Vegetable salad with shrimp takes its rightful place in our menu slowly but surely. Why exactly him? This dish has many advantages: from its low calorie content and benefits to its unusual taste. There are many variations of this salad, we will consider several popular recipes.
Vegetable salad with shrimp and lemon. To prepare this salad, we need:
- Shrimp - 400-500 grams
- Lemon - 4 pieces
- Chives - 2 bunches
- 1 head of cauliflower
- Olive oil - 50 grams
- Bulgarian bright pepper - 1 piece of each color (green, yellow and red)
- Broccoli - 200 grams
- Salt, pepper, sugar
- Mustard
This shrimp and vegetable salad is a great diet dish. First, peel the Bulgarian pepper from the seeds and viscera. Rinse thoroughly and cut into strips. Shrimps need to be boiled or buy in the store ready-made boiled ones. When cooking, be careful - the shrimp cook very quickly, do not miss the moment so that they do not "steam". Then they need to be washed in cold water and cleaned of shell and legs. We shift the chopped pepper into a salad bowl, cut the cauliflower and broccoli into small pieces there. Mix. Finely chopped green onions are added there. Now you need to squeeze the juice from the lemons. We need about ¾ cup. Add olive oil and mustard to the juice (literally 1 teaspoon) - this will become a salad dressing. Mix juice thoroughly and add spices - salt, sugar, pepper. The mass must be uniform and not contain lumps. Now you can add shrimp to the salad bowl with vegetables and pour in our sauce. Mix everything thoroughly and decorate with lemon slices, beautifully cut before serving.
Vegetable salad with shrimp and mayonnaise. For this salad we need:
- Boiled carrots - 1 piece
- Jacket boiled potatoes - 3 pieces
- Shrimp - 250 grams
- Tomatoes -1 piece
- Cucumbers - 1 piece
- Green peas - 1 can
- Chives - 1 bunch
- Mayonnaise, salt, pepper
Peel the potatoes. We will need exactly boiled jacket potatoes, as it preserves the taste better. Cut it into medium-sized cubes. Peel the carrots and cut them into cubes too. Shrimp, if necessary, boil and peel. For satiety, this salad is also called royal salad with shrimp. In a salad bowl with potatoes and carrots already chopped, add peas, mix. Chop green onion and fall asleep in a salad bowl. We cut cucumbers and tomatoes in half rings. All must be mixed thoroughly, adding mayonnaise first. Add pepper and salt to taste. King salad with shrimp can be served without mayonnaise, replacing it with olive oil or even low-fat sour cream. This will be relevant for people who adhere to the rules of diet.
Vegetable salad with shrimp and olives. Ingredients:
- Shrimp - 800 grams
- Tomatoes - 200 grams
- Hard cheese - 100 grams
- Pitted olives
- Eggs - 3 pieces
- Cucumbers - 2 pieces
- Onion (small), garlic (1 clove)
- Vegetable oil - 20 grams
- Water and vinegar - 1 tablespoon
- Green salad (several leaves)
- Pepper and salt to taste
This shrimp and vegetable salad is a cocktail salad. It will become not only a delicious addition to the table, but also its decoration. Shrimp must be boiled, cleaned of shell and legs. Cut cucumbers and tomatoes in half rings. Eggs need to be diced. Cheese cubes should be the same size. Mix all chopped ingredients. Now do the dressing: mix water, vinegar, vegetable oil, add mashed garlic. We lay the leaves of green salad on the dish , put the salad on top, sprinkle it with chopped olives and pour over the cooked sauce. Tasty, and most importantly - it looks original on the festive table. Bon Appetit!