Before making this quick recipe for a tasty summer shrimp salad, you must pickle shrimp and make a Bloody Mary vinaigrette. Since tomatoes are the summer stars of the garden, you will use 2-3 tomato varieties in this recipe. Here’s a guide to the more common varieties and how to get the most out of them.
Bloody Mary Vinaigrette
Now that you’ve learned about tomato varieties, let’s find out how to make the salad dressing. Some of the ingredients for this tangy dressing are Blood Mary mix, olive oil, lemon juice, horseradish, hot sauce, celery salt, and Worcestershire sauce. Here’s the full recipe.
Quick Pickled Shrimp
The pickled shrimp recipe starts with pre-cooked shrimp that you’ll marinate in a zippy sauce for only 2 hours. The marinade’s ingredients are lemon slices, onion, olive oil, vinegar, dill, parsley, Creole seasoning, and garlic. You’ll find all the instructions here.
Putting the Salad Together
You can assemble your salad after you have the two partners: pickled shrimp and vinaigrette. Arrange tomatoes and sliced celery on a large chilled platter. Drizzle with Bloody Mary Vinaigrette. Spoon Quick Pickled Shrimp over tomatoes and serve. In less than 3 hours, you’ll serve a dish that will please your family and friends on a warm summer evening. Check out the quick recipe for this Bloody Mary Shrimp salad here.
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