Spicy Shrimp Salad

Add this fresh and simple Spicy Shrimp Salad to your Summer menus for a light lunch or dinner. It’s topped with a lemon and oil dressing and ready in less than 10 minutes.

Who else finds themselves craving more salads when the weather is warmer?  Having something light to eat seems to be what I want to all the time right now.

Spicy Shrimp Salad

I’ve had a big bag of shrimp in my freezer for almost a month just waiting for me to do something with.    And since I eat chicken 95 % of my life it seems, it was screaming at me yesterday to sauté up for something a little fun and different.

The seasoning is just the perfect spicy for me.  Not too overwhelmingly hot.  Kick it up with a little more cayenne if you prefer hotter.

TO get started, I simply put the frozen shrimp in a bowl of cold water to thaw it for a few minutes.  Then heated a little coconut oil over medium heat, added the seasoned shrimp and cooked for 5 minutes.

While it was cooking, I shredded and washed my lettuce and cut the avocado.

You could really any of your other favorite veggies in too of course.  You could even add some black beans and/or corn to give it even more of a southwestern flair if you’d like.

The dressing is just a very simple olive oil and lemon mixture with a little chili powder.  It’s so light and fresh!

Ingredients to make Spicy Shrimp Salad, makes 4 salads

1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined

1 teaspoon each cumin and chili powder

¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper

1 avocado, diced

½ cup cilantro, chopped

2 cups Romaine lettuce (or other lettuce of choice)

Dressing:

3 tablespoon olive oil

1 tablespoon lime juice

1 teaspoon chili powder

¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper

Pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS

In a bowl, mix together chili powder, cumin, cayenne, and pepper.

Add in shrimp and toss to coat.

Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a saute pan over medium heat and saute shrimp 4-5 minutes or until cooked.

Divide lettuce, cilantro and avocado onto 4 plates.

Add a few shrimp to each plate.

Whisk dressing ingredients together, the drizzle a little over each salad.

ENJOY!!

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