Ruby Red Shrimp Salad

10 ingredients
8 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 large ruby red grapefruits
  • 3 blood oranges
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons sweet chili sauce (I use Mae Ploy)
  • sea salt
  • 1 avocado
  • 1 lb shrimp, cooked, peeled, deveined
  • 1 lime, juice of
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, minced (or basil if you really can't do cilantro)
  • 1 head boston lettuce, separated into leaves and rinsed

Directions

  1. 1
    Using a sharp knife, slice the ends from grapefruit and oranges; using a jigsaw motion, remove pith and peel;cut supremes of fruit by cutting in and out of the membranes separating the sections.
  2. 2
    Squeeze the juice from the remaining pulp and ends into a measuring cup. Repeat with all the citrus.
  3. 3
    Use 1/3 cup citrus juice and add olive oil, sweet chile sauce and salt to taste.
  4. 4
    For each salad, use 3 grapefruit sections and 3 or 4 orange sections, depending on the size (reserve unused sections and juice and refrigerate for another use).
  5. 5
    Peel and pit avocado and cut into crescent shaped slices.
  6. 6
    When ready to serve, gently toss the avocado with the shrimp, citrus and dressing. Arrange 2 or 3 lettuce leaves on six salad plates.
  7. 7
    Spoon the salad mixture into the leaves and serve immediately.
  8. 8
    Makes 6 appetizer salads or 4 entree salads.

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