely available just before New Year’s. Unusual composition salad gives a very incomparable taste.
Ingredients:
- Smoked chicken 200 gr.
- Canned chicken 1 can.
- Cherry tomatoes 150 gr.
- Shrimp 1 kg.
- Tangerines 2-3 pcs.
- Pine nuts 50 gr.
- Arugula 1 bunch
- Mayonnaise for dressing
Cooking process:
To prepare this salad you need smoked chicken meat. It doesn’t matter what part of the chicken it is, it’s important that it’s smoked. You can also use turkey. Cut the meat from the bone and cut into small cubes.
For convenience, I immediately put it in a bowl. Add corn to the meat.
I cook and peel the shrimp. You can take the number of shrimp at your discretion. You can put more, or you can put a little less.
The next component is our cherry tomatoes. Cut it into 2-3 parts and also place it in a bowl.
And lastly, peel and chop the tangerines. Of course, you can try to prepare a similar salad from canned tangerines, but in my opinion, fresh fruits are much better than canned ones.
Season with mayonnaise, mix and sprinkle pine nuts. After which you can serve the salad on the table. You can also use vegetable oil instead of mayonnaise. The appetizer turns out delicious, colorful and very beautiful. Bon appetit.
As you can see, there is nothing complicated in preparing these delicious shrimp-based salads. Prepare these more often beautiful salads. And for today I wish everyone Peace, Goodness and more Positivity. Bye.
You can supplement your culinary list with shrimp salads. The seafood used in them is especially valued for its lack of fat. Another advantage is that they can be combined with a large number of various ingredients, so you can safely experiment with salads, for example, as in the recipes with the photo below.
How to make shrimp salad
This type of crustacean is one of the common ingredients of the most different dishes, for example, a cocktail salad. There are a lot of options, and in almost every one the appetizer is made very quickly and simply. Rice, fruits, vegetables, other seafood or fish are more often used in preparing salad. These ingredients help to more fully reveal the taste of the main component of the snack. Although you can add other products - Chinese cabbage, mussels, mushrooms, ham, spinach and even salmon.
Shrimp salad sauce
In addition to the ingredients used, the sauce is also important. The taste also depends on this component. ready-made dish. For shrimp salads, the sauce can consist of one product or a whole dozen. It all depends on personal preference. Sweet mustard-based, soy-lemon, tomato, Tartar or cheese with cognac - all these are dressing options that can complement salads with crustaceans. One of the distinctive options is Pesto sauce, which is prepared based on basil, nuts and Parmesan cheese. This dressing is especially suitable for fried seafood.
How to cook shrimp
Before you make shrimp salad, you need to boil them. To do this you will need salted water, seasoned allspice and bay leaf. Frozen and unpeeled need to be cooked for 1-2 minutes. This is for small specimens and brindles. The latter indicate their readiness by color - from gray they become bright orange. Royal ones take about 10-15 minutes to cook, because they are somewhat larger.
Simple and delicious
Of all such recipes, a simple salad with crustaceans is most often prepared. It does not require many ingredients, but those that are used create very original taste. Lime adds a special piquancy to the dish. Just a few drops of the juice of this fruit, and the shrimp mix already acquires unusual aroma. The dressing is mayonnaise, sour cream or low-fat yogurt.
Ingredients:
- cucumber – 300 g;
- pepper, salt - to taste;
- crustaceans – 300 g;
- green apple – 2 pcs.;
- lime – 1 pc.;
- mayonnaise - to taste;
- carrots – 200 g;
- bay leaf – 1 pc.
Cooking method:
- Wash the cucumbers, cut off the “butts” and chop into thin strips, then place them on the bottom of the salad bowl.
- Repeat the same steps with the carrots, only place them on top of the cucumber.
- Wash the apples, remove the seeds from them, and then chop them into strips. Sprinkle lime juice on top.
- Then clean the seafood, cook it for 3 minutes with bay leaf and pepper, then place it on top of the apples.
- Pour mayonnaise on top. If desired, garnish with a slice of lime as shown in the photo.
Caesar salad
The Caesar salad family includes a large number of the most different recipes. One of them uses shrimp, and it is better to take tiger or king shrimp, because they are larger. The main ingredients remain lettuce leaves, hard cheese and white bread croutons. Caesar will be an excellent decoration even for a holiday table.
Ingredients:
- egg – 3 pcs.;
- olive oil – 100 ml. for refueling;
- vegetable oil - a little for frying;
- cheese durum– 100 g;
- salt, pepper - to your taste;
- king prawns – 1 kg;
- cherry tomatoes – 200 g;
- White bread– 2-3 slices for crackers.
- garlic – 1 clove for salad, 1 for dressing;
- mustard – 1 tsp;
- green salad “Iceberg” – 1 bunch;
- lemon juice – 2 tbsp.
Cooking method:
- Cut the bread into cubes and place on a baking sheet to dry.
