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Grilled Shrimp Salad

👥8 people
⏲️20m
🕐10m
🍽️startermain meal
Grilled Shrimp Salad

Fresh summer vegetables brightens this salad.  It also pairs beautifully with toasted Brioche.

Seasons:springsummerautumnwinter

Ingredients

  1. 24 ounces shrimp, preferably 16/20 or 21/25 size, peeled and deveined
  2. ½ cup mayonnaise
  3. ¼ cup finely diced celery stalks
  4. ¼ cup arugula, roughly chopped
  5. ¼ cup sweet and spicy pickles, finely diced
  6. 1 small mild pepper, finely diced
  7. ½ small red bell pepper
  8. ¼ large red onion, finely diced
  9. ¼ cup cucumber, finely diced
  10. ½ tbsp salt
  11. 1 tsp black pepper
  12. Rub of choice
  13. Brioche buns, for serving
  14. Basic brine, see recipe on website
  15. For the Cream Cheese Spread:
  16. 2 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
  17. 2 nasturtium flowers, roughly chopped
  18. Salt to taste

Method

  1. Brine the shrimp for about 20 minutes. Remove from the brine and season with your rub of choice.
  2. Preheat the Egg to 425º using a cast iron grate and direct heat. Grill the shrimp for about 10 minutes until cooked throughout. Remove from the grill.
  3. Mix the cream cheese together with the nasturtium flowers and a little salt to taste. Cover and leave room temperature.
  4. Toss the shrimp with remaining ingredients and adjust seasoning as needed. Serve on its own, with crackers or on a biscuit. For Grilled Cheese Class on 7-16-24, we served it with toasted brioche and a room temperature cream cheese spread.

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