Chopped shrimp salad is a delightful and versatile dish that can be enjoyed as an appetizer, main course, or light lunch. With its combination of fresh, succulent shrimp, crisp vegetables, and a flavorful dressing, it offers a burst of flavors and textures in every bite. Whether you prefer a classic recipe or something more adventurous, there's a chopped shrimp salad out there to suit your taste. Get ready to explore a world of culinary possibilities as we delve into the best recipes for this delectable salad, featuring a variety of ingredients and dressings that will tantalize your taste buds and leave you wanting more.
Here are our top 9 tried and tested recipes!
CHOPPED SALAD WITH SHRIMP AND LIME-BUTTERMILK DRESSING
This tangy salad gets crunch from toasted pumpkin seeds and healthy fat from avocado.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Seafood Recipes Shrimp Recipes
Time 10m
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a blender, combine buttermilk, avocado, lime zest and juice, and 2 tablespoons water. Blend until smooth, 20 seconds. Season dressing to taste with salt and pepper. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high. Season shrimp with salt and pepper. Cook until opaque throughout, about 3 minutes, flipping once. In a large bowl, toss together romaine, pepitas, cilantro, shrimp, and 1 cup dressing until combined and serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 275 g, Fat 15 g, Fiber 4 g, Protein 22 g
GAZPACHO GRANITA WITH CHOPPED GAZPACHO SALAD, AVOCADO AND FLAME GRILLED SHRIMP IN JALAPENO CILANTRO OIL
Provided by Food Network
Categories appetizer
Time 1h50m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 27
Steps:
- Granita: Add all the granita ingredients to a blender or food processor and puree. Strain the puree through a sieve into a medium bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 to 45 minutes. Transfer the chilled puree into a wide, shallow, heavy-bottomed container. (The shallower and wider the container, the more room you give the granita to freeze quickly.) Cover with foil or plastic wrap and freeze until it begins to appear solid around the edges, about 1 hour. Using a fork, scrape the ice from sides, mixing in from the edges into the center. Repeat this scraping and mixing process every 30 minutes, until the entire mixture has the consistency of shaved ice. Put back in freezer until ready to use.
- Chopped salad: Combine all of the ingredients in a large bowl. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
- Shrimp: Combine the cilantro, lime zest and juice, jalapeno and olive oil in a blender or food processor. Set aside.
- If using a gas grill, preheat the grill to high, direct heat. If using coals, allow the coals to burn down to glowing white embers. The grill is hot enough when you can hold your hand about 1-inch over it for only 1 second. Lightly grease the grill with olive oil to prevent sticking. Lightly salt the shrimp and thread each skewer with 3 shrimp. Grill shrimp approximately 2 minutes per side, basting with cilantro oil twice. Remove the shrimp from the grill and add the remaining cilantro oil to a small pan. Heat the oil until bubbling.
- Add the avocado to a small bowl and drizzle with lime juice.
- To serve, spoon some of the chopped salad on each serving plate and top with some granita. Add a few teaspoons of avocado, a skewer of shrimp and a drizzle of the hot cilantro oil. Serve immediately.
GREEK SHRIMP SKEWERS WITH CHOPPED-ZUCCHINI SALAD
Nothing says summer like a grilled weeknight dinner and this Greek-inspired meal comes together fast. Serve the shrimp kewers with this quick salad of grilled chopped zucchini, onion, and feta over couscous. All that's needed is lemon and olive oil to bring it all together.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Appetizers Finger Food Recipes
Time 35m
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Heat grill to medium-high. Thread shrimp onto metal skewers, with tails facing same direction. Brush shrimp, zucchini, onion, and halved lemon with 3 tablespoons oil; season with salt and pepper. Grill, flipping once, until vegetables are softened in spots, shrimp are cooked through, and lemon is lightly charred, 6 to 8 minutes for vegetables, about 3 minutes for shrimp and lemon.
- Transfer vegetables to a cutting board, shrimp to a plate. Squeeze a grilled lemon half over shrimp. Roughly chop onion and zucchini; toss with lemon zest, 2 tablespoons oil, and feta. Season with salt and pepper. Toss couscous with remaining 3 tablespoons oil, juice from other grilled lemon half, and herbs; season with salt and pepper. Serve shrimp over couscous with zucchini salad, a drizzle of oil, and lemon wedges.
CHOPPED SHRIMP SALAD
Make and share this Chopped Shrimp Salad recipe from Food.com.
Provided by HelenG
Categories Brunch
Time 20m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Cut shrimp in halve or thirds depending on the size.
- Peel cucumber and chop cucumber, celery and onion, small. (**Note: If using a regular cucumber then after peeling cut in half and spoon out seeds).
- Add the remaining ingredients, mix well.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Serve over lettuce or in a hallowed out veggie.
CALIFORNIA-STYLE CHOPPED SALAD WITH SHRIMP
Provided by Giada De Laurentiis
Categories appetizer
Time 24m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- For the salad: Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat or preheat a gas or charcoal grill. In a large bowl add the romaine lettuce, corn, zucchini, and shrimp and drizzle with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Grill the romaine lettuce, turning occasionally, until crisp-tender and browned in spots, about 2 minutes. Coarsely chop the grilled lettuce and add it to a large salad bowl. Grill the corn and zucchini for 2 minutes on all sides until crisp-tender. Remove the kernels from the corn and add to the salad bowl. Chop the zucchini into 1/2-inch pieces and add to the bowl. Grill the shrimp until the meat is opaque and cooked through, about 2 to 3 minutes on each side. Cool slightly and cut into 1/2-inch pieces. Add the chopped shrimp, butter lettuce, tomatoes, and avocado to the bowl.
