Saltgrass Steakhouse Boiled Shrimp and Avocado Salsa

Saltgrass Steakhouse Broiled Shrimp and Avocado Salsa is a new appetizer you can find at the Saltgrass Steakhouse. It's often hard to find original and tasty recipes, but this salsa is both, and much healthier than many other appetizers. It's packed with fresh, healthy ingredients and is easily customizable. This recipe is inspired by Ceviche, but uses cooked shrimp. Additions like calamari or crab meat also work well. It's perfect as a light lunch or starter.

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Saltgrass Steakhouse Boiled Shrimp and Avocado Salsa Save
Saltgrass Steakhouse Boiled Shrimp and Avocado Salsa

Saltgrass Steakhouse Broiled Shrimp and Avocado Salsa is a new appetizer you can find at the Saltgrass Steakhouse. It's often hard to find original and tasty recipes, but this salsa is both, and much healthier than many other appetizers. It's packed with fresh, healthy ingredients and is easily customizable. This recipe is inspired by Ceviche, but uses cooked shrimp. Additions like calamari or crab meat also work well. It's perfect as a light lunch or starter.

  • Preparing Time: 30 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Served Person: 1
  • Carbohydrate 58.7590566645135 g
  • Cholesterol 0 mg
  • Fat 21.3289483333154 g
  • Fiber 16.450666408968 g
  • Protein 9.4063499998926 g
  • Saturated Fat 3.08163333333129 g
  • Serving Size 1 1 Recipe (1000g)
  • Sodium 1601.35433333282 mg
  • Sugar 42.3083902555455 g
  • Trans Fat 1.67691083332541 g
  • Calories 413 calories

Step-by-step

  • Boil shrimp in water just until shrimp turns pink.
  • Remove from boiling water and allow shrimp to cool.
  • Chop half of the shrimp into small pieces.
  • In a medium sized bowl combine tomatoes, red onions, yellow onions, chili sauce, cilantro, lime juice, jalapeno pepper, avocado and salt.
  • Stir to combine.
  • Add half of the shrimp to the vegetable mixture.
  • If desired you an place the remaining shrimp on top for decoration or you can simply stir all of the shrimp into the salsa.
  • Serve with chips.
How can a cold seafood salsa maintain structural integrity without turning to mush? Raw tomato and soft avocado demand precise knife work to prevent a watery consistency. Dice the red and sweet yellow onions to a uniform one-eighth inch so the aromatics distribute evenly across every spoonful. Commercial chili sauce provides a thick tomato base containing vinegar, garlic, and spices, which binds the ingredients without requiring added water or oil. Culinary history links tomato-based cold seafood medleys to coastal preservation methods where citrus juice or vinegar cured proteins. Modern adaptations substitute gentle boiling for acid curing. Cook small shrimp in boiling water for exactly two minutes until they curl into loose C-shapes and turn opaque pink. Plunge them into an ice bath immediately to halt cooking and preserve snap. Standard kitchen knives work fine for dicing, but a mandoline fitted with a julienne attachment speeds up onion prep if a chef knife is unavailable.