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Ruby Red Shrimp Salad

Recipe #289496 | 15 min | 15 min prep | SERVES 4 -6 (Change Servings)
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Chef Kate

RECIPE BY: Chef Kate

Adapted from the Dallas Morning News, a quite wonderful and very pretty salad. You can use regular grapefruits and oranges, but the red is SO charming on the plate. I like to use large shrimp, but any size will do.

Posted on: Mar 1, 2008

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Ingredients

  • 2 large ruby red grapefruit
  • 3 blood orange
  • 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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    Nutrition Facts

    Serving Size 1 (460g)

    Recipe makes 4 servings

    Calories 430
    Calories from Fat 206 (47%)
    Amount Per Serving %DV
    Total Fat 22.9g 35%
    Saturated Fat 3.5g 17%
    Monounsaturated Fat 15.2g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 3.0g
    Trans Fat 0.0g
    Cholesterol 221mg 73%
    Sodium 334mg 13%
    Potassium 931mg 26%
    Total Carbohydrate 32.4g 10%
    Dietary Fiber 8.5g 34%
    Sugars 18.8g
    Protein 27.7g 55%
    Vitamin A 3422mcg 68%
    Vitamin B6 0.5mg 22%
    Vitamin B12 1.7mcg 28%
    Vitamin C 102mg 171%
    Vitamin E 3mcg 11%
    Calcium 136mg 13%
    Iron 4mg 26%

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