A delicious salad with king prawns will bedecoration of any table. To prepare a festive dish, you will need some shrimp and a bit of good mood. The set of products in the salad can be minimal, but the taste will be bright and original! The secret to successfully preparing these crustaceans is simple - you need to cook them for no more than 10 minutes if you bought a frozen product. Fresh shrimp are cooked for up to 8 minutes, and boiled-frozen - only 1 minute. It will be most delicious if you slowly defrost the latter, placing them on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator overnight.
Salad with king prawns and avocado
The recipe for this dish can be called quick. This salad is easy to prepare even when guests are already approaching. Ingredients:
- avocado
- 2-3 pieces of ripe tomatoes
- 200-300 grams of fresh royal shrimp
- juice of half a lemon
- olive oil - 20 grams
- mixture of dry Provencal herbs
- white pepper ground - 0,5 coffee spoons
Method of preparation:Throw defrosted or fresh raw shrimp into salted boiling water for 4-6 minutes. After the specified time, drain the water and peel the seafood tails from the shell and black vein. Peel a medium-sized avocado and chop into small cubes. Peel ripe tomatoes from the liquid core and cut into cubes the same size as the avocado. If you took cherry tomatoes, just cut them in half. Place all the ingredients in a salad bowl and pour a light dressing over them. The recipe is simple: mix the juice of half a lemon with olive oil, add Provencal herbs and a pinch of freshly ground white pepper for a piquant aroma. Gently mix the salad from the bottom up. Enjoy your meal!
Shrimp salad with champignons and rice
With a little effort on this dish, youyou will be able to appreciate this recipe. The aroma of champignons goes wonderfully with shrimp, and the complex sauce gives it a unique originality. Ingredients:
- shrimps royal (tiger) - 250 grams
- champignons - 10 pieces
- Round rice - 50 grams
- carrots - 100 grams
- green onions with young onions - 4 pieces
- clove of garlic
- soy sauce Sen Soi - tablespoon
- white wine vinegar - tablespoon
- vegetable refined oil - 2 teaspoons
- white wine - 50 grams
- sweet chili sauce - a tablespoon
- chive-onion - small bundle
Method of preparation:First, boil the rice in a large amount of salted water over low heat. Cover with a lid and cook for 15-20 minutes. Rinse the cooked rice, but thoroughly, with cold water and drain in a colander. Cut the washed champignons into thin slices. Cut the carrots into thin strips, the white part of the onion into rings, and chop the greens into large pieces. Crush the garlic with a knife and chop finely. Pour 3 cups of water into a saucepan, add soy sauce, white wine vinegar and white wine. Pour the prepared champignons, carrots and onions into the dish, bring to a boil. Pour in a teaspoon of vegetable oil and add warm rice. Leave the mixture for a while and start preparing the shrimp. Remove the shell from the seafood, make a longitudinal cut half a centimeter deep on the back and gut the insides. Salt the shrimp and fry in vegetable oil over medium heat - not too long, two minutes on each side. After frying, dip each of them in chili sauce and put on a plate. Not a simple, but original salad recipe with king prawns is almost complete. Take a salad bowl and put in it the prepared mixture of champignons, rice and vegetables, having previously drained the liquid. Put the shrimp necks on top. Sprinkle with chopped chives and serve the salad warm. Enjoy your meal!
Shrimp salad with yoghurt
The delicate unsweetened yogurt combines wonderfullythe taste of vegetables and seafood. This dressing is low-calorie and much healthier than store-bought mayonnaise, which makes the recipe more attractive to connoisseurs of healthy food. It is easy to prepare a fermented milk product yourself, and you can easily buy it. In this case, give preference to neutral-tasting yogurt, without sourness. Ingredients:
- royal prawns in a shell - 300 grams
- Salad mixture (iceberg, frisi and so on) - to taste
- cucumber - 1-2 pieces
- tomato ripe - 1-2 pieces
For filling:
- yoghurt (natural, without sugar) - 120 grams
- fresh greens (parsley, dill and so on) - to taste
- salt - pinch, if desired
Method of preparation:Bring salted water to a boil and cook the shrimp until done - this usually takes up to 10 minutes. Peel the necks from the shell, and making a longitudinal cut, pull out the insides (black vein) with the tip of a knife. After gutting the shrimp, move on to the vegetables. Peel the cucumbers with a vegetable peeler and cut into thin circles. Cut the washed tomatoes into thin half rings. Put the greens and vegetables in a deep salad bowl, then add the prepared shrimp. To prepare a delicate dressing, mix yogurt with finely chopped greens and sprinkle with salt. Pour this yogurt sauce over the dish and serve immediately. Enjoy!
Easy salad with king prawns
This is probably the simplest and at the same timean incredibly delicious recipe with gorgeous tiger shrimps. Fresh vegetables reveal the taste of the seafood to the fullest, giving you pleasure in every portion! Ingredients:
- green lettuce - 10 leaves
- King prawns - 9 pieces
- sweet red pepper - 2 pods
- cucumber - 1 piece
- salt
- vegetable oil, freshly squeezed lemon juice - a tablespoon
Method of preparation:Peel the cucumber and chop it into quarters. Cut the pepper in half, remove the seeds from the middle and chop very finely. Wash the lettuce leaves thoroughly under running water and dry them on a napkin, then tear them into small pieces with your hands. Boil the shrimp in salted water and peel the shells from the necks, making sure to remove the black vein. Place the chopped pepper and cucumber in a deep container with lettuce leaves, add salt. Sprinkle the vegetables with a little lemon juice and add the shrimp and pour in 10 grams of vegetable oil. Enjoy!
