
How To Make Grilled Shrimp and Watermelon Chopped Salad
The watermelon and grilled shrimp in this chopped salad recipe scream summer. Goat cheese and golden balsamic dressing complete this fresh side dish.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Dressing:
- 2½tbspbalsamic vinegar
- 1tspwater
- 1tbspshallots,chopped
- ⅛tspkosher salt
- pinchfresh black pepper
- 2tbspextra virgin olive oil
For Shrimp:
- 10ozshrimp,(about 24 large shrimp), shelled and deveined
- 1clovegarlic,crushed
- seasoned salt,to taste
For Salad:
- 8cupsromaine,chopped
- 4cupswatermelon,diced
- 4ozsoft goat cheese
Instructions
Dressing:
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In a small bowl, combine vinegar, water, shallots, salt and pepper.
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Gradually add olive oil, stirring until incorporated.
Shrimp:
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If cooking outside on the grill, soak skewers at least 30 minutes.
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Season shrimp with seasoned salt, then mix in crushed garlic.
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Thread the shrimp onto the skewers.
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Light the grill or indoor grill pan on medium to medium-high flame. When hot, spray the grates with oil and grill the shrimp for about 1 to 2 minutes on each side.
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Set aside.
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In a large bowl toss the romaine with the dressing.
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Divide between for plates and top with watermelon, goat cheese and grilled shrimp.
Nutrition
- Calories: 261.51kcal
- Fat: 14.00g
- Saturated Fat: 5.33g
- Trans Fat: 0.01g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 6.49g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.30g
- Carbohydrates: 18.44g
- Fiber: 2.97g
- Sugar: 12.37g
- Protein: 17.27g
- Cholesterol: 102.34mg
- Sodium: 859.41mg
- Calcium: 129.94mg
- Potassium: 529.50mg
- Iron: 2.23mg
- Vitamin A: 573.18µg
- Vitamin C: 16.67mg
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