Serious Salads: Vietnamese Shrimp and Quinoa Salad

Name: Serious Salads: Vietnamese Shrimp and Quinoa Salad
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Vietnamese, Asian
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp Asian fish sauce; 1 carrot, peeled and shredded; 1 small cucumber, peeled, seeded and finely diced; 59 milliliters chopped fresh cilantro; 6 Tbsps freshly squeezed lime juice; 237 milliliters quinoa, rinsed (or pre-washed); 1 red bell pepper, cored and cut into thin bite-sized strips; 0 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes, plus more if desired; 1 teaspoons salt; 2 scallions, finely chopped; 227 grams cooked shrimp, peeled and de-veined; 1 Tbsp sugar; 2 Tbsps vegetable oil

The recipe Serious Salads: Vietnamese Shrimp and Quinoa Salad could satisfy your Vietnamese craving in roughly 45 minutes. For $4.51 per serving, you get a main course that serves 2. One serving contains 638 calories, 38g of protein, and 21g of fat. A mixture of asian fish sauce, cilantro, salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. To use up the sugar you could follow this main course with the Whole Wheat Refined Sugar Free Sugar Cookies as a dessert.

Instructions

Add quinoa, salt and 1-2/3 cups water to a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil and then reduce heat to low, cover, and cook for 15 minutes, until the water is absorbed and quinoa is cooked.

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Quinoa

Water

Salt

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Transfer to a serving bowl and let cool.

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In the meantime, make the dressing by combining the lime juice, Asian fish sauce, vegetable oil, sugar and crushed red pepper flakes in a medium bowl.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Fish Sauce

Vegetable Oil

Lime Juice

Sugar

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Whisk until the sugar is dissolved.

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Sugar

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Add shrimp to the dressing and let marinate until ready to assemble the salad.

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Shrimp

Once quinoa is cool, add red bell pepper, carrot, cucumber and scallions to the bowl. Right before serving, add the dressing, shrimp and cilantro and toss well. Taste and adjust seasoning with more salt, sugar or crushed red pepper flakes if necessary.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Red Pepper

Green Onions

Seasoning

Cilantro

Cucumber

Carrot

Quinoa

Shrimp

Sugar

Salt

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Serve cold.

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Ingredients

Servings:

1Tbsp

Asian fish sauce 1

carrot, peeled and shredded 1small

cucumber, peeled, seeded and finely diced 59milliliters

chopped fresh cilantro 6Tbsps

freshly squeezed lime juice 237milliliters

quinoa, rinsed (or pre-washed)1

red bell pepper, cored and cut into thin bite-sized strips 0teaspoons

crushed red pepper flakes, plus more if desired 1teaspoons

salt 2

scallions, finely chopped 227grams

cooked shrimp, peeled and de-veined 1Tbsp

sugar 2Tbsps

vegetable oil

Recommended wine: Pinot Grigio, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc

Pinot Grigio, Riesling, and Sauvignon Blanc are great choices for Shrimp. These crisp white wines work well with shrimp prepared in a variety of ways, whether grilled, fried, or in garlic sauce. One wine you could try is Alois Lageder Terran Alpina Pinot Grigio Vigneti delle Dolomiti. It has 4.3 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 16 dollars.