Asian Seafood Salad Recipes

JAPANESE-INSPIRED SEAFOOD SALAD

Steps:

• Slice the squid. Heat ½ tablespoon of olive oil in a small frying pan over a medium heat, add the squid and cook for 3 to 4 minutes.
• Turn the heat up to high, add the soy sauce and stir continuously for a further 2 minutes, or until the squid is tender and coated in soy. Transfer to a salad bowl.
• Toast the sesame seeds in a dry frying pan until golden, then remove to a small bowl and combine with the remaining dressing ingredients.
• Slice the octopus, then place in the salad bowl, with the prawns and salad leaves.
• Add the dressing and toss together well. Sprinkle with the edible flowers and serve.

ASIAN SEAFOOD SALAD WITH SPICY SESAME DRESSING

Steps:

• PREPPING THE SALAD-
• Wash, slice/cut, and combine your choice of lettuce. Set aside.
• Slice and combine optional celery, cucumber, and green mango. Set aside.
• HOW TO MAKE SEAFOOD MIX-
• Wash shrimp. Set aside.
• Wash crab. Cut into 3 cm pieces. Unroll and separate into thin pieces. Set aside.
• Dice and combine red onion, tomatoes, cilantro, and optional jalapeño. Set aside.
• In a bowl-combine everything.
• Add sugar, vegetable seasoning, mushroom seasoning, fish sauce, and chili garlic sauce. Mix evenly.
• HOW TO MAKE SESAME DRESSING-
• In a bowl-combine everything except sesame seed oil.
• Using a whisk-mix until seasonings dissolve.
• While still whisking, slowly add in sesame seed oil.
• SERVING-
• In a salad bowl-combine and mix desirable-amount of lettuce, seafood mix, optional celery, cucumber, green mango, and dressing.
• Top salad with optional hard boil eggs.
• Enjoy!

ASIAN SHRIMP SALAD

Steps:

• Make the paste: In a blender combine the first 9 ingredients and blend until pureed. In a bowl toss the shrimp with the paste and let marinate while prepping the vegetables.
• Make the salad: In a large bowl combine the 6 salad vegetables. Make the dressing: In a bowl whisk together the 6 salad dressing vegetables. Spray a large skillet set over moderately high heat with some vegetable oil and heat until hot. Add the shrimp and cook, turning, for 3 to 4 minutes, or until just cooked. Add the shrimp to the salad bowl, drizzle with dressing to taste, and toss. Divide among serving dishes and sprinkle with the sesame seeds.

ASIAN SEAFOOD SALAD

Steps:

• Cut squid into bite size pieces. Rinse clams thoroughly, trim as needed and discard any open shells. In a saucepan boil fish stock. Add squid.
• Let simmer over low heat for 2-3 minutes, remove squid from the saucepan and set aside. Add clams to the saucepan, cover with fish stock, cook for 5 minutes occasionally shaking the pot, until the shells open. Remove clams from the saucepan and remove. Discard any closed shells.
• Trim lettuce, rinse and spin dry. Rinse scallions, trim and finely chop. Peel garlic and finely chop. Heat oil in a pan and saute garlic and scallions. Add shrimp to the pan and saute until they are cooked (shrimp will turn pink).
• Mix soy sauce in a bowl with lemon juice, brown sugar, salt and pepper and then stir in chili sauce. Tear lettuce leaves into bite-sized pieces and arrange in a bowl. Add seafood to the bowl and drizzle soy sauce mixture over everything.

ASIAN SHRIMP, PINEAPPLE, AND PEANUT SALAD

Steps:

• For dressing:
• Whisk lime juice, fish sauce, oil, and sugar in small bowl until sugar dissolves. Stir in shallots, chile, and mint.
• For salad:
• Toss shrimp with salt and pepper in bowl. Add pineapple, avocado, and dressing; toss to coat. Divide among plates, top with nuts, and garnish with lime wedges.
• Available in the Asian foods section of most supermarkets, at some specialty foods stores, and at Asian markets.

BAKED SEAFOOD SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Flake crab meat, removing bits of membrane.
• Combine crab meat, shrimp, green pepper, onion, celery and mayonnaise.
• Add salt, pepper and Worcestershire sauce.
• Place in individual; shells or in shallow baking dish like a pie plate.
• Top with bread crumbs, dot with butter.
• Bake for 30 minutes.
• Sprinkle with paprika and serve with lemon wedges.

ORIENTAL SEAFOOD PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Mix first seven ingredients in large bowl.
• Add pasta, seafood, and vegies.
• Toss together and serve, or refrigerate.