- For the dressing: In a small bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, olive oil and agave nectar until smooth. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Pour the dressing over the salad and toss until all the ingredients are coated. Garnish the salad with tortilla strips and serve.
MEDITERRANEAN CHOPPED SALAD WITH SHRIMP AND CHICKPEAS
This is a wonderful salad that will become one of your favorites! I like to make a meal out of it. This doesn't call for tomatoes, but you could put them in if you wish, and you can use red onion rather than the sweet onion. I like to use lemon juice with the olive oil occasionally. This is a very refreshing salad, great for before meals, or a quick lunch.
Provided by FLUFFSTER
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 15m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a large bowl, add the lettuce, shrimp, cucumber, chickpeas, onion, Feta, olives, and pita chips to the oil and vinegar.
- Add 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper, and toss.
CHAYA'S CHOPPED SALAD (SHRIMP)
Chopped romaine lettuce tossed with fresh corn, avocado, cucumber and nicely spiced shrimp, this salad is big and bright, and it packs no shortage of heat from its jalapeno-spiced dressing. Chaya' restaurant was happy to share its recipe for chopped salad.
Provided by gailanng
Categories Greens
Time 50m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 23
Steps:
- To prepare the dressing: Place the jalapenos on a rack set over a stove-top burner or on the grill and roast until charred on all sides. When cool enough to handle, peel and seed. In a blender, combine jalapenos, mayonnaise, lemon juice and 2 tablespoons olive oil; blend until smooth. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Cover and chill until needed.
- To prepare the shrimp: In a small bowl, combine chili powder, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, cumin, onion powder, garlic powder, 1/4 teaspoon plus 1/8 teaspoon black pepper, cayenne pepper and celery seed powder to make a spice blend.
- Heat a saute pan over medium-high heat until hot, then add 2 tablespoons olive oil. Add shrimp and sauté until slightly opaque, 1 - 2 minutes, then sprinkle the spice blend over the shrimp, shaking pan and continue cooking just until opaque. Remove from heat and set aside.
- To assemble the salad: In a large bowl, toss chopped romaine with the cucumber, avocado, corn kernels and sauteed shrimp. Add half the dressing and gently toss to coat. Add additional dressing, a couple of tablespoons at a time, to coat as desired.
- Divide the salad among 4 plates; top each with 1 tablespoon cheese, 4 halved tomatoes and 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro. Serve immediately.
- Note: For the celery seed powder, grind celery seeds in a spice or coffee grinder, or use a mortar and pestle.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 506.9, Fat 32.8, SaturatedFat 5.9, Cholesterol 124.3, Sodium 1748.8, Carbohydrate 38.7, Fiber 16.4, Sugar 13.3, Protein 23.2
GRILLED SHRIMP SKEWERS WITH FENNEL CHOPPED SALAD
Provided by Arnold Myint
Categories appetizer
Time 1h15m
Yield 3 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- For the shrimp skewers: Combine the strained tomatoes, fennel fronds, lemons, brown sugar, cumin, paprika, coriander and 3 tablespoons salt in a large bowl. Add the shrimp and allow to marinate for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
- Prepare a grill for medium-high heat. Thread the shrimp on skewers and grill until pink and opaque throughout, 2 minutes per side.
- For the fennel salad: Quarter the reserved fennel bulbs and onion through the roots. Toss with some olive oil in a large bowl to coat. Grill the fennel and onion, turning occasionally, until charred. Let cool slightly then chop into medium dice.
- Combine the 3 cups olive oil, vinegar, granulated sugar, cumin and lemon zest in a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Add the diced fennel and onion, the cucumbers, bell peppers, parsley and mint and toss to combine.
- For serving: Divide the fennel salad among plates and top with the shrimp on the skewers.
CHOPPED SHRIMP "WALDORF" SALAD
Steps:
- Put the shrimp in a steamer basket over simmering water and steam until just cooked through, about 3 minutes (the center should still be slightly translucent). Let cool. In a medium bowl, whisk the mayo, buttermilk, lemon juice, tarragon & mustard. Season with salt & pepper. Cut the shrimp into 1/2" pieces & mix in a large bowl with the apples, grapes, celery & almonds. Toss with enought of the dressing to coat the ingredients well (you may not need it all). Taste & add more salt, pepper, or lemon juice as needed. Sprinkle with the chives. Serve on lettuce leaves.
Tips:
- Use fresh, high-quality shrimp. This will make a big difference in the flavor of your salad.
- Chop the shrimp into small pieces. This will help them to evenly distribute throughout the salad and make it easier to eat.
- Use a variety of vegetables in your salad. This will add color, texture, and flavor. Some good choices include celery, cucumber, red onion, and avocado.
- Don't overdress the salad. A little bit of dressing goes a long way. You can always add more if needed, but it's hard to take it away.
- Serve the salad immediately. This is when it will be at its best. If you need to make it ahead of time, store it in the refrigerator for up to 2 hours.
Conclusion:
Chopped shrimp salad is a delicious, healthy, and easy-to-make dish that is perfect for any occasion. It is a great way to use up leftover shrimp, and it can be customized to your own liking. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy meal, give chopped shrimp salad a try. You won't be disappointed!
Are you curently on diet or you just want to control your food's nutritions, ingredients? We will help you find recipes by cooking method, nutrition, ingredients...
Check it out »
#30-minutes-or-less #time-to-make #course #main-ingredient #preparation #occasion #salads #seafood #easy #dinner-party #holiday-event #shrimp #shellfish #brunch #taste-mood
You'll also love