Summer Salad with Shrimp

As the weather gets warmer in Minnesota, many fire up the grills on their deck when the outdoor temperature reach 60 plus degree F. When grilling burger, we need to grill fish, shrimp and different types meat such as chicken, pork or beef to make satay as our favorite grilled meat.

Summer in Minnesota is always beautiful and pleasant. Each house bounds with beautiful flowers since people are eager to grow flowers and vegetable plants after staying indoor all winter. Farmers market is also an exciting shopping experience for me most weekends during the summer. The fresh local grown vegetables motivates me to make different salad dishes.

From the fresh salad dishes, I would like to try making the cucumber salad that mom used to make for dinner sometime at home as She and Dad enjoyed it. As a child I hated to eat that dish honestly. Because of its watery juices bothered me and difficult to eat.

But I will try to modify it with grilled lobster or shrimp. It might make it more presentable and certainly more delicious. I am writing about that dish because I miss my mom a lot as it marks the 100th days that  she left us from this world.

As a tribute to her memory, I am going to make the cucumber salad with Grilled Shrimp and Grilled Lobster Tail.

Grilled Shrimp Cucumber Salad (2-3 Serving)

Ingredients

1 lb        Jumbo Shrimp (peeled) or 3 Lobster Tail
3 counts Cucumber ( Julienne sliced with Mandoline ) about 3 cups
2 tbsp     Fish sauce
2 tbsp     Fried Garlic oil
1 tbsp     lime juice
2 tsp       Fine Chopped green Chili
1/2 cup   Fine Chopped onion or shallot
3 tbsp     Ground Toasted Sesame Seeds
1 tbsp     Chopped Cilantro
6 counts  Cherry Tomato to garnish

1. To Marinate the Shrimp

In the bowl
The following ingredients are only for the shrimp marinate.
( Add a cup of orange Juice, 1 tbsp Olive oil, 1/2 tsp Salt, Pepper, 1 tbsp garlic, 1 tbsp Chopped Cilantro, 1 tsp Chili powder). Mix all the ingredients first. Then add the shrimp.
Marinate for 6 hours. Or store over night in the fridge ( Better Flavor) .

Grill the Shrimps with Medium high heat on grill or griddle on stove top.

2. To Mix the Salad

In the mixing bowl, Add all the ingredients  except Julienned Cucumber.
Then add the sliced cucumber and mix it well.
Add salt to your own taste.

3. To Serve

In each individual salad bowl, put the mixed cucumber salad.
Top with grilled shrimp on that already mixed salad.
Garnish with chopped cilantro and Cherry tomatoes.

Enjoy! The Cool Cucumber Salad.