Caesar Salad with Grilled Lemon Pepper Shrimp is a light and delicious weeknight dinner that is quick and easy to throw on the table! Peppery and Sweet bites of grilled shrimp with the smoky grilled flavor are the highlight of this dish!
One thing I love about the heat? We eat light. Dinner is usually simple, quick and doesn't heat my kitchen up. Ever since I had a Caesar Salad at 1844 House - with the delicious homemade Caesar Salad Dressing, I had had the urge to try making my own. Great places with great food/menus do that to me. Mainly because you can't out every day!
One of our favorite seafoods to cook at home is shrimp. It is easy, fast and yummy! I used Ellie Krieger's recipe for Grilled Shrimp - very basic and very delicious! The Caesar Dressing is from Gourmet and what I love about it is I don't have to worry about coddling an egg (and getting queasy).
Caesar Salad with Grilled Lemon Pepper Shrimp
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Serves: 4 servings
Mayonnaise Caesar Salad Dressing-adapted from Gourmet Grilled Lemon Pepper Shrimp-from Ellie Krieger @ The Food Network
Ingredients
- For the Shrimp:
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
- Juice of 1 lemon
- For the Salad Dressing:
- 2 small cloves garlic, minced
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon anchovy paste
- 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 cup reduced fat mayonnaise
- ½ cup freshly grated Parmesan Cheese (I use the microplane zester for a fine shred)
- Pepper to taste
Instructions
- For the Shrimp: Toss shrimp with salt, pepper and olive oil. Grill 2-3 minutes on each side until shrimp is pink. Remove from grill and toss with lemon juice.
- For the Salad Dressing: Using 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.
Steve
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
Looks PERFECT for these meltingly hot days. I love anything with shrimp in it! Yum. 🙂
Jessie
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
Shelby, this looks really wonderful! Yum!!!!!
Ingrid
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
Lemon pepper sounds fantastic on shrimp 🙂 I love it!
Donna-FFW
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
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
I have been afraid of shrimp, but I think I can manage to make this!Thanks for sharing!
Pam
What a perfect summer meal... it looks great.
bellini valli
Looks like we are in sync today Shelby with shrimp. Love your Caesar dressing:D
Maria
Great salad for summer!
Cristine
I love a great salad!
Jeanette
This sounds wonderful.
Diana's Cocina
This is a perfect salad, loving the dressing.
Mags
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
ok this is awesome looking and its 6am can you send me this plate for breakfast please?