Shrimp Salad in Uni Dressing
This is a 10-minute recipe for shrimp salad in uni dressing. The reason why I can put this salad together so quickly, was because I used bought fresh boiled shrimps from the deli at Donki. They are ready to eat, so they are even more convenient than the frozen cooked shrimps I bought in the past.
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My shrimp salad consists of:
- ready-to-eat cooked shrimps from the deli at Donki (SG). Sorry I forgot to take a picture of the shrimps in the packaging. I’ll update the pic next time I buy it. You can also use frozen cooked shrimps sold at the supermarkets – just thaw before serving.
- half avocado (leftover from the day before)
- salad ingredients that are always in my fridge these days – salad greens mix, cherry tomatoes, Japanese cucumber & lemon
- uni salad dressing (read more below)
So this salad was mostly put together with what that I had in the fridge. Even though it was impromptu & unplanned, the salad turned out really pretty & delicious!
2-MINUTE UNI SALAD DRESSING
This is a bottle of uni sauce from Don Don Donki (SG). I splurged on this on my birthday as a treat :) – I made a creamy uni pasta with this sauce. Although a small bottle of the sauce is a bit pricey (S$18 for 140g), it is made with uni extract. You only need to use 1 tbsp of sauce for this recipe.
The uni salad dressing was put together very quickly by whisking olive oil, rice vinegar, salt & pepper. The dressing keeps well in the fridge for about 1 week. In fact, I made this dressing the day before. This dressing was umami-laden due to the uni (sea urchin) extract, so it will go well with seafood.
ASSEMBLE THE SALAD
Just arrange all the ingredients in the salad bowl, and a really pretty and delicious salad is ready!
Shrimp Salad in Uni Dressing Recipe
As a convenient short-cut, this recipe uses cooked shrimps (either fresh from the supermarket deli or frozen cooked ones). If you wish to cook the shrimps from scratch instead, bring a pot of water to boil. Add prawns and boil until they are just cooked (less than 3 minutes). Peel and devein the prawns. This will add about 15 mins to this recipe.
The uni salad dressing is made with a special uni (sea urchin) sauce. If you don’t have the uni sauce, see cooking note below for links to 2-minute salad dressings recipes.
Ingredients:
- 8 cooked shrimps see cooking note
- 1 serving (50g) mix salad greens
- half avocado pitted & sliced to wedges
- 5 cherry tomatoes halved
Suggested Garnishes
- 1 tbsp ikura (salmon roe)
- chopped spring onions
- fresh basil leaves torn coarsely
- lemon wedge
Uni Salad Dressing
- 25ml olive oil
- 15 ml rice vinegar
- 15 ml uni (sea urchin) sauce
- pinch of salt to taste
Directions:
- Make salad dressing by whisking (A) in a bowl until smooth. Season to taste. Set aside 1 tbsp of salad dressing in a side saucer. Leftover sauce can be kept in the fridge for about 1 week.
- Make the salad. Line salad plate with salad leaves. Top the salad with cooked shrimps, avocado, cucumber and cherry tomato. Garnish with spring onions and basil. Serve with side salad dressing.
Cooking Note
If you are not making the uni salad dressing, here are some recipe links to 2-minute salad dressings that will go well with this shrimp salad: Lime-olive oil dressing, soy-sesame dressing, soy-balsamic dressing and soy-orange dressing.