Caesar salad with king prawns
Surprise your guests with a delicious Mediterranean salad. If you don’t have any Parmesan, don’t be afraid to change the recipe to suit your needs. Replace it with a hard, aromatic cheese, like Radomer. Ingredients:
- freshly frozen royal prawns - 0.5 kg
- cherry tomatoes - 8 pieces
- green salad - 3-4 leaves
- bread white - 4 slices
- garlic - 2 slices
- Parmesan cheese - 50 grams
- a lemon - a quarter
- olive oil
- black ground pepper and salt - a pinch
Method of preparation:Boil a liter of salted water in a saucepan and cook the shrimp for 7-8 minutes. It will be much tastier if you add sea salt to the water instead of regular rock salt. Peel the cooled shrimp and cut each into 2-3 pieces. Now heat some olive oil in a frying pan and throw in a couple of cloves of garlic, crushed with a knife. When it browns, fish it out and throw it away. Carefully dip the shrimp in the aromatic oil and fry until golden brown. Do not overcook them on the fire - seafood cooks for no longer than 5 minutes. At the end of frying, pepper and squeeze out the juice of a quarter of a lemon. Remove the shrimp with a slotted spoon onto a plate and drain the oil, drying the pan. Now it's time for the cherry tomatoes: cut them in half, removing the stalk. Grate the cheese of your choice on a very fine grater. Cut yesterday's white bread into cubes and dry them a little in a frying pan - the inside of the cubes should remain quite soft. All the components of the delicious salad are ready, it's time to decorate the dish. Put the washed and dried lettuce leaves on a wide plate. Place the croutons, cheese, tomatoes and shrimp on them in rings. You can salt it if you like. Sprinkle the salad with olive oil, and for mayonnaise lovers, put the olive version of the sauce in a bowl on the table. The recipe for "Caesar" with king shrimps has come to an end. Enjoy your meal!
Salad "Spring" with king prawns and arugula
This recipe is designed for only two people,so increase the amount of ingredients if necessary. The dish should be cooked immediately before serving, so take 2 wide plates and put the ingredients on them immediately, according to the description. Ingredients:
- arugula - 50 grams
- shrimp - 50 grams
- Parmesan cheese - 30 grams
- pine nuts - 5 grams
- cherry tomatoes - 80 grams
- olive oil - 20 grams
- Salt, pepper black ground - optional
Method of preparation:Wash fresh arugula leaves and tear them by hand into small pieces. Pour them into a pile on plates. Cut tomatoes in half and place around the greens. Boil and clean shrimp as described above, do not forget to remove the black vein. Fry the necks a little in olive oil and place them on the arugula. Sprinkle the salad with pine nuts and grated cheese. The taste of the dish will be wonderfully completed by fresh toast from bran bread. Enjoy!
Shrimp salad with fragrant jelly
Unusual and extraordinary - these epithets are the mostfully disclose the recipe below. Beautiful presentation guarantees its success on the snack table. Do you want to gain fame as the best hostess? Then this dish is created especially for you! Ingredients:
- frozen royal (tiger) shrimps - 1 kilogram
- grapefruit (pink) - 2 pieces
- tomatoes (small) - 3 pieces
- young spinach leaves - 100 grams
- parsley crushed - 2 tablespoons
- dill - 2 sprigs
- pepper (burning red) - 1 pod
- gelatin instant - 8 grams
- sweet white muscat wine - 100 grams
- salt, white pepper powder
Method of preparation:If you bought frozen-cooked shrimp, simply boil them for one minute in boiling water, then take them out and drain in a colander. When they cool, clean the necks from the shells and entrails. Do not throw away the heads and shells, but put them in a saucepan, pour in 750 grams of salted water and put on low heat. After boiling, leave under the lid for 1 hour. Half an hour before readiness, add white wine, a whole hot pepper pod, dill sprigs, salt, and grapefruit zest to the broth. After the broth is cooked, squeeze the shrimp heads under a press and strain the liquid. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground pepper. Let the broth cool down, and in the meantime, take care of the gelatin: soak it in cold water, and after it swells, pour in a glass of broth and bring to a boil. Add gelatin to the rest of the mass and cool at room temperature. The recipe is now at its final stage - time for serving. Arrange the peeled shrimp on the bottom of a wide, deep bowl. Sprinkle them with half of the chopped parsley and pour in the broth. The layer should be about 2-4 cm. Put the dish in the refrigerator until it hardens to a jelly state. Now it's time to serve the salad correctly: put the washed and thoroughly dried spinach leaves on portioned plates. Divide the previously peeled grapefruits into slices and remove the skin, then break each in half and arrange on the spinach. Scoop up the jelly with a spoon and place on the grapefruit. Decorate the dish with tomatoes cut in half and sprinkle with the rest of the parsley. Serve this unusual and delicious salad without delay - enjoy! It is not for nothing that king prawns are named after crowned heads. Their appearance will decorate any dish and give it a festive look. If you are preparing seafood salads for the first time, be sure to choose a recipe with these crustaceans, because a dish made from them is doomed to success. Be original - cook with us! We recommend reading: