Sauteed Shrimp Salad With Ginger-cilantro Dressing

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/4 cup cilantro or 1/4 cup italian parsley, plus additional for garnish (about 1/2 bunch, stems removed)
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 tablespoon pickled ginger
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon chili oil
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 lb medium shrimp, cleaned and deveined (tails left on, about 16)
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup lime juice (from about 2 or 3 limes)
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 3 large tomatoes
• 3 avocados, pitted,peeled,and diced into 1/4 inch pieces
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 english cucumber, peeled and diced into 1/4 inch pieces

Recipe

• 1 combine first 7 ingredients in a food processor and blend 30 seconds; scrape sides of bowl and blend 15 more seconds.
• 2 season with salt and pepper.
• 3 refrigerate until ready to use.
• 4 heat olive oil in a large sauté pan over high heat.
• 5 cook shrimp 3 to 4 minutes, until just pink.
• 6 add garlic and lime juice and cook 30 more seconds.
• 7 season with salt and pepper.
• 8 remove from pan and refrigerate until ready to use.
• 9 fill a medium saucepan with water and bring to a boil.
• 10 using a small, sharp knife, make an x on each tomato.
• 11 fill a medium bowl with ice water.
• 12 immerse tomatoes in boiling water 10 to 15 seconds, just until skin loosens.
• 13 with a slotted spoon, remove tomatoes and drop into ice water.
• 14 peel skin; cut tomatoes in half and discard seeds.
• 15 dice into 1/4-inch pieces; set aside.
• 16 put avocado in a medium bowl and gently toss with lemon juice.
• 17 loosely pack 1/2 cup avocado into a 3-inch round cookie cutter, top with 1/2 cup tomato, and then add 1/2 cup cucumber, gently pressing each layer with a spoon.
• 18 carefully remove cutter.
• 19 repeat on each plate, and refrigerate until ready to use.
• 20 (alternate method: gently mix salad ingredients and mound on plates.) drizzle each tower with dressing, and add 2 shrimp.
• 21 garnish with cilantro sprigs.