A step-by-step recipe with a photo of a green salad with shrimps. The benefits and nutritional value of gourmet shrimp. Cooking technology, calorie content and video recipe.
In summer, you want to be somewhere on the seashore as soon as possible. To brighten up the holiday anticipation, prepare a bright green shrimp salad. It is light yet satisfying. Therefore, it can be eaten for breakfast, lunch and dinner. At the same time, you will not have to worry about your figure at all. On the contrary, the salad is low in calories, so it will help you get in shape for your long-awaited trip to the sea. The salad is perfect for lovers of all kinds of diets and supporters of healthy eating. Plus, the salad is very healthy. Shrimp meat does not contain fat. Seafood maintains the elasticity of blood vessels and muscles, contributes to the balanced functioning of the digestive tract and is easily absorbed by the body.
There is nothing difficult in cooking. Cut or tear the greens into pieces, scatter them on a plate in an artistic mess, add shrimp, pour over the dressing, and you're done. Surprisingly simple, salad can be a gourmet treat. Neither the appearance of the dish nor its taste will leave anyone indifferent. And if you also make an original dressing based on pesto sauce, balsamic vinegar, soy sauce, lemon juice, etc., then such a treat can be safely put on the festive table.
See also how to make a green salad with canned mackerel.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 85 kcal.
- Servings - 2
- Cooking time - 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- Lettuce leaves - 5 pcs.
- Salt - a pinch
- Cilantro - a few twigs
- Cucumbers - 1 pc.
- Dill - a few twigs
- Vegetable oil - for dressing
- Boiled-frozen shrimps - 150 g
- Parsley - a few twigs
- Green onions - a few feathers
Step-by-step preparation of green salad with shrimps, recipe with photo:
1. Pour boiled-frozen shrimps with water at room temperature and leave for 10 minutes. Since the shrimp were boiled before freezing, they do not require re-cooking. It is enough just to fill them with water to thaw them. Alternatively, remove them from the freezer beforehand and leave them at room temperature to defrost.
2. Wash lettuce leaves under running water and dry with a paper towel. Cut them with a knife or tear them into small pieces with your hands.
3. Wash cilantro, dry with a paper towel and chop finely.
4. Wash green onions, dry and finely chop.
5. Wash cucumbers and dry with a towel. Cut off the ends on both sides and cut into thin quarter rings.
6. Wash parsley and dill, dry and chop finely.
7. When the shrimp are thawed, drain the water. Peel the shell of the crustaceans and cut off the head.
Note: You can buy raw shrimp for the salad. Then boil them in water with salt, bay leaves and allspice, and then peel.
8. Place all food in a deep bowl.
9. Season the green shrimp salad with salt to taste and top with vegetable oil. Stir the food and refrigerate the salad for 15 minutes. Serve it with croutons, croutons or croutons.
See also the video recipe on how to make a green shrimp salad.
