Gamtae Avocado Shrimp Salad
Quick answer
- Total time
- 22 min
- Level
- Easy
- Servings
- 2 servings
- Ingredients
- 10
About this dish
Gamtae, a fine Korean seaweed, crumbles between your fingers into flakes that cover the shrimp and avocado with a light sea flavor.
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Lime juice, soy sauce and a little honey cut through the richness of the avocado, while red onion soaked in cold water adds crunch without the sharp bite. Blanching the shrimp for only 2 minutes and chilling them straight away keeps them springy rather than dry.
Ingredients
Instructions
- 1
Remove shells and veins from 220g medium shrimp, blanch in boiling water for 2 minutes until pink, then immediately transfer to ice water to cool.
- 2
Tear romaine leaves into bite-sized pieces by hand and halve 100g cherry tomatoes, placing them cut-side up.
- 3
Slice 1 avocado into 1.5 cm pieces and thinly slice 40g red onion to 2 mm, soaking in cold water for 5 minutes to mellow the sharpness.
- 4
Mix 1.5 tbsp lime juice, 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp olive oil, and 1 tsp honey until combined, then refrigerate the dressing until ready to use.
- 5
Place romaine, cherry tomatoes, avocado, and onion in a large bowl, add the dressing, and gently toss until every piece is evenly coated.
- 6
Transfer the salad to a plate and arrange the cooked, cooled shrimp on top.
Crumble 8g gamtae evenly over it and serve immediately.
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