- Vegetable oil pour into a frying pan, heat, add a clove of garlic cut in half, and remove after boiling. Then fry the crackers.
- Soak the leaves in cold water for 1 hour and dry with a paper towel.
- Boil seafood, let cool.
- Chop the remaining garlic clove. Mix it with mustard, lemon juice and boiled eggs. Season with salt, pepper, and oil.
- Peel the crustaceans, chop into fine grater. Cut the tomatoes into halves.
- Place lettuce leaves, divided into several parts, on a plate. Place tomatoes on them, then seafood, and lastly, crackers.
- Water on top mustard dressing, sprinkle with grated cheese.
With squid
Even by the name of this dish, it can be classified as seafood. “Caribbean” is the name given to squid salad, although in classic version it is prepared on the basis of chicken with pineapples and strawberries. Along with seafood, this recipe uses other original ingredients such as olives, orange, pepper. To prepare the dish, then use the recipe with the photo below.
Ingredients:
- orange – 1 pc.;
- greens - a couple of sprigs of dill;
- canned olives – 1 can;
- shrimp and squid – 200 g each;
- bell pepper – 1 pc. better than red;
- mustard – 1-2 tbsp;
- lemon juice – 1 tbsp;
- natural yogurt– 100 ml;
- pepper and salt - to your taste.
Cooking method:
- Boil, then clean the carcasses and cut in half. Blanch the squids in boiling water for a couple of minutes, then remove the skin and chop them into strips.
- Wash the peppers and remove the seeds. Cut the vegetable into strips too.
- Peel the orange, then cut into small pieces.
- Grind the olives, chop the herbs.
- Mix mustard with yogurt in a separate container, pour over lemon juice. Add salt and pepper to the dressing, stir.
- Place all the chopped ingredients on the bottom of the salad bowl, pour mustard sauce. Next, mix and sprinkle herbs on top.
With crab sticks
Another seafood-themed appetizer is a salad of crustaceans and crab sticks. Due to the ingredients included, this dish is particularly tender. Seafood in it goes well with corn, although legumes are often used instead, i.e. beans or peas. You can season the mix with mayonnaise, sour cream or even low-fat yogurt.
Ingredients:
- canned corn and peas – 200 g each;
- crab sticks – 250 g;
- mayonnaise – 150 g;
- egg – 4 pcs.;
- crustaceans – 300 g;
- pepper – a little for cooking;
- Bay leaf- 1 PC.;
- salt - to taste.
Cooking method:
- Immediately set the eggs to boil. They should be hard-boiled.
- Boil the carcasses in a separate pan with salted water, bay leaf and pepper. It takes 1-2 minutes to cook.
- At this time, remove the film from the crab sticks and cut them into medium cubes.
- Grind the cooled eggs on a coarse grater and place on the bottom of the salad bowl.
- Open the cans of corn and peas and drain the liquid. Also put the food in the salad bowl.
- Place chopped seafood there.
- Pour in mayonnaise, season with salt, pepper, and stir.
With caviar
Looks truly royal puff salad with shrimp and red caviar. The composition includes all the most delicious and there is nothing superfluous in it. Be sure to serve this salad with festive table. It will amaze all guests not only with its unique exquisite taste, but still beautiful in appearance. In that light salad additionally includes corn, eggs and potatoes.
Ingredients:
- spices - to taste;
- potatoes – 3 pcs.;
- red caviar – 130 g;
- king prawns– 500 g;
- mayonnaise – 100 g;
- egg – 4 pcs.
Cooking method:
- Boil potatoes, eggs, seafood separately.
- After cooling, cut all ingredients into medium slices. Eggs can be grated.
- Next, lay the products in layers on the bottom of the salad bowl. First, potatoes, salt and coat with mayonnaise.
- Then comes the turn of grated eggs. They also need to be seasoned with mayonnaise.
- And only place seafood on top. Grease with mayonnaise again.
- Decorate the top layer of the dish with caviar, as shown in the photo. Pomegranate seeds will do instead.
With tomatoes
If you want to cook original salad with tomatoes, then make it like the Greek one. Although its classic version does not use seafood, with such ingredients it turns out no worse. Other must-have products for Greek salad are cucumbers and feta cheese or cheese. This dish is often prepared on the grill - it turns out even tastier.
Ingredients:
- crackers – 50 g;
- fresh tomatoes – 2 pcs.;
- feta cheese – 150 g;
- onion – 1 pc.;
- mustard – 1 tsp;
- sugar – 1 tsp;
- lemon – 0.5 pcs.;
- cucumber – 2 pcs.;
- garlic – 1 clove;
- oregano - to taste.
Cooking method:
- Peel the garlic, cut it in half, and rub it on the salad bowl.
- Chop the onion into half rings, and chop the tomatoes into larger slices. Place everything on the bottom of the salad bowl.
- Wash the cucumbers, dry them, then chop them into slices and place on the tomatoes.
