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Home » Recipes » Seafood/Fish

Quick And Easy Shrimp Salad

Published: Jul 3, 2022 by Marisa Franca

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This quick and easy shrimp salad recipe is one you'll want to eat all summer long. The salad-size shrimp is already cooked and deveined so all it takes is a few minutes to assemble the rest of the ingredients and mix them together. Serve this fresh seafood salad as a filling in a croissant or on a bed of crunchy buttery lettuce.

Croissant sandwich with shrimp salad filling on white plate with fresh basil on the side.
This quick and easy shrimp salad recipe is so good in a croissant we consider it gourmet quality fare.
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  • ❤️ Why you'll love this recipe
  • 🛒 Ingredients
  • 🗒 Instructions
  • 🔪 Equipment
  • 🤔 FAQs
  • 👩🏻‍🍳 Tips
  • 📚 Variations
  • 🥫 Storage
  • 📗 Related Recipes
  • 🍽 Serve with
  • 📞 Chiacchierata (chat)
  • 📝 Recipe Card
  • 📖 Recipe
  • 💬 Comments

❤️ Why you'll love this recipe

  • Quick and easy to make it's the ideal summer fare.
  • It's versatile. You may eat as a sandwich filling or stuffed in a tomato or lettuce cup.
  • Low in calories if you go light on the creamy dressing.
  • You can make it several hours ahead of time without compromising taste or texture.

This easy seafood salad recipe tastes so fresh and since we go easy on the dressing, it's healthy.

🛒 Ingredients

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Note: The full list of this recipe ingredients with their amounts and options are listed in the recipe card below.

  • cooked shrimp -- salad size NOT popcorn.
  • celery
  • bacon
  • green onions
  • mayonnaise
  • wholegrain mustard
  • fresh lemon juice
  • Old Bay Seasoning
  • salt
  • black pepper

🗒 Instructions

Note: This is an overview of the instructions. The full instructions are in the recipe card below.

Instructions for making the shrimp salad recipe.
  1. Add the thawed shrimp, cooked and chopped bacon, chopped celery, and chopped green onions to a large bowl. Toss to combine.
  2. In another bowl whisk together the mayonnaise, wholegrain mustard, lemon juice, Old Bay seasoning, Kosher salt, and black pepper.
  3. Add to the shrimp mixture and toss to cover. Chill in the fridge until ready to serve.

🔪 Equipment

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You’ll need the following items to make this recipe successfully.

  • Mixing bowls
  • Sharp knife
  • Cutting board
  • Whisk
  • Dry measuring cups
  • Measuring spoons

🤔 FAQs

These are the questions we are most frequently asked about making an easy shrimp salad.

What is shrimp salad made of?

Our recipe is a combination of cooked shrimp, chopped celery, green onion, wholegrain mustard, good quality mayonnaise, fresh lemon juice, Old Bay Seasoning, Kosher salt and Black pepper. All the ingredients are tossed together, then you're ready to eat! You can serve your shrimp salad immediately, or cover it and store it in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

Are seafood salads healthy?

Seafood salads are healthier choices than meals based around meats like beef or chicken because of their lower saturated fat content and positive effect on your cholesterol levels. But you must watch the dressing so that it's not overloaded in fats.

What goes with shrimp salad?

Some ideas are, brown rice, cucumber salad, baked potatoes, macaroni and cheese, couscous, fruit salad, simple tossed salads. Really, just about anything will taste great. It's best to keep it on a light note.

How long does shrimp salad last?

This salad will last up to 3 days in the fridge when stored properly in an airtight container.

Can I freeze shrimp salad?

It's not a good idea to freeze salads that contain mayonnaise. The ingredients in the mayonnaise do not fare well as a bonding agent during freezing. This goes for salads that contain chicken, fish, pasta, or meat based.

👩🏻‍🍳 Tips

To save time we like to use the shrimp that's wild caught and already cooked and deveined. Then it's just a matter of thawing the shrimp and cutting and mixing in the rest of the ingredients. This is a very simple seafood salad recipe.

