Best Key Lime Shrimp Salad With Grilled Bananas Recipe
You'll think you've taken a vacation when you serve this tropical salad with key lime-marinated grilled shrimp with grilled bananas and pineapple!
Total Time:25 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 head Butter lettuce (or FreshExpress® Sweet Tender Greens™ salad mix)
- 1/4 cup Extra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup Key lime juice
- 1 clove Garlic, minced
- 1 Green onion, minced
- 1/4 tsp. Seasoned salt
- 1 pinch Allspice
- 20 large Shrimp, cleaned and butterflied (with shells and tails)
- 1 Tbsp. Honey
- 4 whole Chiquita Bananas, unpeeled, sliced in half lengthwise
- 1 fresh Chiquita Pineapple, top and bottom cut off, cored and quartered lengthwise
- 1/4 cup toasted Coconut or chopped Macadamia nuts, optional
Instructions for best Key Lime Shrimp Salad with Grilled Bananas Recipe
Divide lettuce on individual dinner-size plates; set aside. In a jar with a tight fitting lid combine the oil, key lime juice, garlic, green onion and seasoned salt and allspice. Pour about half of this dressing/marinade into a medium size bowl. Add shrimp and stir to coat. Add honey to the remaining dressing/marinade in the jar; shake well. Heat a large grill pan over medium-high heat. Baste the cut sides of the pineapple with the marinade and place a cut side of the pineapple quarters on hot pan. Grill 2 minutes per cut side, then place alongside edge of lettuce on plates. Baste the banana halves with the dressing/marinade and place cut side down on hot grill pan. Cook about 2 minutes or until brown grill marks appear. Add grilled bananas to the plates. Place marinated shrimp on the same hot grill pan; discard the marinade in the shrimp bowl. Cook for 2 minutes per side then add to the salads. Drizzle remaining key lime-honey dressing/marinade (from jar) over salad and top with toasted coconut or chopped Macadamia nuts, if desired. Serve immediately.
Serving Suggestion: Place a pretty empty bowl in the center of the table for diners to place shrimp shells and fruit peels into as they enjoy their meal.
Beverage Pairings: Try with a fruity beer or a frosty mojito.