- Boil the seafood, and when it has cooled, peel and chop finely and place in a salad bowl.
- Mix all ingredients, distribute diced cheese and croutons on top.
- In a separate container, mix lemon juice, oil, oregano and mustard. Beat the mixture until smooth with a mixer, and then pour it over the finished dish.
With avocado
Avocado salad is very unusual in terms of the ingredients used. Such an appetizer can be presented in original form, if you put all the ingredients into half an avocado. The option where this fruit is simply cut into slices is also quite suitable. The combination of green avocado pieces and soft pink shrimp gives the dish a pleasant appearance.
Ingredients:
- avocado – 1 pc.;
- lemon – 0.5 pcs.;
- pine nuts – 1 tsp;
- fresh cucumber – 1 pc.;
- any greens - to taste;
- olive oil – 3 tbsp;
- crustaceans – 250 g.
Cooking method:
- Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a frying pan and fry the already cleaned carcasses in it. It takes about 2 minutes to prepare.
- Then place the seafood on a napkin to drain off excess oil.
- Peel the avocado, cut in half, remove the pit and chop into medium cubes or any other arbitrary shape.
- Peel the cucumber, wash it, cut into small slices.
- Place a couple of green leaves on the bottom of the salad bowl and distribute all the other ingredients on top. Next, add salt, season with a mixture of mustard and butter, stir, and sprinkle with pine nuts on top.
With pineapple
Another interesting combination products are presented in a shrimp and pineapple salad. Although the ingredients for such a dish cannot be considered cheap, it is still worth preparing. The taste is very delicate and sour due to the combination of sweet fruits and lemon dressing. You can even use canned pineapple. From this shrimp salad ik will only become more original.
Ingredients:
- curry – 1 tsp;
- chicken - breast weighing about 200 g;
- salt - a small pinch;
- shrimp – 250 g;
- homemade mayonnaise – 3 tbsp;
- celery – 100 g;
- Sofrito sauce - 2 tbsp.
Cooking method:
- Leave the chicken to cook for now.
- Cut the pineapple into halves, cut out all the pulp, chop it into medium cubes.
- Boil the shrimp too, peel them, and then fry them in a frying pan with the addition of Sofrito sauce.
- Wash the celery and chop it. Chop the cooked chicken. Place the ingredients on the bottom of the salad bowl, add chopped seafood there, season with curry, add mayonnaise, season with curry.
- Fill the resulting salad with pineapple halves.
With cucumbers
If you like diet and light salads with shrimp, then try next recipe. It is not very complex and has the most intense aroma and juicy taste. If you are looking for an easy dinner or snack, be sure to check out this recipe. It only takes 15 minutes to prepare a shrimp and cucumber salad, and the dish turns out simply unique.
Ingredients:
- sesame – 1 tsp;
- celery – 1 stalk;
- rice vinegar– 2 tbsp;
- shrimp – 500 g;
- funchose – 120 g;
- sugar – 1 tsp;
- green onions, parsley - a small bunch each;
- chili flakes - to taste;
- lime – 1 pc.;
- cucumber – 2 pcs.;
- garlic – 2 cloves;
- salt - to taste;
- sesame oil – 2 tbsp.
Cooking method:
- Scald the seafood with boiling water, then remove the shell. Next, fry in a frying pan with sesame oil until ready, which is about 7-8 minutes. Add salt and season to taste with pepper.
- Pour boiling water over funchoza and let stand for a couple of minutes.
- Wash the cucumber, chop it into slices, and place it on the bottom of the salad bowl. Send chopped celery there along with herbs.
- Add salt, add flakes, season with a mixture of lime juice, vinegar, sugar and butter. Add funchose and mix all ingredients.
- Add the shrimp last. Stir again and then let sit in the refrigerator for about half an hour.
- When serving, sprinkle with sesame seeds and herbs.
With arugula
The combination of arugula and shrimp is extremely light and healthy. Other advantages of this dish include ease of preparation. The difference is that this salad is served warm. To do this, seafood is boiled, fried or marinated. This serving method makes the shrimp salad more delicious.
Ingredients:
- purple basil– 10 leaves;
- olive oil - to taste;
- tiger shrimps – 150 g;
- lemon, apple - half each;
- salt - to taste;
- feta cheese – 100 g;
- arugula – 60 g.
Cooking method:
- Fry seafood and add salt.
- Wash the remaining ingredients, cut into cubes, place in a salad bowl and mix.
- Add chopped medium-sized arugula and add shrimp.
- Season with lemon juice and olive oil, stir.
Delicious shrimp salad - cooking secrets
There are a lot of ways to make shrimp salad tasty and healthy, but there are several for everyone shared secrets. More bright rich taste The dish is purchased with boiled seafood that was purchased raw and unpeeled. Soaking in water with spices, the same one used for cooking, will help make this ingredient even juicier.
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