📚 Variations

This recipe can easily be made into a shrimp pasta salad by adding your favorite pasta to the mixture and a bit more dressing. Add fresh dill to the salad for an additional herbal boost.

You may also add some chopped avocados to the shrimp salad and/or hard-cooked eggs. The varieties are endless. But this shrimp salad recipe is excellent as is.

You may also switch the seasonings from Old Bay to Taco to give the shrimp salad more of Tex-Mex vibe.

🥫 Storage

Store the shrimp salad in the refrigerator in an airtight container. It will last up to 3 days.

📗 Related Recipes

If you're as fond of salads as we are you'll have to try out Dill Pickle Pasta Salad. And if your family enjoys Italian antipasto appetizers, then our Italian Pasta Salad is what your family will go nuts over.

If you want to continue with a healthy seafood salad, our Tuna Pasta Salad is one of the best you'll ever taste. The family will really gobble down this cold plate lunch or dinner.

🍽 Serve with

There is nothing like warm homemade bread to go along with a summer salad. One of our favorites breads is our Ciabatta bread. Now, if you want something you can make in less time, then our Focaccia Pugliese is the one you want to make or the Focaccia Italiana. They are all delicious.

📞 Chiacchierata (chat)

Summer time for our family meant lots of cold plates for lunch and dinners. We'd make our recipes early in the day then if it wasn't a work day we'd go to the beach. After being out in the sun all day, those cold plates tasted heavenly. And usually our dessert consisted of either cold anguria (watermelon) or melone (cantelope).

Everything seems to taste so much better when it's already prepared, don't you think? I know you're going to love this salad.

Tutti a tavolo, è pronto!

Shrimp salad piled onto a romaine leaf boat.
This salad shrimp is seasoned with Old Bay seasoning and wholegrain mustard for a perfect dressing blend.

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📝 Recipe Card

Shrimp Salad is an easy recipe that makes a great lunch or light dinner during the hot summer months. Serve on a bed of crisp lettuce, in a croissant, in a ripe tomato boat along side some chilled white wine for a gorgeous summer evening masterpiece.

If you love this recipe please give it 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.

📖 Recipe

Shrimp salad on a croissant roll.

The Best Quick And Easy Shrimp Salad

This easy shrimp salad recipe starts with shrimp that's cooked and deveined. It's light and refreshing and perfect for a delicious summer meal whether it's lunch or dinner.
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Course: light lunch or dinner, Salad, Seafood dish
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes minutes
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 321kcal
Author: Marisa Franca @ All Our Way
As An Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Equipment Needed

  • Mixing bowl
  • Measuring Spoons
  • Dry measuring cups
  • Sharp knife
  • Cutting Board
  • Silicone spatula
  • Whisk

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds Shrimp - salad size cooked and deveined
  • ½ cup Celery chopped
  • ½ cup Bacon cooked and copped
  • 2 Tablespoons Green onions chopped
  • ½ cup Mayonnaise good quality
  • 1 Tablespoon Wholegrain mustard
  • 2 teaspoon Fresh lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning
  • ½ teaspoon Kosher salt
  • ¼ teaspoon Black pepper
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Instructions

  • Add shrimp, celery, and green onions to a large mixing bowl.
  • In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, wholegrain mustard, lemon juice, Old Bay Seasoning, Kosher salt, and black pepper.
  • Add to the shrimp mixture and toss to cover.
  • Chill in fridge until ready to serve.
  • Will keep in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.

Notes

This recipe can easily be made into a shrimp pasta salad by adding your favorite pasta to the mixture and a bit more dressing. Add fresh dill to the salad for an additional herbal boost.
You may also add some chopped avocados to the shrimp salad and/or hard-cooked eggs. The varieties are endless. But this shrimp salad recipe is excellent as is.
You may also switch the seasonings from Old Bay to Taco to give the shrimp salad more of Tex-Mex vibe.

Nutrition

Calories: 321kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 23g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 10g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 211mg | Sodium: 1333mg | Potassium: 250mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 0.4g | Vitamin A: 360IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 94mg | Iron: 1mg

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