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Shrimp Chopped Salad Recipe

This is one king of a chopped salad recipe. Featuring a plethora of ingredients like grilled shrimp, hearts of palm, crumbled bleu cheese, bacon and avocado mixed with a sweet basil dressing – it’s a delicious change of pace from ordinary chopped shrimp salad recipes.

Created by Chef Steve Hofferth, Antico Posto, Chicago, IL

Recipe is designed for foodservice use and is not intended for consumer scaling of less than 12 servings.

Re-Calculate: Ingredients

Ingredients:
  • 84 each Grilled Marinated Shrimp (recipe follows)
  • 3 cups Sweet Basil Dressing (recipe follows)
  • 24 cups chopped romaine lettuce
  • 3 cups diced tomato
  • 3 cups sliced hearts of palm
  • 3 cups crumbled Bleu cheese
  • 1 1/2 cups crisp cooked chopped bacon
  • 6 each Fresh Hass Avocados
  • 3 cups cooked, chilled tubetti pasta
  • 1 1/2 cups thinly sliced green onion
Marinated Shrimp - Yield: 12 servings
  • 3 1/2 lbs. shrimp, 21-25 count, raw
  • 1 oz. sundried tomatoes
  • 1/2 oz. oven roasted tomatoes, seeded
  • 1/2 oz. parsley, fresh
  • 1/2 oz. basil, fresh
  • 1/2 oz. garlic puree
  • 1/8 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 cup canola oil
  • 3/8 cup balsamic vinegar
  • 1/8 tsp. salt
  • 1/8 tsp. pepper
Sweet Basil Dressing - Yield: 3 Cups
  • 4 tsp. ground mustard powder
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 3 1/2 tsp. oregano, dry, leaf
  • 1/2 tsp. crushed dry red chile pepper
  • 1 Tbsp. garlic puree
  • 1/8 tsp. ground black pepper
  • 2 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
  • 3/4 tsp. basil, dry, leaf
  • 1/2 cup red wine vinegar
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 2 1/4 cups canola oil
  • 1/2 tsp. lemon zest
  • 1 1/2 tsp. fresh lemon juice
  • 1 Tbsp. basil, fresh, chopped
Per order
  1. Toss together the salad ingredients per salad: 2 cups chopped romaine, 1/4 cup diced tomato, 1/4 cup sliced hearts of palm, 1/4 cup crumbled Bleu cheese, 1/8 cup cooked diced bacon, 1/2 each diced Fresh Hass Avocado peeled seeded and diced, 1/4 cup cooked chilled tubetti pasta, 1/8 cup sliced green onion, 2 fluid oz. Sweet Basil Dressing.
  2. Grill shrimp to order as needed, 7 per serving, and place on chopped salad.
Marinated Shrimp Preparation
  1. In a blender puree all the ingredients except the shrimp. Transfer to a bowl, and stir in shrimp to coat. Refrigerate.
Dressing Preparation
  1. In a blender mix together the dry seasonings, vinegar, sugar and water.
  2. While blending slowly add the olive oil and canola oil.
  3. Hand stir in the lemon juice, lemon zest and chopped fresh basil. Refrigerate.

* A large avocado weighs about 8 oz. as purchased.
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