Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon minced green chili pepper
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- 6 thinly sliced green onions (spring onions)
- ½ chopped cucumber
- 1 lb (450g) ripe avocados
- 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 12 halved cherry tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2/3 cup (12g) chopped cilantro (fresh coriander)
- 1 lb (450g) small peeled and cooked shrimp
- Large handful of shredded lettuce, to serve
Method
- Whisk the oil, lime juice and sugar together until the sugar dissolves.
- Dice the avocados into ¾-inch (2cm) cubes and mix the cubes in a bowl with the other ingredients except the lettuce, stirring gently.
- Serve immediately on a bed of lettuce, or cover the bowl and chill the seafood salad recipe for an hour before serving on the lettuce, to intensify the flavors.
Notes
- Leaving this seafood salad recipe in the refrigerator for an hour before serving so the flavors blend and intensify is a great idea. You will be able to taste the difference.
- Don't add the salad to the bed of lettuce until just before serving though, else the lettuce will go soggy and that is never what you want when making a seafood salad recipe or any kind of simple salad recipe for that matter.
- This salad is colorful and appealing, featuring green lettuce, pink juicy shrimp, bright red cherry tomatoes and more.
- It makes a great lunch or appetizer and it is full of south of the border flavors, making it super-refreshing and tasty.
