paella salad
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Summertime food! A nice cool alternative to your regular lettuce based salads. Hearty enough for a main dish.
yield
6 serving(s)
prep time
20 Min
cook time
25 Min
method
Stove Top
Ingredients For paella salad
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1 1/2 cwater
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1/2 lbmedium-size fresh shrimp, unpeeled
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5 ozpackage yellow rice mix (i use the spicy one)
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1/4 ctarragon vinegar
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2 Tbspvegetable oil
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1/4 tspcurry powder
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1/8 tspground white pepper
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1/8 tspdry mustard
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2 cdiced, cooked chicken breast
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1 mdtomato, peeled, seeded, and chopped
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1/2 cfrozen english peas, thawed
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1/3 ccelery, thinly sliced
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1/4 cminced onion
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2 ozjar diced pimento, drained
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lettuce leaves
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lemon slices
How To Make paella salad
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1Bring water to a boil; add shrimp, and cook 3 to 5 minutes. Drain well; rinse with cold water. Chill. Peel and devein shrimp; set aside.
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2Prepare the rice according to the package directions, omitting the butter. Combine the rice, vinegar, and next 4 ingredients; stir well. Add reserved shrimp, chicken, tomato, peas, celery, onion, and pimiento; toss well. Cover and chill thoroughly.
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3Serve the salad on lettuce leaves on individual salad plates. Garnish, if desires with lemon slices.
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