Shrimp and Avocado Salad
By: Karen Vivers
Published: Sunday, November 30, 2014 - 6:10am

Ingredients




The Shrimp
About 600gr of large tiger style shrimp (prawns/langoustine) peeled and cleaned
2 x garlic cloves, crushed
A pinch of dried chili flakes (optional)
1 x tbsp olive oil
Juice of one lime
Salt and Pepper
The Salad
The leaves of one medium sized Cos lettuce finely shredded
6/8 basil leaves chopped
200gr sweet corn
3 x spring onions (scallions) chopped finely
600gr fresh pineapple cut into small cubes
2 x avocados chopped into cubes
Salt and pepper
Avocado
The Dressing
3 x tbsp olive oil
3 x tbsp honey
Juice and zest of 3 limes

Preparation

1 1.Firstly, to cook the shrimp, heat the olive oil in a pan and once hot add the shrimp crushed garlic and chili flakes. It is important to get the oil nice and hot (not smoking, just before that point) your shrimp should sizzle when added to the pan. Check the ‘back’ of the shrimp and when you see the colour change about half way up, turn them over. Do the same on the other side. This should only take a minute to two minutes maximum on both sides – otherwise you will get a rubbery result if you leave it too long. Squeeze over the lime juice – this too should bubble and reduce. Add a little salt and pepper, stir through, remove from the heat and set aside. 2 2.Mix the dressing ingredients together, check for flavour, adjust if need be and set aside. 3 3.Place all the salad ingredients in a bowl except the avocado and the salt and pepper. Prepare the avocado as you are about to serve otherwise it will turn brown. Once it is covered in the lime dressing, this will slow down the oxidization process and it won’t go brown so easily. 4 4.When you are ready to serve mix ¾ of the avocado through the salad and add the dressing. Toss everything together. Taste to see if you need any salt and pepper. Place your shrimp on top of the salad with the rest of the avocado and sprinkle/pour any residue from the pan over your salad in which you cooked the shrimp. This is great flavour, so you don’t want to lose it.

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