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Grilled Shrimp Salad with Garlic Parmesan Italian Vinaigrette

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By: Rachel GurkPosted: 08/23/2017Updated: 10/26/2021

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This Grilled Shrimp Salad with Garlic Parmesan Italian Vinaigrette is summer perfection. With all the colors, it's literally a taste of the rainbow. You'll be full and satisfied without feeling like you need a nap when you're done eating this! Get the easy salad recipe on RachelCooks.com!

Grilled shrimp salad with Garlic Parmesan Italian Vinaigrette is summer perfection. You’ll be full and satisfied with this light and flavorful entrée.

Overhead of grilled shrimp on skewer, plated with salad and wedges of avocado, on square white plate.
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  • 1 About This Salad
  • 2 How To Make This Salad
  • 3 Make It Your Own
  • 4 Make-Ahead Ideas
  • 5 More Recipes
  • 6 Get the Recipe: Grilled Shrimp Salad with Garlic Parmesan Italian Vinaigrette

Disclosure: I’m excited to partner with Marie’s Dressing to bring you this grilled shrimp salad. I have been compensated for my time, but all opinions are always my own. Thank you for supporting Rachel Cooks by reading about brands we love and use in our own home.

Summer isn’t over yet! Thank goodness for that. It is going waaaay too quickly, though. But there’s still time for plenty of colorful, crisp summer food. Well, if you ask me, that’s something I plan to eat year-round. I might even use the grill year-round if Michigan is kind to us!

One of the things I love about fresh food, like this grilled shrimp salad, is that you’re left feeling satisfied after eating it, without being overstuffed.

This colorful salad will leave you “happy full.” Happy-full is much better than I-can’t-move-I-need-a-nap-full, am I right?

Typically Ben does the grilling, even when I ask him to grill stranger things like grilled pizza, stuffed portobello mushrooms, or grilled French toast stuffed with strawberry basil cream cheese ). This year I’ve been doing more and more of the grilling. Perhaps it has to do with his ridiculously long hours at work, or maybe it’s just my independent, I-can-do-all-things spirit.

It’s actually really fun to throw on my sunglasses and head outside to stand in the bright sunshine by the hot grill. It could be that I just love being in our backyard, surrounded by apple trees and wildlife.

Grilled shrimp, on simple green salad with ribbons of carrot and sliced cherry tomatoes, garnished with sliced avocado.

About This Salad

So let’s talk about this salad for a second. I teamed up with Marie’s® Dressing to make this quick dish even easier by using their Garlic Parmesan Italian Vinaigrette to dress it. You’ll be excited to hear that in addition to using real, premium ingredients, all Marie’s dressings now feature non-GMO oil.

This Garlic Parmesan Italian Vinaigrette gives the recipe a great burst of fresh-tasting flavor—not only as the dressing, but also as a quickie marinade on the shrimp.

Rather make your own dressing? This shrimp salad is great with homemade Italian dressing or a white wine vinaigrette, too.

Partial image of shrimp salad, along with bottle of Marie's Garlic Parmesan Italian Dressing.

How To Make This Salad

The best thing about this salad is that it can be ready to eat in 15 minutes. You’re busy, I’m busy, we’re all busy. The recipe is written for one salad but it’s easy to double, triple, or whatever you need.

Begin by marinating the shrimp in a bit of the salad dressing while you prep the salad greens and veggies.

Choose your favorite greens as the base of the salad. I use a mixture of arugula and radicchio but feel free to use whatever is at hand.

Use a vegetable peeler to make the carrot ribbons. Aren’t they pretty? Slice an avocado and tomatoes, and chop a little parsley. Toss the salad with more dressing. and then grill the shrimp. The shrimp cook in less than 5 minutes and then you’re ready to eat.

Enjoy!

Plated shrimp salad on blue cloth, with sliced bread on wooden cutting board in background.

Make It Your Own

  • Not a grilling kind of day? Use a grill pan on the stove or sauté the shrimp in a skillet.
  • Salad can be prepared with a variety of greens and vegetables. Choose your favorites.

Make-Ahead Ideas

If you want to get a head start on this recipe, thaw the shrimp overnight in the fridge.

Prep the lettuce, carrots, and parsley (or whatever you choose to use) and refrigerate in a covered container or on a plate covered with plastic wrap.

