A variety of products that are now on the shelves of each supermarket, make available to all many different delicious salads. For example, in order to make shrimp and cucumber salad at home, you need only 20 minutes. At the same time, a salad with shrimps and cucumbers looks very original when these ingredients are not mixed. The salad is laid out on top of medium-thick cucumber circles.
But most of the housewives prefer to cook shrimp and cucumber salad in a more traditional way. There are several ways to prepare this truly delicious dish.
What kind of shrimp is needed for salad?
Of course, it is best to use fresh, one that has not been frozen or canned. To prepare it, you will need very little time. Take a saucepan, pour cold water into it and put on fire. Salt water, the solution should not be cool. When it boils, throw a shrimp at her. After 5 minutes, you can pull it out. If you do not serve shrimp as an independent dish, but add it to a salad with shrimps and cucumbers, then you should not add spices to the water. They change the taste of seafood.
When purchasing frozen shrimp, you have several options for choosing it. She may be:
- Fresh frozen;
- Frozen after boiling in sea water;
- In or without shell.
When you need to cook a large volume of salads, for example, your birthday, it is better to buy a shrimp without shell. You will save time on cleaning it. In no case do not take canned shrimp with spices for salads.
Variety of Shrimp Salads
This product is a component of a large number of snacks and salads. At the same time, citrus fruits can be used with it - a salad with shrimp and grapefruit. To prepare this dish you will need:
- 300 gr peeled shrimp. It is better to take tiger, but if there is no way to purchase them, then ordinary ones will do.
- 2 small pink grapefruits and 2 white. Peel them from the skin, remove the film from the slices and cut into small pieces.
- Literally 15 gr. finely chopped dill.
- 2 avocados of medium size. Clean them, remove the stone and cut into thin slices.
- Rocket salad 50 gr. If you replace the usual, there will be no peculiar aftertaste.
- Lime - 2 pcs. From one we squeeze the juice, and the second is needed to decorate the dish.
- Avocado oil - 1 tbsp.
Cut large shrimp along the tail into several parts, do not subject small shrimp to this procedure. Mix it with grapefruit, lime juice, dill. Spread avocado slices on plates, the mixture obtained on top of them. Sprinkle avocado oil and decorate with lettuce leaves, lime.
The next dish is also very popular, a salad with shrimp and crackers.
To prepare it, you will need to buy the following products:
- 1 kg of large shrimp (king or tiger).
- About 10 large lettuce leaves.
- 200 gr. Cherry tomatoes.
- 100 gr. hard cheese. It is better to take one that has a neutral taste.
- 3 pieces of boiled eggs.
- 1 teaspoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice, but it is better to use lime.
- 4 medium cloves of garlic.
- A glass of vegetable oil, preferably olive.
- Crackers made of white bread.
- Mustard to taste.
- Laurel.
- Pepper.
- Salt.
Pour half the volume of the cooked oil into the pan. Knead half the garlic and throw in the pan. After the oil boils, remove from heat. We give the mixture a little brew. Again we put it on the fire and fry bread crumbs in it. Boil the shrimp. Peas and a couple of leaves of laurel can be added to the water. We take out the yolk from the boiled eggs and knead it with lemon juice, mustard and the remaining garlic. Add the remaining vegetable oil to the resulting mixture in a thin stream. We clean the shrimp, and three cheese on a grater with a small cell. We do not cut lettuce leaves, but tear it into small pieces with our hands. Put them on plates. We cut the Cherry into two parts and place the dishes on the sides. Spread the shrimp mixture in the middle and sprinkle it with crackers on top. Pour all the cooked dressing and sprinkle with grated cheese.