Grilled Shrimp Caesar Salad
This grilled Caesar salad with shrimp is a delicious way to enjoy a healthy salad! Grilled romaine is topped with grilled shrimp, grilled onions, and grilled sourdough croutons for a delicious, light meal that is made entirely outside.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 2 servings 1x
- Category: salad, main dish
- Method: grilled
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
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- 3/4 lb raw shrimp, peeled and deveined
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 tbsp blackening seasoning
- 1 tsp olive or avocado oil
- 1 head romaine lettuce
- 1/2 yellow onion
- 2 slices whole grain sourdough bread
- Freshly cracked black pepper
- Kosher salt
- Olive or avocado oil spray
- 1 oz good quality parmesan cheese, shaved
- 1/4 cup homemade Caesar dressing
Instructions
- Mix cleaned shrimp with lemon juice in a medium bowl. Sprinkle with blackening seasoning and toss to coat. Drizzle with oil and stir again to coat. Thread shrimp onto skewers.
- Heat grill to high heat.
- Cut romaine in half lengthwise. Slice onion into coins. Sprinkle lettuce with salt and pepper. Spray lettuce, onion, and bread with oil.
- Place onion and bread on the top rack of the grill or on indirect heat. Place shrimp over direct heat. Cook 2-3 minutes per side and remove from heat.
- Place lettuce, cut side down, onto direct heat. Cook 2-3 minutes, or until grill marks appear and cut side is just slightly wilted. Remove from grill.
- Continue cooking onion until soft. Continue cooking bread until crispy (for croutons), then remove both from heat. Cut grilled bread into 1-inch cubes.
- To assemble salads, divide lettuce between 2 plates. Top with shrimp, grilled onion, and croutons. Shave parmesan over salads and serve with homemade Caesar dressing.
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