This is a tangy salad to satisfy seafood lovers. It’s simple enough for a weekend brunch, but special enough to serve to dinner guests. It comes from The Illustrated Kitchen Bible by Brigitte Hafner and Victoria Blashford-Snell
Yield: makes 6 servings
Prep Time: 15 mins
Ingredients for the Dressing:
- 3 tbsp Asian fish sauce
- 3 tbsp fresh lime juice
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp avocado or olive oil
Ingredients for the Salad:
- 30 large shrimp, cooked, peeled, and deveined
- 2 large pink grapefruit, segmented
- 3 red radishes, thinly sliced
- 2 avocados, peeled, pitted, and cut into chunks or slices
- 3 scallions, thinly sliced
- 6 oz (175g) baby salad greens (mesclun)
- bunch of watercress, thick stems discarded
- 6 sprigs of mint leaves, stems discarded, leaves torn
Directions:
1. Make the dressing by combining all of the ingredients together in a jar, and shake until blended. (The dressing can be made several days in advance and refrigerated.)
2. Pat the shrimp dry with paper towels, and place in a bowl. Add 2 tbsp of the dressing and toss.
3. Toss the grapefruit, radishes, avocados, scallions, greens, watercress, and mint leaves in a large bowl. Divide among 6 dinner plates. Arrange 5 shrimp on top of each, and drizzle with the remaining dressing. Serve immediately.
- Emily
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