Shrimp Salad Recipes Easy & Delicious

Easy Shrimp Salads Make Quick Easy Dinners

Shrimp is a tasty addition to all kinds of easy salad recipes. There are lots of different kinds of shrimp salad recipes – easy, healthy, decadent and delicious – too.

You’ll find plain shrimp salad recipes that are a great alternative to tuna salad, as well as easy rice shrimp salads and easy pasta shrimp salads.

Cooked shrimp is great way to turn simple tossed salads, Caesar salads, Greek salads and other easy salads into quick easy dinner recipes that are perfect all year long, but especially during the summer.

I love to add grilled shrimp, feta cheese and chopped roasted peppers to baby spinach leaves for a tasty healthy spinach shrimp salad that’s both easy and satisfying.

Here are several very different simple shrimp salad recipes to inspire you.

Easy Spinach Shrimp Salad with Hot Bacon Dressing

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

6 cups lightly packed bite-sized pieces of spinach leaves
1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
3/4 pound cooked peeled and deveined medium shrimp
4 slices bacon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1/4 cup white vinegar
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon dry mustard

Preparation

Toss the spinach, mushrooms, cheese and shrimp in a large bowl then set it aside while you make the dressing.

Cook bacon in a 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp. Stir in the vinegar, sugar and dry mustard and continue stirring until the sugar is dissolved.

Drizzle the hot bacon dressing over the spinach salad and toss until everything is well coated with the dressing. Serve immediately.

Nutritional Estimates Per Serving: 267 calories, 13.2 g fat, 6.6 g carbs, 1.2 g fiber, 29.4 g protein and 7 Weight Watchers PointsPlus Value

Simple Shrimp Salad

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: N/A
Yield: 4 servings

This simple shrimp salad is a great tasty easy alternative to tuna. I’ve lightened it by using mostly nonfat Greek yogurt and just a little mayonnaise.

Ingredients

1/2 pound cooked shrimp, peeled, deveined and chopped into small pieces
1/4 cup finely chopped celery
1 -2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/4 cup nonfat Greek yogurt
2 tablespoons reduced fat mayonnaise
Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

Put all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and stir to combine. Enjoy as a filling for a sandwich or spread on cracker or toast.

Nutritional Estimates Per Serving: 96 calories, 3.1 g fat, 2.9 g carbs, 0 g fiber, 13.4 g protein and 2 WW PointsPlus Value

Easy Shrimp Salad with Rice Southern Style

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: N/A
Yield: 8 servings

2 pounds cooked peeled deveined shrimp
2 cups cooked rice
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped green olives
1/4 cup mayonnaise
3/4 cup nonfat Greek yogurt
1/4 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning or to taste
Salt and pepper to taste

Chop shrimp into bite sized pieces and set aside. In a large bowl stir together the rice, onion, olives, mayonnaise and seasonings. Add shrimp and stir to combine.

Nutritional Estimates Per Serving: 251 calories, 4.7 g fat, 22.3 g carbs, 0.7 g fiber, 27.7 g protein and 6 WW PointsPlus Value.

California Seafood Salad with Shrimp & Crab

Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: N/A
Yield: 4 servings

A simple yet sophisticated seafood salad worthy of a special occasion

Ingredients

1/4 cup tomato or clamato juice
1/4 cup lemon juice
4 teaspoons olive oil
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
4 cups lightly packed torn red or green leaf lettuce
1/4 pound cooked crabmeat, picked over
1/4 pound cooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
12 cherry tomatoes, halved
1/2 avocado, pitted, peeled and cut into cubes
2 naval oranges, peeled and sectioned
1 cup croutons

Preparation

To make the dressing, in a small bowl, whisk together the tomato juice, lemon juice, oil, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper until well blended.

Line a platter with the lettuce. Place a mound of crabmeat in the center. Arrange the shrimp, tomatoes, avocado and oranges around the crabmeat. Drizzle the dressing over and scatter the crouton on top.

Nutritional Estimates Per Serving (about 2 cups): 261 calories, 10 g fat, 23 g carbs, 6 g fiber, 22 g protein and 7 WW PointsPlus value.

Easy Shrimp Salad Caesar

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

2 cups uncooked medium pasta shells
3/4 pound cooked deveined peeled shrimp, thawed and drained if frozen and tails removed
1/4 cup sliced green onions
1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup creamy reduced fat Caesar dressing
4 cups chopped romaine lettuce
1 cup croutons

Preparation

Cook and drain pasta as directed on the package. Rinse under cold water and drain again.

While the pasta is cooking, prepare the rest of the salad. Place the shrimp, cheese and salad dressing in a large bowl. Add the rinsed and drained pasta when it’s ready and toss to combine. Just before serving add the lettuce and croutons and toss again.

Nutritional Estimates Per Serving: 367 calories, 10.2 g fat, 37 g carbs, 1.2 g fiber, 29.8 g protein and 9 WW PointsPlus value.

Preparing Shrimp

To prepare uncooked shrimp for shrimp salad you’ll want to boil them. Allow 1 quart of water and 1 tablespoon of salt for each pound of shrimp). Bring the salted water to a boil in a large pot. Add the shrimp and reduce the heat to a gentle boil and cook until the shrimp turn pink, 1 to 5 minutes, depending on the size of your shrimp. Drain. When they are cool enough to handle, remove their shells and devein them by making a shallow slit along the back (the outer curve) of each one with a paring knife or the tip of a beer can opener and scraping out the dark vein, if there is one.

Links
My favorite Shrimp Cocktail Recipes
Ina Garten’s Barefoot Contessa Shrimp Salad Recipe
Old Bay Seasoning Shrimp Salad Recipe
Mandarin and Almond Shrimp Salad Recipe from Dole