Grilled Shrimp and Watermelon Chopped Salad uses romaine tossed with sweet, juicy watermelon, grilled shrimp and goat cheese with a golden balsamic vinaigrette – I’ll be making this salad all summer!!
Grilled Shrimp and Watermelon Chopped Salad
Grilled Shrimp and Watermelon Chopped SaladI absolutely love summer salads and grilled seafood lunches! A few of my other favorites are Chicken Waldorf Salad, Ahi Tuna Watermelon Salad, and Grilled Peach and Watermelon Burrata Salad.
I’m so excited to share this recipe with you, it’s so good I plan on making it again for dinner tonight so my husband gets to try it. I put this together in about 20 minutes, so it’s perfect for busy weeknights. The dressing is DEE-LICIOUS, I used DeLallo’s golden balsamic vinegar, which is made from white grapes rather than red and has a sweetly rich taste – it’s fabulous! They sell it at my local supermarket, or you can buy it online, but if you want to use regular balsamic, that would work fine too.
I love watermelon in my salad, mostly because I’m not much of a tomato lover. Inspired by lunch from Marcus Samuelsson’s restaurant Uptown Brasserie located at the JFK Delta terminal 4. Eating healthier while traveling is getting so much easier these days, a good thing although they also have a Shake Shack which after seeing the calories on the menu, I opted not to try.
Hope you enjoy this salad, I’ll be making this one all summer!
How To Make Grilled Shrimp and Watermelon Chopped Salad
More Summer Salads You May Enjoy:
- Chopped Salad with Shrimp, Blue Cheese and Bacon
- Rosemary Chicken Salad with Avocado and Bacon
- Chickpea Avocado Salad
- Chicken Salad with Lemon and Dill
- Cobb Salad in a Jar
Grilled Shrimp and Watermelon Chopped Salad
Ingredients
For the dressing:
- 2 1/2 tbsp DeLallo golden balsamic vinegar
- 1 tsp water
- 1 tbsp chopped shallots
- 1/8 th tsp kosher salt
- pinch fresh black pepper
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
For the shrimp:
- 10 oz shelled and deveined, about 24 large shrimp
- 1 clove garlic crushed
- seasoned salt, to taste (I used Montreal Steak Grill Mates)
For the Salad:
- 8 cups chopped romaine
- 4 cups diced watermelon
- 4 ounces soft goat cheese
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine vinegar, water, shallots, salt and pepper.
- Gradually add olive oil, stirring until incorporated.
- For the shrimp: If cooking outside on the grill, soak wooden skewers at least 30 minutes.
- Season shrimp with seasoned salt, then mix in crushed garlic.
- Thread the shrimp onto the skewers.
- Light the grill or indoor grill pan on medium to medium-high flame, when hot spray the grates with oil and grill the shrimp about 1 to 2 minutes on each side. Set aside.
- In a large bowl toss the romaine with the dressing.
- Divide between four plates and top with watermelon, goat cheese and grilled shrimp.
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I have made this at least 10 times with variations depending on what I have on hand. It’s easy and wonderful!!
So good. Happen to have most ingredients on hand. Love the goat cheese and watermelon combo. Maybe more than feta 🙂
Gina, I made this for dinner tonight-it was so delicious, healthy and easy. We loved it—thank you for sharing you wonderful recipes! We will make this again and again.
Yum Yum Yum. I made this recipe to use up some watermelon. Then went out and bought another watermelon so I could have it again. So delicious.
Serving size is 1 salad. How many servings for the recipe?
4–instructs to divide among four plates, looks like a typo made it hard to catch.
Yes 4. Type is fixed. 🙂
Had all the ingredients on hand. Loved it! So fast easy and delicious. Perfect summer meal. Got your cookbooks too.
We had this last night and it was so delicious!
I had this dish at a high-end hotel restaurant, and they put toasted pinenuts on the top. Awesome!
made this for father, son, and husband, all skeptics. I said I have never made anything from Gina's cookbook or website that wasn't delicious…. they loved it…..and I am making it again tonight!
just wondering if you can use other cheeses, besides goat cheese?
I used blue cheese and it was delicious!!!!
