Name: Healthy Shrimp Avocado Salad Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 min
Total time: 21 min
Yield: 4 persons
Cuisine: Caribbean
Ingredients: 1 lb Jumbo Shrimp - pre-cooked, shelled & chopped; 1 teaspoon Chinese Five Spices; 2 teaspoons Sesame Oil; 4 tablespoons Lime Juice; 1 Red Onion - diced; 1 Clove Garlic - minced; 1 Jalapeno - seeds removed & diced; 3 large Tomato - diced; 1 Avocado - cut into bite size pieces; 1 tablespoon Cilantro - chopped; Salt & Black Pepper to taste

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Fusion foods are a great way to combine your favorite regional flavors into one culturally delicious dish. This Healthy Shrimp Avocado Salad recipe combines the fresh taste of a Mexican Pico de Gallo and infuses them with the rich nutty flavors of Asia. We then take the fresh and crisp ocean bite of shrimp and bring it all together with the creamy earth avocado to make this salad one of a kind. So enjoy our quick and easy recipe for healthy shrimp avocado salad, a Mexican Asian adventure in flavor fusion.

If you love the different fusions of salad, try our other recipes like Crab Salad Sushi.

Equipment Needed

Stainless Steel Measuring Spoons

Author: Rachael Ottier Hart

Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

1 mins

Total Time

21 mins

Serves

4 persons

Ingredients

1 lb Jumbo Shrimp - pre-cooked, shelled & chopped
1 teaspoon Chinese Five Spices
2 teaspoons Sesame Oil
4 tablespoons Lime Juice
1 Red Onion - diced
1 Clove Garlic - minced
1 Jalapeno - seeds removed & diced
3 large Tomato - diced
1 Avocado - cut into bite size pieces
1 tablespoon Cilantro - chopped
Salt & Black Pepper to taste

Instructions

Using a bowl, mix the Chinese five spices, sesame oil, lime juice, onion, garlic, and jalapeño, then season with salt and pepper and set aside for 5- 10 minutes to marinate.

Into a large bowl, add the shrimp, tomato, and avocado, toss, and mix.

Once the sauce has had time to marinate, add to the shrimp and avocado mixture with the cilantro, tossing to mix and coat all the ingredients.

Serve chilled in bowls and enjoy!