Chopped Salad with Shrimp and Avocado
Really easy to make, made with butter lettuce, avocado, tomatoes and corn and completed with a drizzle of olive oil.
Spring for me at all times means much less consolation meals, and extra hearty salads for lunch and dinner. A few of my go-to’s are Rosemary Rooster Salad with Avocado and Bacon, Carne Asada Steak Salad, or Crock Pot Rooster and Black Bean Taco Salad, simply to call a couple of however I simply love a salad with shrimp and avocado (Zesty Lime Shrimp and Avocado Salad is a favourite)!
I just lately received my fingers on my good friend Jessica’s new cookbook The Fairly Dish: Greater than 150 On a regular basis Recipes and 50 Magnificence DIYs to Nourish Your Physique Inside and Out (affil hyperlink) and knew I needed to make this! Her cookbook is gorgeous, and full of recipes, together with themed menus, occasion concepts, killer playlists, and DIY magnificence initiatives. Such a enjoyable and exquisite cookbook!
I barely modified her recipe with energy in thoughts, chopping again on the cheese and utilizing heart lower bacon. I additionally swapped a number of the bacon fats for olive oil, however actually simply minor tweaks. The salad was delish, and so satisfying!
Chopped Salad with Shrimp Variations:
- When you don’t eat pork, you’ll be able to swap the bacon for turkey bacon.
- To make this Keto, omit the corn and add extra avocado.
- To make this Whole30 or Paleo, omit the cheese and corn, add extra avocado and tomatoes.
- You possibly can halve this should you’re cooking for 1 or double to make sufficient for 4.
Chopped Salad with Shrimp, Blue Cheese and Bacon
5 from
12 votes
7
Cals:
368
Protein:
35
Carbs:
14.5
Fats:
19 This hearty Chopped Salad with Shrimp, Avocado, Blue Cheese and Bacon is straightforward and satisfying. Nice for lunch or dinner!
Course:
Dinner, Lunch, Salad
Delicacies:
American
Prep:
20 minutes minutes
Prepare dinner:
0 minutes minutes
Complete:
20 minutes minutes
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Yield:
2 servings
Serving Measurement:
1 salad 1x 2x 3x
Substances
- ▢ 4 slices heart lower bacon, chopped
- ▢ 1/2 pound peeled and deveined shrimp
- ▢ 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ▢ 4 ounce butter lettuce, chopped
- ▢ 1 small corn on the cobb, grilled or roasted
- ▢ 1 ounce blue cheese or gorgonzola
- ▢ 1/2 cup halved cherry tomatoes
- ▢ 2 ounces diced avocado, 1 half small haas
- ▢ 2 teaspoons olive oil
- ▢ kosher salt and black pepper, to style
Directions
- Warmth a skillet over medium warmth and add the bacon. Prepare dinner till crisp and the fats is rendered.
- Switch the bacon to a paper towel utilizing a slottted spoon.
- Take away all however 1 teaspoon of the bacon grease and discard the remaining.
- Add the shrimp and garlic to the skillet and cook dinner 3 minutes, till opaque. Take away and chop into chunk sized items.
- To assemble the salad divide between 2 plates or toss every part collectively in a big bowl.
- Serve immediately, drizzled with 1 teaspoon olive oil, salt and pepper over every salad.
