Love this recipe with squash from the garden! It gets even better if made in advance and the dressing marinates the veggies & shrimp.
Summer Shrimp Salad with Cilantro
Photography: Becky Luigart-Stayner; Styling: Melanie J. Clarke
This light summer salad features a vinaigrette dressing. If you don't have cilantro, the salad's just as good with fresh basil.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 3/4 cups)
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 198
- Calories from fat: 22%
- Fat: 4.8g
- Saturated fat: 0.7g
- Monounsaturated fat: 2.1g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.2g
- Protein: 20.4g
- Carbohydrate: 20.9g
- Fiber: 3.8g
- Cholesterol: 129mg
- Iron: 3.1mg
- Sodium: 559mg
- Calcium: 72mg
Ingredients
- Dressing:
- 1/2 cup vegetable broth
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 2 teaspoons extravirgin olive oil
- 3/4 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black peppercorns
- Salad:
- 1 pound medium shrimp, cooked and peeled
- 1 1/2 cups julienne-cut yellow squash
- 1 1/2 cups julienne-cut zucchini
- 1 1/2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 cup fresh corn kernels (about 2 ears)
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
Preparation
- To prepare dressing, combine broth and cornstarch in a small saucepan, stirring with a whisk; bring to a boil. Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in juice and next 5 ingredients (juice through peppercorns). Cool.
- To prepare salad, combine shrimp and remaining ingredients in a large bowl. Add dressing mixture to shrimp mixture, tossing well.
Summer Shrimp Salad with Cilantro Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Salad Dressings, Salads
- CONVENIENCE: Quick/Easy
- CUISINE: American
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Shellfish, Vegetables
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Saturated Fat
- OCCASION: Summer
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
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