Grilled Shrimp and Corn Salad with Honey-Chili Lime Dressing
Grilled Shrimp and Corn Salad is a colorful, protein packed, flavorful and satisfying salad. Made with grilled plump shrimp, sweet char corn, fresh crisp romaine lettuce and red onions, sweet cherry tomatoes, and fresh crunchy cucumbers. Tossed with a zesty Honey-Chili Lime Dressing. Serve as a light yet delicious lunch or the perfect cookout side dish.
Ingredients
For Salad:
- 1 lb shrimp (peeled and deveined)
- 2 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp pink sea salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/4 tsp cumin
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 corn ears
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1/2 medium red onion
- 1 avocado
- 2 Persian cucumber
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes
- 2 cups romaine lettuce
For Honey-Chili Lime Dressing
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp pink sea salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
Instructions
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Preheat grill on medium-high heat.
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Place shrimp in a large mixing bowl and pat dry. Remove tails if desired. Sprinkle shrimp with chili powder, paprika, pink sea salt, black pepper, and cumin. Drizzle with lime juice and olive oil. Set aside. Shuck corn and remove any leftover silk. Generously rub with butter. Set aside.
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Use skewers and add about 5-6 shrimp to each stick. Depending on how long your skewers are. This will make it a lot easier to grill your shrimp. Reserve leftover marinade.
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Place corn on preheated grill first. Grill for 15 minutes turning each cob every 2-3 minutes. This will ensure corn will grill evenly and get a nice char on every side. Remove corn from the grill and set aside allowing it to cool-down a bit.
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Reduce grill to medium heat. Use a pastry brush to generously rub some of the leftover marinade on each side of every shrimp skewer. Place shrimp skewers and grill for 1-2 minutes. Flip over and grill for another 1-2 minutes on the opposite side. Remove shrimp from the grill and set aside. Turn grill off.
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In a small mixing bowl combine all of the ingredients for dressing; lime juice, honey, chili powder, garlic powder, pink sea salt and black pepper. Whisk until well combined. Keep dressing refrigerated while you finish prepping the rest of ingredients.
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Prep the rest of your ingredients, thinly slice onion, dice avocado, thinly slice cucumber, and half cherry tomatoes.
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Take a large salad bowl or platter and spread romaine lettuce thought it. Layer your prepped onion, avocado, cucumber and cherry tomatoes next to each other and over the bed of lettuce.
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Once corn has cooled down enough to be handled, place in a large mixing bowl or over s baking sheet pan. Stand up corn and hold with your less dominant hand from the top. With your dominant hand, use a sharp knife to cut down the sides removing the kernels. Repeat until you have removed all the kernels from both corn. Place over bed of lettuce next the the rest of ingredients.
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Remove shrimp from skewers and add them to bed of lettuce next to corn.
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Drizzle salad with dressing and give it a good toss. Make sure salad is well coated with dressing. Serve immediately. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Tips and Substitutions:
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- Turn grill on ahead of time and allow it to preheat for 10 minutes– This will keep food from sticking to the grill.
- If using wooden skewer sticks, submerge them in water and leave them there for a few minutes to soak– This will prevent sticks from getting burnt when grilling.
- Place grilled corn in a large mixing bowl or on a baking sheet pan- The kernels will go directly inside the bowl or on sheet pan. Preventing them from going everywhere and making a mess.
- Like any other seafood, shrimp cooks very fast– Careful to not overcook as shrimp will get a rubbery texture if it does.
- If making salad ahead of time- Don't add dressing until you are ready to serve. It will get too soggy if you let the salad sit with dressing on it.
- Substitute for lime juice- Use lemon juice or apple cider vinegar.
- Substitute for Persian cucumber- Use half of an English cucumber.
- Switch up your romaine lettuce- Use any other greens such as arugula.
- Substitute for cherry tomatoes- Grape tomatoes are great too.