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summer shrimp salad

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Colette Z
Lost Angeles, CA

This salad pops. It's spicy, cool, crispy, salty, buttery, refreshing all at the same time.

(1 rating)
yield 4 serving(s)
prep time 15 Min

Ingredients For summer shrimp salad

  • 2
    kent mangoes (the red-green oblong guys)
  • 2
    avocados
  • 1 lb
    jumbo (15-tail) shrimp, frozen & ready cooked
  • 1/2 c
    sweet basil
  • 2
    jalapeno peppers
  • 1 tsp
    curry powder
  • 4 Tbsp
    ponzu sauce
  • 1
    lime

How To Make summer shrimp salad

  • 1
    Remove shrimp from packaging and thaw them in cold water while you prepare the salad. Wash and rinse the basil.
  • 2
    Cut the jalapeno peppers into thin slices and add to a large bowl. Grate the zest and squeeze the juice of the lime. Add both to the peppers. Add the Ponzu and curry powder.
  • 3
    Use a vegetable peeler to remove the skin of the mangoes. Cut the fruit up into thin strips and lay over the marinating jalapenos.
  • 4
    Cut the avocados in half and carefully remove pits. Using a large spoon, scoop the flesh out, slice into strips and add to the bowl. Rinse the shrimp and toss with the ingredients in the bowl.
  • 5
    Divide among four plates or bowls, sprinkle basil leaves on top and serve.
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