This Grilled Shrimp Caesar Salad recipe is a light and delicious weeknight dinner that is quick and easy to throw on the table! Grilled lemon pepper shrimp is tossed with lend smoky sweet bites that compliments the tangy homemade caesar dressing.
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❤️ Why you'll love it
Easy dinner recipes: just a few minutes on the grill and you have a light and delicious dinner salad.
Shrimp recipe: if you love shrimp recipes you will love this quick dinner packed with flavor.
Dinner Salad: when you are in the mood for a light dinner, hearty salad recipes are sure to fit that bill.
🥘 Ingredients
Shrimp: choose large fresh shrimp, peel and deveined.
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Olive oil
Lemons: you will need fresh lemon juice for the shrimp and the dressing.
Fresh garlic
Anchovy paste
Dijon mustard
Worcestershire sauce
Mayonnaise: you can use reduced fat or full fat mayo.
Parmesan cheese: buy the block of cheese, you can use freshly grated parmesan cheese or shaved parmesan cheese for this recipe
Romaine lettuce
🔪 Instructions
For the grilled shrimp
- In a large bowl, toss shrimp with salt, pepper and olive oil. Grill 2-3 minutes on each side until shrimp is pink. Remove shrimp from grill and in another bowl, toss with lemon juice.
For the caesar salad dressing
- Place sing the back of a spoon, mash the garlic and salt together to make a paste. Add the anchovy paste, dijon mustard, lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce. Whisk in mayonnaise until blended then stir in Parmesan Cheese. Add pepper to your own taste.
🥫Storage
Refrigerate: store leftover components in separate airtight container up to 4 days.
Freeze: not recommended
Reheat: gently reheat shrimp in microwave 10-20 seconds, until warmed through (if desired)
📖 Variations
- For added flavor toss shrimp with ½ teaspoon old bay seasoning.
- Substitute your favorite seafood or firm white fish for the shimp.
💭 Tips
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🍽 Serve with..
Serve this grilled shrimp salad with a side of shaved parmesan cheese and a slice of crusty bread.
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📖 Recipe
Grilled Shrimp Caesar Salad
Equipment
- grill , or grill pan
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Ingredients
For the grilled shrimp
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 pound large shrimp , peeled and deveined
- 1 medium lemon , juiced
For the caesar salad dressing
- 2 cloves garlic , minced
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon anchovy paste
- 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
- 1 medium lemon , juiced
- 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
- 1 cup reduced fat mayonnaise
- ½ cup freshly grated Parmesan Cheese
- Black pepper , to taste
Other Ingredients
- 12 cups chopped romaine
Instructions
For the grilled shrimp
- In a large bowl, toss shrimp with salt, pepper and olive oil. Grill 2-3 minutes on each side until shrimp is pink.
- Remove shrimp from grill and in another bowl, toss with lemon juice. Set aside.
For the caesar salad dressing
- Place garlic and salt in a small bowl. Using the back of a spoon, mash the garlic and salt together to make a paste.
- Whisk in the anchovy paste, dijon mustard, lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce.
- Whisk in mayonnaise until blended then stir in Parmesan Cheese. Add pepper to taste.
Steve says
This looks great. I wonder how it will taste with a fresh made Aïoli instead of the mayo....I'll have to let you know.
Framed says
Looks PERFECT for these meltingly hot days. I love anything with shrimp in it! Yum. 🙂
Jessie says
I hear you on the heat, I tend to eat light when it's very hot outside. This salad is definitely the perfect choice on a hot day. The Lemon Pepper shrimp has me craving for shrimp now too
Kathleen says
Shelby, this looks really wonderful! Yum!!!!!
Ingrid says
Yum, looks terrific! Shrimp is a fave here as well as Caesar salad.
I've wanted to make my own dressing for a while but haven't found anchovy paste. I've gotta track some down. I need to ask the grocery mgr at my Publix.
~ingrid
baking.serendipity says
Lemon pepper sounds fantastic on shrimp 🙂 I love it!
Donna-FFW says
What a great change up from the traditional Caesar salad. Love the grilled shrimp substitution. I'll have to try the Gourmet dressing version. I don't have a Caesar dressing go-to.
Cajun Chef Ryan says
Shrimp Caesar and you have made it healthy and wonderful!
Ate lunch already, but would like to have a plate of this too!
Bon appetit!
=:~)
Cheryl says
I have been afraid of shrimp, but I think I can manage to make this!Thanks for sharing!
Pam says
What a perfect summer meal... it looks great.
bellini valli says
Looks like we are in sync today Shelby with shrimp. Love your Caesar dressing:D
Maria says
Great salad for summer!
Cristine says
I love a great salad!
Jeanette says
This sounds wonderful.
Diana's Cocina says
This is a perfect salad, loving the dressing.
Mags says
I adore Caesar salad and have since the first time I ate it too. I'd have to sub in chicken for the shrimp here though or you'd have to do CPR on me. Great looking salad Shelby!
pegasuslegend says
ok this is awesome looking and its 6am can you send me this plate for breakfast please?