Gina, I made this tonight and the whole family loved it! From the mouth of my 8 year old daughter, "Mama, the watermelon just takes it to a whole 'nother level!" 🙂
That looks absolutely delicious! Perfect recipe for the hot summer! 😀
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Pinned this! This looks like a great summer salad. Thanks for sharing.
Made this tonight and it was a HUGE hit! We will def be making this all summer long! I encourage anyone to make this salad. The ingredients go so well together, I literally cleaned my plate!
One slight thing, I added everything up and came up with 7 PP per serving. Anyone else?
We just planted romaine in the garden yesterday … I can't wait to try this with our very own greens!
Yum! I've got a watermelon in the fridge – can't wait to try this!
Made this last night is was so delicious! Thank you 🙂
The 293 calories (and other indications) correspond for 1 serving or for 100grammes (3.5 oz) ?
Thank you for all of your recipes, they are very useful for me 🙂
Wow, that is beautiful and looks so delicious. Perfect for the summer backyard. Thanks, 🙂
I have never cooked shrimp before…. if I cook it inside, how do i????? Thanks
Super yummy and healthy! Thanks so much!!
I made this today and it was superb! Shrimp, watermelon and cheese. Remarkable combination.
That looks like the perfect summer salad!
Grilled shrimp and watermelon. Hmmm, I might have to try this.
It looks filling and gorgeous. I love it.
This looks perfect for a light but filling dinner!
Just wanted to tell you how thrilled I am that I found your blog. I love your amazing recipies!! Thank you SO much for sharing them. Can't wait to try a bunch of them – and this being said from a non-cook LOL! Blessings!!
This looks delicious! I never think about putting watermelon in a salad. Don't know why… but I think this will be the summer to try it! Pinning this!!
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Hi Gina!
I'm just now venturing into the world of seafood, which will be great this summer on Long Island! Do you usually buy your shrimp at the seafood counter? I don't know a thing about buying shrimp/fish!
Thanks,
Tricia
old bay on the shrimp would be awesome too
I love DeLallo products and will definitely be on the lookout for this golden balsamic! I'm eager to try this recipe, too! Looks fantastic…great combination!
Yum that looks really good! I love shrimp and i love watermelon 🙂
Oh, sorry, but this sounds not good. Probably because I don't like watermelon.
This salad looks so tasty! I love watermelon with feta in salad, so I'm sure I'd like it with goat cheese. I think I might add spring onion, for an extra kick of flavor.
Hi Gina,
I came up with 27 points plus for this recipe, which is 7 PP per serving, not 8. Was wondering how you got 8?
Thanks,
Marsha
I can't wait to try this recipe! Goat cheese goes so well with watermelon, though I've never tried it with shrimp before. Our website also has a selection of healthy recipes that are great for spring.
This looks wonderful! I actually bought a white balsamic vinegar last weekend that would be perfect for this! Thank you so much for this great recipe miss, would love to give this a try 😀 I hope you have a lovely week 🙂 x
I love this type of salad and have never even thought to add shrimp to it- very exciting. I am going to share with you an amazing Chicken, Roasted Brussels Sprouts, Raisin, Apple, Quinoa Recipe as a thank you http://www.inallofhersplendor.com/2014/03/20/the-goddess-quinoa-salad-recipe/
Why so many points?
I definitely can't say no to grilled shrimp! Looks delicious! I also like goat cheese and watermelon. What a great combo!
This looks absolutely perfect!
This sounds like a great summer meal. Blessings, Catherine
This looks so good! I had something similar to this at a restaurant and the shrimo was a great touch. I can't wait to have it with the goat cheese!
Looks like a really good dish, I look forward to trying it. Shrimp and watermelon just sounds like such an amazing combination.
It never occurred to me to put grilled shrimp and watermelon together! But it makes so so much sense because they are both amazing summer food. I think I might make this for my next cookout, but I've never had goat cheese… Willing to try it though!
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It's a wonderful combo!
That looks great! I actually only like watermelon when I eat it with Feta. Great combo 🙂
The Salad looks amazing, and hope you enjoyed Seaside.. WE love 30A 🙂 super excited for your cookbook!
This looks so good!
Never thought off mixing watermelon with shrimp but it looks good !
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