Shrimp and watermelon salad

15 years ago

I have to admit that this is a recipe I found in a magazine, and it is attributed to Rachel Ray.

Ingredients

3 tablespoons rice wine vinegar

2 tablespoons honey

1 tablespoon mustard sauce

3 cups bite-size seedless watermelon chunks (about 1 1/3 pounds)

2 bunches watercress, green leaf lettuce or any other salad green, coarsely chopped

4 scallions, thinly sliced on an angle

1 small red bell pepper, chopped

Salt and pepper

2 tablespoons vegetable oil - I use safflower oil

1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined

2 tablespoons duck sauce

1 tablespoon soy sauce

1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce

Directions:

In a salad bowl, combine the vinegar, honey and mustard. Add the watermelon, watercress, scallions and bell pepper and toss; season with salt and pepper.

In a large skillet, heat the oil, 2 turns of the pan, over high heat. Add the shrimp and stir-fry until pink and firm, about 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the duck sauce, soy sauce and hot sauce; toss to coat. Serve on top of the salad.

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dotmom
15 years ago
It sounds interesting, but I guess I'm lazy in my old age. if a recipe has too many ingred. or too long instructions, I'm not interested. Maybe it is because Hubs prefers 'simple' foods and I don't want to go through all of the trouble to make something and he won't eat it.but to comment on this recipe, anything with watermelon can't at all bad, and shrimp makes it even better.
juellie1962
15 years ago
Sounds interesting! But when I saw the price of a watermelon ($9.99)??!!! Is that normal??? They weren't all that big either!
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linda_in_iowa
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The seedless watermelons that had been sold here for $7.99 one week were $3.99 the next week. I love watermelon and have been eating lots of it this very hot summer.
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jannie
15 years ago
I'm sorry, but sweet watermelon and salty shrimp don't sound good together. If someone made it for me, I'd try it and maybe like it. I hate when I make something new and it doesn't come out. Hate to waste money on ingredients.
monica_pa Grieves
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15 years ago
jannie...shrimp aren't salty.

I know the long list looks frightful....but I swear, I can get this dinner on the table in 15 minutes with 5 steps.

1. Put the shrimp into a small wok or frying pan with the cooking oil, on medium high heat to cook.
While #1 is cooking...
2. Chop the salad greens, red pepper, scallions and watermelon.
3. Mix the 3 ingredients for the dressing (vinegar, honey and mustard. Add the stuff from step #2 and toss.
4. Mix the 3 ingredients for the shrimp sauce, and add to the pan with the cooked shrimp.
5. Pour the shrimp and sauce on top of the salad.

Serve.

In a large salad bowl, add and mix the 3 ingredients for the dressing, then add the
suzieque
15 years ago
I think it sounds good, monica. I wasn't sure about the duck sauce; that made me think "ick". But upon reading the recipe through, it all sounds good and it sounds easy. I'm putting it on my "try soon" list. Thanks for posting it.
marie_ndcal
15 years ago
Glenda is looking for a watermelon salad--this might work if she wanted to leave the shrimp and duck sauce out.
marie_ndcal
15 years ago
Someone on Glenda's posting was looking for this receipe.
joan_mn
15 years ago
It sounds wonderful!
maire_cate
15 years ago
That does sound really tasteful and something I'm going to try. It will make a great quick meal in the summer when you can hopefully get a good ripe watermelon. We went to dinner at the Water Works Restaurant next to Boat House Row in Philadelphia and I had a watermelon salad. It was so simple - a 1" slice of watermelon is braised in a hot skillet then a little sauce (I don't remember what it was - basil, tarragon) is sprinkled over it and then it was served with crumbled blue cheese.

The recipe I linked below is really simple for grilled watermelon.

Here is a link that might be useful: grilled watermelon with honey
juellie1962
15 years ago
Linda - I totally agree about avocados. I have been wondering why they've been going up. I LOVE them, but I don't buy them as much as I'd like either. :(
jannie
15 years ago
I'm thionking of making it. At first it didn't sound good to me, , but Steve posted additional infOrmation that made it sound easy. If i don't like it, I could always pull the shrimp out, rinse and eat with regular cocktail sauce. I'll let you know.

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