Green Salad with Tomatoes, Avocados and Shrimps
July 16th, 2011 in Salads by Julia Volhina
Total cooking time: 30min
This is one of the salads which uses avocado dressing from the last week recipe. It is green, fresh summer salad topped with boiled shrimps with a hint of spiciness provided by the dressing.
My advise is to assemble this salad right before you are planning to serve it: it calls for avocados, tomatoes and lettuce (all of which react to oxidation by loosing taste and pretty look).
However avocado dressing can be prepared in advance and stored in airtight container in fridge.
Ingredients:
- 4 medium size tomatoes
- 3 avocados (1 for dressing and rest for salad)
- 3-4 lettuce leaves
- About 28 boiled shrimps (can be also grilled)
- 1 shallot onion
- 2 serrano peppers
- 1.5 – 2 lemons (juice)
- 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil
- Boiled water cooled down to room temperature (1-2 cups)
- Fresh cilantro
- Ground black pepper to taste
- Salt to taste
How to prepare, step-by-step:
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Prepare ingredients:
Green Salad with Tomato, Avocado and Shrimp Recipe: Step 1 -
Start off by making dressing (below is a quick recap how to do it, read more detailed instructions in the avocado dressing recipe):
Combine avocado, shallot and serrano pepper in blender cap 
Add water, lemon juice and olive oil 
Add chopped cilantro 
Season with salt and pepper 
And chop in blender 
Dilute with boiled water to desired consistency -
Now it is time for the salad itself. Thoroughly clean and slice lettuce leaves, put them to the salad bowl:
Green Salad with Tomato, Avocado and Shrimp Recipe: Step 3 -
Rinse tomatoes, cut in halves, remove stem parts and slice in wedges, salt to taste:
Green Salad with Tomato, Avocado and Shrimp Recipe: Step 4 -
Peel remaining 2 avocados, slice them into pieces the same size as tomato wedges and add to the salad bowl:
Green Salad with Tomato, Avocado and Shrimp Recipe: Step 5 -
Pour salad with avocado dressing prepared earlier:
Green Salad with Tomato, Avocado and Shrimp Recipe: Step 6 -
And mix:
Green Salad with Tomato, Avocado and Shrimp Recipe: Step 7 -
Put salad to the plate for each serving and top with boiled (or grilled) shrimps right before serving:
Green Salad with Tomato, Avocado and Shrimp
