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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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, 🙂