How To Make Blackened Shrimp and Avocado Salad
If you want to eat a tasty and healthy meal in one dish, this salad recipe will be your favorite. It is low fat and low carbs but full of flavorful taste.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 500gshrimpraw and peeled, tails removed
- 2garlic clovesminced
- 1tspground basil
- 1tspdried thyme
- 1tspsea salt
- 1tspblack pepperfresh cracked
- 1tspcayenne pepperadd more to suit your tastes
- 2tspsweet paprikaor smokey for a different flavour option
- 2Asparagushalved
- 1tspolive oil
- 4cupslettuce leavesor lettuce of choice, washed, and ready to use
- 1avocadocubed
- ¼red onionsliced
- 1fresh basil leaves
- ⅓cupgreek yogurt
- 1tsplemon pepper
- 1tsplemon juiceoptional for extra flavor
- 2tbspwateror olive oil
- salto taste
Instructions
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In a shallow bowl, combine shrimp with all of the spice ingredients, and rub into the shrimp until evenly coated.
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Heat a large pan or skillet on medium heat and add the olive oil.
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Saute the shrimp or prawns and the asparagus while turning occasionally until the shrimp or prawns and asparagus have started to change color and are just cooked for about 5 minutes.
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Combine the lettuce leaves, avocado, onion slices, and basil leaves in a salad bowl.
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Add the shrimp or prawns and avocado over the top. Drizzle with the dressing.
Dressing
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Combine the yogurt in a bowl with the lemon pepper, lemon juice, water, and salt. Mix well to combine.
Nutrition
- Calories: 649.40kcal
- Fat: 35.64g
- Saturated Fat: 12.78g
- Trans Fat: 0.04g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 12.04g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.23g
- Carbohydrates: 28.53g
- Fiber: 10.32g
- Sugar: 11.96g
- Protein: 59.89g
- Cholesterol: 353.30mg
- Sodium: 1846.85mg
- Calcium: 417.41mg
- Potassium: 1193.43mg
- Iron: 4.32mg
- Vitamin A: 409.15µg
- Vitamin C: 17.98mg
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