Soak the skewers all day if you want.

Grilled shrimp salad on plate.

More Recipes

If you love shrimp, try Shrimp Kabobs with Pineapple. Marinated in a zesty homemade teriyaki sauce, they are so good! We also really love Lemon Pepper Shrimp, sizzled in a skillet and ready in no time. Spicy Garlic Shrimp are so flavorful and delicious.

If you love shrimp salads but don’t want to grill, try this shrimp salad with mango and avocado. The homemade honey lime dressing is so good! If you’re not in the mood for shrimp, try a Steak Salad with Orange-Honey Dressing or delicious Southwestern BBQ Chicken Salad.

Did you make this? Be sure to leave a review below and tag me @rachelcooksblog on Facebook, Instagram, or Pinterest!

Grilled shrimp on skewer, served on salad and garnished with sliced avocado, on square white plate.
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Get the Recipe: Grilled Shrimp Salad with Garlic Parmesan Italian Vinaigrette

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Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 5 mins
Total Time: 20 mins
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Grilled shrimp salad with Garlic Parmesan Italian Vinaigrette is summer perfection. You'll be full and satisfied with this light and flavorful entrée.

Ingredients

  • 4-5 frozen raw jumbo shrimp, thawed (peeled, deveined, tail-off)
  • 3 tablespoons Marie’s® Garlic Parmesan Italian Vinaigrette, divided (see note)
  • 1 cup firmly packed fresh arugula
  • 1/4 cup thinly sliced radicchio
  • 1 tablespoon flat leaf Italian parsley
  • 1/2 small carrot, peeled and cut into ribbons using vegetable peeler
  • 4-5 grape tomatoes
  • 1/4 avocado, cut into cubes or slices

Instructions

  • If using wooden skewers, soak in water for 1 hour.
  • Pat shrimp dry with paper towel and toss in a bowl with 1 tablespoon Marie’s Garlic Parmesan Italian Vinaigrette dressing. Place in fridge while prepping other ingredients (about 15 minutes).
  • Heat grill to medium-high heat (350-400°F) or grill pan to high heat.
  • Skewer 4-5 shrimp on a wooden skewer.
  • Grill shrimp 2 minutes on each side or until cooked through but not overcooked.
  • Arrange all greens and vegetables on a plate or in a bowl. Toss or drizzle with remaining 1 tablespoon Marie’s Garlic Parmesan Italian Vinaigrette dressing. Top with cooked shrimp and serve immediately.

Notes

  • If you prefer, substitute another dressing of your choice. 
  • Recipe can easily be increased for more servings.
  • Actual nutrition may vary depending on how recipe is prepared. Marie’s Dressing is not responsible for preparation of this nutritional information. 
  • Salad can be prepared with a variety of greens and vegetables. Choose your favorites. 

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1salad, Calories: 333kcal, Carbohydrates: 12g, Protein: 3g, Fat: 32g, Saturated Fat: 6g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 13g, Monounsaturated Fat: 12g, Cholesterol: 6mg, Sodium: 43mg, Potassium: 643mg, Fiber: 6g, Sugar: 5g, Vitamin A: 6549IU, Vitamin C: 25mg, Calcium: 65mg, Iron: 1mg

This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.

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  1. Melanie Perkins says

    March 16, 2020 at 3:13 am

    That’s a lot of carbs.  Where do they all come from in this recipe?

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    • Rachel Gurk says

      March 16, 2020 at 10:39 am

      Sometimes the nutritional calculator we use can be a little off. I just recalculated and I looked at each ingredient individually and I can’t figure out why that number is so high. It’s definitely more of a guideline/estimate, so feel free to calculate it manually. Sorry about that!

      Reply
  2. Kara Plantinga says

    August 30, 2019 at 8:55 pm

    A nice summer, yummy salad. And I seem to forget about using shrimp in our meals even though my picky husband likes it. I accidentally didn’t buy jumbo shrimp, so when it came to putting on a skewer, I realized it was going to take forever and be difficult. Instead, I threw them all in a grill pan with the dressing. That worked great (I did need to cook a bit longer since they weren’t directly on the grill) and they ended up being the perfect bite size for the salad. :)

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    • Rachel Gurk says

      September 4, 2019 at 12:42 pm

      So smart to do the shrimp in a grill pan! So happy you guys liked this recipe!

      Reply

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