Hello, everyone! Today we are making a watermelon shrimp rice vermicelli appetizer, which is a bright flavor combination of roasted, crunchy shrimps, ripe sweet cubes of watermelon, crispy radish, light and airy rice noodles coated with tangy Asian dressing artfully laid out in salad wedges. Perfect summer gathering appetizer, cooks in no time, watermelon and shrimp salad is so refreshing and tastefully zingy that it surprises everyone every time! Try it and it will become your favorite, I promise!
Watermelon is the number one summer snack that helps you to stay hydrated, helps you to lose weight, and makes your mood soar!
Watermelon benefits according to the scientists research
- Hydrate. Watermelon consist of 95 % water therefore they help you not only stay hydrated but keep you full.
- Watermelon is a low calorie fruit high in essential nutrients such as carotenoids, including beta-carotene and citrulline an important amino acid.
- Contains compounds such as curcubitacin E and lycopene which could prevent cancer.
- Improves heart health (contains heart-healthy components such as lycopene and citrulline that improve heart health
- High in potassium that could prevent muscle soreness after workout in a gym
- Wont spike your blood sugar
- Good for your skin and hair because contains vitamin C
- Helps to lower blood pressure and improve circulation
- Helps lower inflammation and oxidative stress due to lycopene component
- Helps prevent macular degeneration (eye desease thet leads to blindness among elderly people.
How to choose watermelon
If your previous watermelon choices were as successful as playing a lottery, then you need to follow these clues to always pick the sweetest and the most flavorful watermelon:
- Look for a yellow to orange field spot on the bottom, your watermelon will have loads of flavor.
- Dark and dull (ripe)
- Larger “webbing” (sign of sweet watermelon)
- Heavy and uniform size are the sweetest one
- Dry stem (ripe)
On other hand, skip the watermelon with:
- White field spot that will result in flavorless watermelon
- Shiny (not ripe)
- Small “Webbing”( bland taste)
- Elongated ones are usually more watery than the ball shaped ones
- Green stem (green watermelon)
Watermelon shrimp rice vermicelli appetizer recipe
Now that you’ve picked the best watermelon, you are set for success with our super easy recipe for a Watermelon shrimp rice vermicelli appetizer.
- Defreeze frozen shrimp in the bowl of cold water up to ten minutes. Change the water in between.
2. Prepare all the ingredients (cut the watermelon into cubes, slice radishes on the mandolin, pick salad leaves into wedges.)
3. Cover rice vermicelli with boiled water and set aside.
4. Mix soy sauce, sesame oil, lime juice, grated ginger, and garlic. Mix thoroughly to create an emulsion.
5. Put a non-stick pan on maximum heat. Dry defrosted or fresh shrimps with a paper towel until the paper towel is dry (no liquid left on shrimps). Add virgin olive oil count to three and add shrimps immediately spreading the shrimps equally on the pan. Add two pinches of salt and pepper and turn shrimps on the other side with the help of two forks. Oil starts evaporating there will be lots of smoke but it all worth it. Mix shrimps with a wooden spatula until all of the oil evaporates and shrimps acquired beautiful tasty crust on them. Take off the heat and transfer it to the plate.
6. Arrange lettuce cups on the serving plate. Add rice noodles mixed with Asian dressing; arrange fried shrimps and watermelon cubes on top, scatter with radishes and mint leaves.
This nourishing salad bursting with flavors and textures will give you that much-needed boost of mood and energy to finish your day with completed tasks. It is very refreshing in case you are having your lunch in the open air trying to catch those last warm rays of sunshine. The tart taste of dressing has the awakening strength that is crisp, refreshing, and simply delightful.
After eating this incredible meal, you will become a pinch happier, I promise!
Bon Appétit!
Watermelon shrimp rice vermicelli appetizer
Ingredients
- 1 lb. shrimps
- 1 bunch salad
- 4 radishes
- 1/2 lb. watermelon
- 1/2 pack rice vermicelli
- 2 tbsp. soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp. sesame oil
- 1/2 lime juice and zest
- 1 piece ginger root
Instructions
- Prepare your ingredients
- Cut watermelon into cubes, slice radishes on the mandolin, pick salad leaves into wedges. Defreeze frozen shrimp in the bowl of cold water up to ten minutes. Change the water in between.
- Cover rice vermiceli with boiled water. Set aside
- Mix soy sauce, sesame oil, lime juice, grated ginger and garlic. Mix thoroughly to create an emulsion.
- Put non-stick pan on maximum heat. Dry defrosted or fresh shrimps with paper towel until paper towel is dry (no liquid left on shrimps).Add virgin olive oil countto three and add shrimps immediately spreading the shrimps equally on the pan.Add two pinches of salt and pepper and turn shrimps on the other side with thehelp of two forks. Oil starts evaporating there will be lots of smoke but itall worth it. Mix shrimps with wooden spatula until all of the oil evaporatesand shrimps acquired beautiful tasty crust on them. Take of the heat andtransfer to the plate.
- Arrange lettuce cups on the serving plate. Add rice noodles mixed with Asian dressing, arrange fried shrimps and watermelon cubes on top, scatter with radishes and mint leaves.
- Bon Appétit!
