Grilled Shrimp and Chayote Salad with Chili-Garlic Dressing
- 1/2 cup fresh orange juice
- 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons low-sodium soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons Asian chili-garlic sauce
- 1 teaspoon Asian sesame oil
- 1 large red onion, sliced crosswise 1/4 inch thick
- 6 Portobello mushrooms caps
- 1 large chayote (3/4 pound)halved lengthwise, pitted and cut lengthwise into 24 slices
- 2 pounds shelled and deveined medium shrimp
- 1/4 cup pure olive oil, for brushing
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- Light a grill.
- In a small bowl, combine the orange juice, soy sauce, chili-garlic sauce and sesame oil.
- Insert a toothpick through each onion slice to the center to hold it together.
- Arrange the onion slices, Portobello caps and chayote slices on 2 large baking sheets.
- Thread the shrimp onto six 12-inch metal skewers.
- Brush the vegetables and shrimp with the olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
- Grill the onion and chayote over a medium-hot fire until lightly charred, 2 minutes per side.
- Grill the Portobellos until tender and lightly charred, 4 minutes per side.
- Return the vegetables to the baking sheets.
- Grill the shrimp until just cooked through, 1 minute per side.
- Thickly slice the Portobellos.
- Remove the toothpicks from the onion slices and separate into rings.
- Drizzle 3 tablespoons of the dressing over the vegetables and toss them together.
- Mound the vegetable salad on plates and top with the shrimp skewers.
- Drizzle with the remaining dressing and serve.
orange juice, soy sauce, asian chiligarlic, asian sesame oil, red onion, mushrooms, chayote, shrimp, olive oil, salt
Taken from www.foodandwine.com/recipes/grilled-shrimp-and-chayote-salad-with-chili-garlic-dressing (may not work)