If you are a little like me and hate average salads, my cobb salad with jerk shrimp will keep your palate happy and never bored. I load it with juicy jerk shrimp then toss in some bacon, goat cheese, boiled egg and then I top it with a homemade mango ginger dressing! It’s got all the vibes and will change your salad game for good.
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How to Make Cobb Salad with Shrimp
Step 1: Heat a cast-iron skillet over medium-high. Cook bacon until crisp, then drain on a paper towel-lined plate. Remove shrimp tails, rinse, and pat dry. Toss shrimp with olive oil, jerk seasoning, smoked paprika, lemon zest, salt, and pepper; marinate 10 minutes. Using the same skillet with bacon grease, cook shrimp 2 minutes per side, then transfer to a bowl.
Step 2: To make the dressing. In a blender, combine the mango juice, orange juice, rice wine vinegar, olive oil, yogurt, shallot, cilantro, and grated ginger. Blend until smooth, adding more yogurt if needed. Season to taste with salt and pepper, then transfer to a lidded jar and set aside.
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Step 3: Get out a large bowl. Arrange greens, avocado, hard-boiled eggs, cherry tomatoes, corn kernels, shallot, and goat cheese. Crumble the bacon into the bowl and add the cooked shrimp.
Step 4: Drizzle on the dressing and serve.
Jerk Shrimp Cobb Salad Recipe
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Ingredients
For the Jerk Shrimp Topping
- 4 thick cut bacon slices
- 1 lb shrimp peeled and deveined
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp jerk seasoning
- 2 tsp smoked paprika
- 2 tsp lemon zest
- kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
For the Mango Ginger Dressing
- 1/2 cup mango juice or 1 mango, diced and pureed
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp greek yogurt
- 1 tbsp shallot finely chopped
- 1 tbsp cilantro
- 1 tsp fresh grated ginger
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
For the Cobb Salad
- 6 cup mixed greens up to 7 cups if you want more
- 2 small avocados diced
- 4 hard boiled eggs
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
- 1/4 cup sweet yellow corn kernels
- 1/4 cup shallot diced
- 1/4 cup goat cheese crumbles optional
Instructions
For the Shrimp
- Heat a cast-iron skillet to medium-high heat. Once hot, place the bacon in the pan and cook until deeply brown and crisp. Cool the bacon to room temperature on a paper towel-lined plate, set aside.
- Prepare the shrimp by removing their tails, rinsing, and drying with a paper towel. In a small bowl, combine the shrimp, olive oil, jerk seasoning, smoked paprika, and lemon zest. Add a pinch of kosher salt and black pepper, then toss to coat. Cover the bowl and let the shrimp marinate for 10 minutes.
- Bring the cast-iron skillet (with the bacon grease still in it) back to medium-high heat, then carefully toss in the shrimp. Be sure to spread out the shrimp a bit. Cook for 2 minutes on each side. Remove from heat and transfer the shrimp to a small heat-safe bowl. Set aside.
For the Salad Dressing
- As you wait for the shrimp to cool down, make the dressing. In a blender, combine the mango juice (or purée), orange juice, rice wine vinegar, olive oil, yogurt, shallot, cilantro, and grated ginger. Blend until smooth, adding more yogurt if needed. Season to taste with salt and pepper, then transfer to a lidded jar and set aside.
For the Cobb Salad Assembly
- Once all the components have been prepared, get out a large bowl. Arrange greens, avocado, hard-boiled eggs, cherry tomatoes, corn kernels, shallot, and goat cheese. Crumble the bacon into the bowl and add the cooked shrimp, then drizzle in dressing and serve.
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Don’t be intimidated by the list of ingredients. This salad was so flavorful and came together quickly once everything was prepped.
A great recipe! So flavourful and delicious. I made it deconstructed for my salad lunch box. I used Imacculate bites recipe for homemade Jerk seasoning. Thanks for your helpful notes and recipe! I will make it again.
Run! Don’t walk and make this recipe! It is the perfect summer salad! Such rich flavors, the dressing was amazing and even the pickiest eaters will devour this salad!!!! It will be on the summer rotation!!
Run! Don’t walk a d make this recipe! It is the perfect summer salad! Such rich flavors, the dressing was amazing and even the pickiest eaters will devour this salad!!!! It will be on the summer rotation!!
I made this and it’s truly amazing!!
This salad looks amazing and full of flavor! The jerk shrimp look so tasty, so excited to make this salad! Everyone is going to love this salad. Perfect for today!
This salad is loaded with flavor! The jerk seasoning paired with the mango-ginger dressing is a winning combination! Thanks for a super delicious summer recipe!
Now this is my kind of salad! The flavors in the shrimp are such a great addition to a classic salad. Loved every bite!
Oh my goodness. The flavours in this are absolutely sensational!
I like Cobb salad, and the shrimp makes it so flavorful! Perfect summer lunch or dinner.