Easy shrimp salad recipe.

Easy shrimp salad with freshly cooked shrimp mixed into a dressing made with mayonnaise, dijon mustard, celery and your preferred herb garnishing and flavouring the creamy sauce.
The creamy shrimp salad is healthy and can be assembled in a hurry for a quick meal or as a side dish for a crowd.

Why we love this easy shrimp salad.

The shrimp salad takes 15 minutes to make and healthy. It’s low-carb, keto-friendly, gluten-free and paleo.
The mouth-watering shrimp recipe is one of our favourite seafood salads for a few reasons.
The salad is fast and easy to make.

• When you use pre-cleaned shrimp or frozen shrimp, you can cook them in minutes and combine them together with other recommended ingredients.
• The shrimp salad is ideal for weekend lunches or weeknight meals.

• Customizable.
  • Add extra ingredients like shredded carrots, chopped bell pepper, and mashed avocado to add variety to the shrimp salad.
  • Add some hot sauce or chopped green chillies to spice it up.

• Fresh and tasty.
  • The flavour in this creamy shrimp salad is so fresh even kids, teens and adults will find it delicious.
  • Since the salad is cold, you can make it ahead of time, refrigerate and serve any time you want.

• Serve the salad any time.
  • Ideal as a quick meal when you are tired and need only to feed yourself. serve at picnics chilled and fresh. serve as a side dish for lunch or dinner.

What to serve with creamy shrimp salad.

• Serve with a side of stir-fried or grilled vegetables.
• Serve on top of a sliced baguette or thick toasted bread.
• Serve over tostadas or pita chips.

Tips to make easy shrimp salad.

• You can use frozen or fresh pre-cleaned shrimp. If you are using frozen shrimp, here is a guide on, how to thaw shrimp.
• If you are using fresh shrimp, here is a guide on how to clean shrimp.
• Include or substitute different crunchy vegetables like shredded carrots, cucumber, avocado and chopped bell peppers, green chillies.
• I’ve used chopped celery, cane parsley, dill, coriander etc…
• Taste and season as per your need. you can also use a dash of red chilli powder, and paprika to add heat to the salad.
• Keep the shrimp salad chilled to retain the freshness of the seafood salad.
• Just before serving mix the salad.
• I would recommend serving the salad one hour after making it to keep the freshness of the flavour.

More shrimp salad

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RECIPE OVERVIEW FOR SHRIMP SALAD

Ingredients to make the shrimp salad

You will need 7 ingredients to make the shrimp salad. these are ingredients you can easily find in grocery stores or in your pantry.
500g of shrimp, fresh or frozen
1/2 cup of chopped celery(1 stalk)
1 medium-sized chopped onions
1/4 cup chopped parsley(substitute with dill, coriander etc)

Making the creamy salad dressing

1/2 a cup of mayonnaise
1 teaspoon of Dijon mustard
2 cloves of garlic minced well
Salt and pepper to season

Optional ingredients

Avocado
Bell pepper
Carrots
Baby radish
Cucumber

How to make the easy shrimp salad.

To make the shrimp salad, first prepare the shrimp and cook in boiled water for a few minutes.

Drain and set aside until you use them.

In a bowl, combine all the dressing ingredients and then add the preferred vegetables.

Add the cooked shrimp. combine well then garnish with a herb. refrigerate before serving the creamy salad.