Wonderful Thai Shrimp Salad! It’s made with juicy, seared shrimp flavored with honey, garlic and ginger, on top of a vegetable mixture dressed with easy, homemade peanut dressing.
I have something extra fun for you today! It’s fun for you today but it’s been fun for us during the last couple of weeks, as we worked on this challenge.
Who is “we,” you ask?
“We” are ten awesome bloggers who participated in this challenge and created these mouthwatering recipes for you!
What is the challenge, you ask now?
The challenge was us, bloggers, having a little fun and creating a Chopped-type challenge for ourselves. We had a list of ten ingredients and we had to use at least 4 in our main dish or an appetizer recipe. The ingredients included:
Cream Cheese
Lemons
Potatoes
Quinoa
Nutmeg
Shrimp
Honey
Chicken Thighs
Bacon Fat
Ginger
The second I saw “honey” and “ginger,” I knew I was going to make something Thai. Shrimp always beats chicken in my book too.
So now you have ten great recipes to try right here. You have some shrimp dishes, some chicken…lots of shrimp…I mean shrimp popped up in the ingredient choices so who would pass that up?…I love shrimp….”I need to get off shrimp,”…”stop saying “shrimp!”
I’m okay…this is one fantastic salad! (It’s also late and I had a lot of coffee.)
Thai Shrimp Salad with Peanut Dressing
Ingredients
- Shrimp:[/b]
- 1/2 lb raw shrimp
- 2 tsp honey
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 tsp fresh grated ginger
- 1 Tbsp peanut oil
- Squeeze of 1/4 lemon
- Salt
- Salad:
- 2 oz baby kale
- 1 small cucumber skinned and seeded
- 1 small carrot skinned
- 1/4 cup scallions
- 1 small red bell pepper
- 3/4 cup red cabbage
- 3 Tbsp peanuts
- Dressing:
- 2 Tbsp peanut butter
- 3 tsp rice vinegar
- 2 Tbsp grape seed oil
- 2 tsp honey
- 1/2 Tbsp soy sauce
Instructions
- First, make sure to take shells off of shrimp and devein them. (If needed.)
- Slice cucumber, carrot, red pepper and red cabbage thin and add it all to a large mixing bowl. Add baby kale and peanuts as well.
- In a small cup, combine all ingredients for the dressing and whisk until smooth.
- Add dressing to the bowl with vegetables and mix well.
- Divide salad among two plates.
- In a small bowl, mix shrimp with honey, grated garlic, grated ginger, peanut oil, lemon juice and salt. Mix until shrimp are well coated. Let them marinade while you are pre-heating the skillet.
- Pre-heat the skillet on medium-high until it is well heated through. Lower heat to medium.
- Add shrimp and sear just until they turn pink, flip and sear until they turn pink on the other side. (It will take 3-5 minutes, depending on size of shrimp.) Be careful not to overcook them.
- Top salads off with shrimp.
- Serve right away.
Notes
Bacon Wrapped Ginger Soy Chicken from Yellow Bliss Road
Quinoa & Kale Salad with Honey Ginger Dressing from Katie’s Cucina
Skinny One Pot Lemon Shrimp Alfredo from Julie’s Eats & Treats
Thai Coconut Soup from Yummy Healthy Easy
Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Ginger Chicken from Your Homebased Mom
Thai Shrimp Salad with Peanut Dressing from Will Cook for Smiles
Honey Baked Chicken Over Lemon Rice from The Weary Chef
Honey Baked Chicken and Potatoes from Cravings of a Lunatic
Bacon Wrapped Chicken Thighs with Honey Dijon Glaze from A Beautiful Bite
Honey Ginger Shrimp Skewers from Five Heart Home
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Kristin says
Your salad looks gorgeous and sounds so amazing!!
lyuba says
Thank you so much, Kristin!
Raquel says
Your shrimp salad looks delicious Lyuba! Perfect for spring!
lyuba says
Awe, thank you very much, Raquel!
Marisa Franca @ All Our Way says
This is just what spring summer salad is to me. All light fresh taste and the dressing sounds like a perfect compliment to it. Your photos certainly make me want to dig in — and I just had blackened grouper salad for lunch. 😉
lyuba says
Grouper sounds yummy!
Thank you, Marisa! Dressing was actually perfect on this salad. I’ve made it again just without the shrimp for a quick lunch. (I was out of shrimp 🙁 )
Terri Hughes says
This salad looks so good and it is such a pretty salad. Thanks!
lyuba says
Thank you so much, Terri! 🙂
Phoebe @Feed Me Phoebe says
Love how quick and easy this meal is – perfect weeknight meal!
lyuba says
Absolutely! Thank you, Phoebe!
Andi @ The Weary Chef says
This looks SO good, Lyuba! Those shrimp seared perfectly. I love Thai salads, and I’m sure this one would be a new favorite at our house!
lyuba says
Thank you, Andi! Hope you’ll get a chance to try it 🙂
Christine Harris says
Love it! The bonus was how quick and easy it comes together.
LyubaB says
Thanks, Christine! So glad you liked it!