Chilled Shrimp and Avocado Salad
"This is a great summer salad. Lovely served with fresh fruit and crusty bread. Easy recipe to double. Use more or less shrimp your preference."
photo by Rita1652
- Ready In:
- 12hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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2
ingredients
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Dressing
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons ginger, candied,finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1⁄4 teaspoon curry powder
- 2 eggs, hard boiled,chopped
- 2 green onions, chopped
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper, white
- 1 teaspoon salt
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Salad
- 12 shrimp, jumbo,cooked
- 1 avocado, peeled and sliced
- 1⁄2 cucumber, peeled and sliced
- 1 head lettuce, small
directions
- Blend mayonnaise into a bowl with the ginger, lemon juice, curry powder, eggs and green onions.
- Add salt and pepper to dressing, cover and refrigerate over night.
- When you are ready, peel the shrimp.
- Peel and slice the avocado and cucumber.
- Arrange the lettuce leaves and cucumber on plate.
- Spoon the dressing over top of the shrimp and avocado and add to lettuce and cucumber.
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Reviews
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Rich, creamy, and delicious! We really liked this salad. It is so different and refreshing. The dressing is wonderful. My husband is an avacado fan, and I'm not so much, but we both enjoyed it! I will make this again. ZWT 7 - Shady Ladies -
This salad was really good. I used romane lettuce that was chopped and small salad shrimp (that's what I had on hand). I also chopped up the avocado and the cucumber and added some chopped roma tomatoes. The dressing is what makes this salad stand out above the rest. I loved the asian flavor and will be making this again. Thanks so much for sharing. Prepared for PAC Fall/2008. -
My DH was so impressed by the presentation on this (I also included fresh sliced tomatoes) and I loved the dressing though I added cumin and oregano for a Mexican flavor in place of the ginger and curry. It made a great light dinner and would be very refreshing in the summer! -
OUTSTANDING! I especially loved the dressing with the candied ginger. I did not realize that the dressing should be made in advanced so I did not give it time to let the flavors marry, but it was still wonderful. Going into my favorites cookbook.
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Almost every combo of avocado & shrimp is a sure winner for us, so liking the salad part of this recipe was a given. I used baby Icelandic shrimp instead of jumbo shrimp, added tomato as another reviewer & agree w/her this could easily serve 4. What I was mainly after was trying the unique dressing that was a new flavor combo for me. I used leek instead of green onion & lime juice (pers pref). It was yummy & will be repeated. Thx for sharing this w/us.
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Almost every combo of avocado & shrimp is a sure winner for us, so liking the salad part of this recipe was a given. I used baby Icelandic shrimp instead of jumbo shrimp, added tomato as another reviewer & agree w/her this could easily serve 4. What I was mainly after was trying the unique dressing that was a new flavor combo for me. I used leek instead of green onion & lime juice (pers pref). It was yummy & will be repeated. Thx for sharing this w/us.
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