Smorgasbord Garlic Shrimp Salad
This garlic shrimp salad recipe has succulent shrimp and an abundance of delicious vegetables which makes for a nutritious and fun salad!
I love salads and don’t mind a simple salad that has just lettuce, cucumber and a few olives.
But, sometimes I want to have oodles of veggies in my salad. And delicious succulent shrimp that have been sautéed with butter and garlic.
Tasty. 🙂
I say make this salad when you are tired of the same old salad. It will put pep in your step and make you happy to eat a salad.
Leave off the brie cheese and it becomes Whole30 compliant. I ate this when I did Whole30.
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Helpful tips
- You can use fresh shrimp but I always use frozen and usually have a few bags of it in my freezer at all times.
- Here’s how to defrost shrimp – start by taking out 1/2 pound of shrimp from the freezer and place them in a colander. Run cold water over them to help them thaw. As the water runs over the shrimp, I use my hand and stir them around and try to separate them.
- Once the shrimp is almost thawed, you can peel the shells off and devein them.
- I use organic baby romaine that has been triple washed, but you can use any lettuce you enjoy.
How to make a garlic shrimp salad
Pre-pre step
Thaw the shrimp, take off the shells and devein them.
Pre-step
Get a sauté pan and a good salad bowl. I got the deep dish at Crate and Barrel.
Step one
Heat the pan on medium. Once it heats up, add butter and once that melts, add the shrimp and garlic.
Step two
Stand there and stir the shrimp every 20 seconds or so and once the shrimp becomes opaque and pink, it is done. It takes roughly 5 minutes.
Step three
Add a big handful of lettuce to the salad bowl.
Step four
Line up as many as the shrimp you like across the middle of the salad. Place a handful of the shoots and sprouted beans and place the to one side of the salad.
Step five
Peel the hard boiled egg, slice it and place it beside the shrimp. Add tomatoes and sliced cucumber.
Step six
One of my favorite finds is the brie cheese in the background of the photo above. It comes in a rectangle and is very easy to slice.
Slice and put it on the salad with a few red grapes.
I asked Christopher to help me pour the chimicurri dressing on the salad.
I hope you enjoyed this garlic shrimp salad recipe.
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Smorgasbord Shrimp Salad
Ingredients
Smorgasbord begins
- 1/2 pound raw shrimp defrosted and peeled
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 clove garlic crushed
- 2 cups romaine lettuce or lettuce of choice
- 1/2 cup pea shoots
- 1/4 cup sprouted beans/peas
- 1 hardboiled egg cut into cubes
- 8 grape tomatoes
- 10 slices cucumber
- 10 red seedless grapes
- 4 slices brie cheese cut into little slices
Addons
- 2 tablespoons Chimicurri dressing
Instructions
Prepare Shrimp
- Heat sauté pan on medium, add butter and once it's melted, add shrimp and garlic. Stir shrimp every 20 seconds making sure shrimp is cooked through. It takes about 5 minutes. It should be opaque and pink.
- Place two large handfuls of baby romaine lettuce in a bowl
- Line the shrimp across the middle of the lettuce
- Add both the pea shoots and bean sprouts on the salad
- Place sliced egg, cucumber and tomatoes on the lettuce
- Add the grapes and slices of brie
- Add dressing
- Smile
- Enjoy
Equipment
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- You can use fresh shrimp but I always use frozen and usually have a few bags of it in my freezer at all times.
- Here’s how to defrost shrimp – start by taking out 1/2 pound of shrimp from the freezer and place them in a colander. Run cold water over them to help them thaw. As the water runs over the shrimp, I use my hand and stir them around and try to separate them.
- Once the shrimp is almost thawed, you can peel the shells off and devein them.
- I use organic baby romaine that has been triple washed, but you can use any lettuce you enjoy.
Nutrition
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I love shrimp! What a great and colorful salad!
Thanks so much Suzy!
Oh wow, this has to be the ultimate main course salad ~ there is so much protein in there!
It is! So tasty too! Hubby and I usually split it!
Love the pea shoot and sprouted beans in your beautiful salad!
Thank you Ginny!
This is such a gorgeous summer salad! I love the flavors and colors!
Thank you Catherine!
looks delicious and such a beautiful salad, I actually love that you used chimicurri sauce for a dressing.. so yummy.
Thank you Dahn! I appreciate it!
What a lovely summer salad. And the additional of brie is such a great touch that I haven’t ever thought of doing. Yum!
Thanks Erin!
i love all of this flavors in this gorgeous salad! Another great recipe, Elaine!
Thanks so much Beth!