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Shrimp Mango Salad

Shrimp Mango Salad

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Active time: 25 min
Total time: 30 min
Serves: 4
A healthy and delicious salad finished with an orange cilantro cumin dressing.

Chef's notes

This fresh citrus dressing is a lovely change from your everyday dressing. For the shrimp, try to buy fresh, hand-peeled shrimp, rather than machine peeled. Avocados are also really nice in this salad. Just make sure you don’t cut them until you are ready to assemble the salad or they will oxidize and turn brown.

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13 Comments

  • Jay A
    Jay A •
    Though the title explicitly suggests it, there's no information about 'choosing'a mango in this recipe.....the recipe looks great otherwise....
  • Jay A
    Jay A •
    I somehow missed the mango selection section....found it on second viewing! Don't know how that happened-unless I somehow started the video after the beginning, but please disregard my earlier comment. Jay
  • Jeri S
    Jeri S •
    The instructions are great, the video stops and starts even when switched to the low bandwidth. Looking forward to making the salad, looks and sounds delicious. Jeri
  • Bobi W
    Bobi W •
    This salad is very good. I've made it with both Shrimp & Chicken and it is great either way. Love the combination of flavors and very light too. Try the leftover dressing with the Tilapia recipe another night... a wonderful dual use!
  • Keith L
    Keith L •
    Although the recipe explicity states that you not use ground cumin as it would overpower the dressing couldn't you use ground cumin if you say halved the amount? I am in the mode of using up what I have right now particularly in my spice rack. I have ground cumin but not cumin seed and would rather use that than make another purchase. Besides aren't you basically making ground cumin out of your cumin seeds by using a spice grinder?
  • Dawn T
    Dawn T •
    If you are trying to use up your spices then I would say go ahead and use some ground cumin. As for the ground cumin being the same as using cumin seeds and a spice grinder, the result will not be exactly the same as the seeds that are ground were not ground to the same degree as ground cumin. The finer the spice is ground the more the more it will permeate the entire dressing. Does that make sense? Hope this helps - cheers!
  • Keith L
    Keith L •
    yes that does help to answer my question. Thank you!
  • Echo S
    Echo S •
    We don't really have butter lettuces. what we can get in taiwan for salads are romaine hearts and iceberg lettuce. are they okay for this salad? thanks a lot
  • Kimberley S
    Kimberley S • Rouxbe Staff •
    Butter lettuce can be substituted with any mild-tasting lettuce. Romaine and iceberg will work...they will just be a bit crunchier. Cheers!
  • Danielle B
    Danielle B •
    Would this dressing work well with lobster instead of shrimp?
  • Eric W
    Eric W • Rouxbe Staff •
    Yes, it would be nice with lobster, too.
  • Cecilia B
    Cecilia B •
    1 cup = 8 oz, right? Why does 1.5 cups of shrimp equal 6 oz. and not 12 oz? You are asking me to use 1.5 cups or 6 oz, I understand that. Is it because it is not a liquid and has more mass? I wish we could just use grams. It is so much easier for me. Switching back and forth is confusing. I am having trouble picturing it in my head. Is there a way to make this easier? Am I just over thinking?
  • Eric W
    Eric W • Rouxbe Staff •
    Cecilia, 1 cup = 8 fluid ounces. Fluid ounces are not the same as scaled ounces (or ounces on a scale). The cross-over is water (and substances with the same density as water), where 1 cup (8 fluid ounces) = 8 ounces when weighed on a scale. When considering solid items, the density of the product must be considered. For example, 1 cup of honey does not have the same weight as a cup of marshmallows, due to the difference in density. Hence, the recipe presents shrimp by volume (1 1/2 cups) and weight (6 oz).

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