Southeast Asian Grapefruit And Shrimp Salad
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 2 tablespoons Thai or Vietnamese fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint leaves
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
- 1 pound large (26 to 30 per lb.) peeled, deveined cooked shrimp
- 2 1/2 cups pink or ruby grapefruit segments (from 2 1/2 lbs. fruit), plus their juice
- About 1 tsp. sambal badjak* or 1/4 tsp. cayenne
- 2 cups lightly packed watercress sprigs
- Combine lime juice, fish sauce, cilantro, mint, and ginger in a large bowl.
- Split shrimp in half lengthwise, then add to bowl and gently toss with dressing to coat.
- Spoon grapefruit segments into a wide, shallow serving bowl, using a slotted spoon. Pour 1/4 cup grapefruit juice into bowl with shrimp. Add sambal to taste, gently mixing to combine (save remaining grapefruit juice for another use).
- Spoon shrimp and dressing onto fruit. Add watercress and gently toss.
- *Find sambal badjak, a sweet-spicy Indonesian condiment, in the international foods aisle.
- Note: Nutritional analysis is per serving.
lime juice, fish sauce, cilantro, mint leaves, fresh ginger, shrimp, pink, sambal badjak, watercress sprigs
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/southeast-asian-grapefruit-shrimp-salad (may not work)