Cucumber Shrimp Salad: Fresh and Irresistible Delight
This cucumber shrimp salad offers a refreshing chilled cucumber shrimp salad with creamy lime dressing. It is an easy cucumber shrimp avocado salad perfect for summer days and quick dinners.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Standard
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 pounds shrimp peeled and deveined
- 1 English cucumber small diced
- 3 green onions thinly sliced
- ⅓ cup mayonnaise
- ⅓ cup sour cream
- 1 large lime zested and juiced (about 2 teaspoons zest and 2 tablespoons juice)
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 garlic clove minced
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
Instructions
- Combine mayonnaise sour cream lime zest and juice dill mustard garlic salt and pepper in a bowl then chill or set aside.
- Boil water add shrimp and cook about 2 to 3 minutes until they turn pink and are cooked through.
- Prepare an ice water bath during cooking remove shrimp with a skimmer and cool in the ice water for 3 minutes then drain and chop into bite sized pieces.
- Mix chopped shrimp green onions diced cucumber and dressing together until fully coated and creamy.
Notes
- Make sure you have a juicy lime to ensure vibrant flavor If using smaller Mexican or Persian limes consider using two
Nutrition
- Calories: 349kcal
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 1598mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9g + 4g
- Trans Fat: 0.1g
- Carbohydrates: 9g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 32g
- Cholesterol: 305mg
Find it online: https://www.amgroyal.com/cucumber-shrimp-salad/