Ultimate Grilled Shrimp Salad
Ultimate Grilled Shrimp Salad - a delicious shrimp salad with blackened shrimp and green goddess dressing! Perfect for summer!
Ingredients
Green Goddess Dressing:
- 3/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup fresh parsley
- 1/4 cup chives
- 1/4 cup fresh tarragon
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon anchovy paste
- 1 teaspoon garlic minced
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
Blackened Shrimp:
- blackened seasoning homemade or store-bought
- 1 lb large tail-on shrimp (fresh or thawed)
Salad:
- 6-8 cups romaine lettuce chopped
- 1 cup corn
- 1-2 avocado cubed
- 6 pieces of bacon chopped
- 1 cup cojita cheese crumbled
- 1-2 cups cherry tomatoes halved
- 1/2 cup red onion sliced
- 2 hard boiled eggs
Instructions
Green Goddess Dressing:
- Add ingredients to a food processor.
- Blend or pulse until fully combined - don't over-blend - there should still be little pieces of dark green herbs, but not chunky.
- Taste and adjust any flavors, seasonings, etc. as-desired. Transfer to a mason jar and place in the refrigerator until use.
Blackened Shrimp:
- Ensure grill grates are clean and preheat grill to medium-high heat (Approx. 400-450 degrees F).
- Pat shrimp dry with a clean paper towel and season generously with blackened seasoning (shrimp should be fully coated).
- Taking a metal skewer, pierce the shrimp through the tail and then again through the thickest part and slide all the way to the bottom. Continue until all the shrimp are used.
- Place over direct heat and close lid. Let cook 2 minutes.
- Flip and close lid again. Let cook for an additional 1-2 minutes. Shrimp is done cooking when the meat is no longer translucent.
- Remove from grill and let rest 5 minutes.
- Build Salad:
- Divide lettuce and remaining ingredients between 4 bowls.
- Serve with Green Goddess Dressing
- Enjoy!
Notes
- Blackened Seasoning: we have a homemade blackened seasoning on the site but feel free to just use some store-bought if you prefer!
- Dairy-Free: to make this salad dairy-free simply use a dairy-free sour cream in the Green Goddess Dressing and omit the Cojita Cheese.
- Corn: we love grilling sweet corn for this recipe and cutting off the kernels, but if you are in a pinch and need to use canned - that works too!
- Bacon: this is easy to make the day before - we love cooking bacon in the oven!
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