Seafood Salad

Name: Seafood Salad
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 small avocado, halved, pitted and peeled; 227 grams baby carrots, halved lengthwise; 1 Tbsp capers, plus 1 tablespoon brine from the jar; 3 stalks celery (1 quartered, 2 thinly sliced); 473 milliliters croutons; 3 small cloves garlic (2 smashed, 1 chopped); 1 Juice of lemon; 4 servings Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper; 1 Tbsp light mayonnaise; 2 romaine lettuce hearts, torn; 227 grams sea scallops, halved horizontally; 340 grams shrimp, peeled and deveined

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Seafood Salad a try. One serving contains 275 calories, 22g of protein, and 11g of fat. This recipe covers 27% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. Head to the store and pick up avocado, shrimp, sea scallops, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the light mayonnaise you could follow this main course with the Light Rock Cakes as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 35 minutes.

Instructions

Combine the quartered celery, smashed garlic, half of the lemon juice, 10 cups water, and salt and pepper to taste in a large saucepan. Cover and bring to a boil, then uncover, add the carrots and cook 2 minutes.

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Salt And Pepper

Lemon Juice

Carrot

Celery

Garlic

Water

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Sauce Pan

Add the shrimp and cook until opaque, about 4 minutes. With a slotted spoon, transfer the carrots and shrimp to a colander and rinse under cold water. Return the water to a boil, add the scallops and cook until opaque, 1 to 2 minutes.

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Scallops

Carrot

Shrimp

Water

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Slotted Spoon

Colander

Remove the scallops with a slotted spoon, add to the colander and rinse under cold water.

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Scallops

Water

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Colander

Ladle out 1/3 cup of the poaching liquid; set aside to cool. Dice half of the avocado and combine with the sliced celery, lettuce, capers and croutons in a large bowl.

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Croutons

Avocado

Lettuce

Capers

Celery

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Ladle

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Add the carrots, shrimp and scallops.

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Scallops

Carrot

Shrimp

Puree the remaining avocado half in a blender with the reserved poaching liquid, the remaining lemon juice, the caper brine, chopped garlic, mayonnaise, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste. Toss with the salad and season with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Lemon Juice

Mayonnaise