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    Home » Seafood Recipes » Shrimp and Prawns » Prawn Mango Avocado Salad with Lemon-Lime Dressing

    Prawn Mango Avocado Salad with Lemon-Lime Dressing

    Published: Mar 8, 2017 · Modified: Jun 15, 2022 by Elaine · This post may contain Amazon affiliate links · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This blog generates income via ads · 14 Comments

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    Prawn Mango Avocado Salad with lemon-lime vinaigrette

    This simply refreshing Prawn Mango Avocado Salad with Lemon Lime Dressing and prawns or shrimp can be on your table in 15 minutes! This post includes tips on how to peel prawns and how to choose an avocado.

    Prawn Mango Avocado Salad with prawn tails
    Jump to:
    • ❤️ Why this recipe works
    • 🛒 Ingredients
    • 🔪 Instructions
    • 🦐 Helpful Tip: How to Peel Prawns
    • 🥑 How to choose a ripe avocado
    • 🍽 Serving suggestions
    • 🗒More healthy prawn and shrimp recipes
    • 🗒More salad recipes to try
    • 📖 Recipe

    ❤️ Why this recipe works

    • This 3-ingredient Prawn Avocado Mango Salad seems to be too simple to be a showstopper. Its simplicity is what makes it so appealing.
    • Drizzled with a slightly sweet, slightly zesty Lemon-Lime dressing, the natural flavours of the sweet mango and succulent shrimp shine through.
    • Prawns with mango make a perfect flavour combo and they look beautiful paired with creamy avocados! The Ataulfo mangos are at their peak, so today I tossed them together with avocados and prawns and made this appetizing mango prawn salad with a simple lemon-lime dressing.

    I'm a little obsessed with both avocados and mangos lately. We had this Quinoa Bowl with Avocado, Feta and Strawberries three times lately and I've been making this Mango Black Bean Salad on repeat.

    And when I simply want the best of both, this Mango Avocado Chili Lime Salad totally satisfies!

    You'll love this simple prawn salad. It's so easy, so quick and it always gets rave reviews when I serve it.

    Note: I use the terms "prawns" and "shrimp" interchangeably. While there are slight anatomical differences between the two, for those of us who are only concerned with cooking and eating them, the differences really don't matter. You can substitute one for the other in most recipes.

    Overhead view of Prawn Mango Avocado Salad on a white plate with cilantro leaves

    🛒 Ingredients

    For the Prawn Salad

    • raw prawns or large shrimp, fresh or thawed
    • 2 medium mangos
    • 2 medium avocados
    • cilantro leaves, finely chopped

    Lemon-Lime Dressing

    For this simple (but simply amazing) vinaigrette you'll need extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice, lime zest, honey, and a little heat from dried chili pepper flakes and black pepper.

    Three plates of Prawn Mango Avocado Salad

    🔪 Instructions

    • Make the Lemon Lime Vinaigrette first. Whisk the lime zest, chili pepper flakes, black pepper, lemon juice, honey and olive oil together. Set aside.
    • Next, arrange thinly sliced or cubed mango and avocado on serving plates, or on one large platter. 
    • Cook the prawns. While I often grill prawns or fry them in a skillet, for this recipe I like to simply boil them. Boil water in a medium saucepan. Add the shelled prawns or shrimp to the boiling water and cook for 2 - 3 minutes once the water returns to the boil. Remove promptly to avoid overcooking and rinse under cool running water.
    • Arrange the prawns or shrimp on top of the mango and avocado cubes.
    • Drizzle with the Lemon Lime Vinaigrette and garnish with freshly chopped cilantro leaves.
    Prawns in boiling water
    A. Boil briefly until no longer translucent.
    B. Rinse under cool running water.

    🦐 Helpful Tip: How to Peel Prawns

    Check out my complete guide to cooking shrimp or prawns for tips on buying and cooking prawns as well as 20 recipes!

    If you have bought prawns with their shells on or with their heads on, the easiest way to remove them is when they are partially frozen. Even when we have freshly caught prawns, I still freeze them first. Trying to remove the shell (or exoskeleton) from a fresh prawn can be awkward and messy. When they're partially thawed, peeling them is a breeze.

    Simple pinch the area at the base of the head to remove it. Holding the prawn in your right hand, use your left thumbnail to score the area where the legs begin next to the shell segments. Run your thumb and finger under the top three shell segments, then pinch and tear to remove them. Next, pinch at the base of the remaining three tail segments and gently squeeze. The body will pop out.

    While it's easier to eat prawns that have been completely peeled, sometimes you may want to leave the tails on. They can make a dish look very appealing, as in this Vietnamese Prawn (Shrimp) Noodle Bowl, and they also add flavour to dishes like Paella or Cajun Shrimp Fried Rice or Thai Red Curry with Shrimp.

    To remove the intestinal tract, you can either gently lift it out with your fingers or with a toothpick.

    Fresh prawns with heads removed

    🥑 How to choose a ripe avocado

    Avocados are a fresh fruit full of "good fat." While it can be frustrating to get one just at the peak of ripeness,  I've found a method that works for me. You've probably cut open an avocado that looks perfectly fine on the outside only to find it bruised and brown and spotted inside.

    Here's what I do. When selecting one, I look at the stem end and gently flip it open. If it's green, it's good. If it's brown, I steer clear. Once I bring it home, I leave it on my counter at room temperature just until it begins to get the slightest bit squishy when gently squeezed. Then, if I'm not going to eat it right away, I store it in the refrigerator.

    Avocados tend to go from great to gross in twenty-four hours or less! I have no guarantees for perfect avocados, but this method seems to work for me most of the time.

    Close up view of a plate filled prawns, mangoes and avocado cubes

    🍽 Serving suggestions

    This shrimp mango salad makes a delicious side salad for a casual meal of burgers. I also like to serve it with Honey-Dijon Glazed Salmon in Foil or Pistachio Crusted Salmon. It makes a great potluck offering too.

    This salad has become a regular on our dinner table every year in mango season. I hope it becomes a favourite of yours, too.

    Three plates of prawn salad with mangoes and avocados.

    🗒More healthy prawn and shrimp recipes

    • Avocado Grilled Peach and Chipotle Shrimp Salad with Bacon
    • Shrimp Fajita Salad with Honey Lime Vinaigrette
    • 10-Minute Grilled Chimichurri Shrimp Skewers
    • Nasi Goreng (Quick Indonesian Fried Rice)
    • Gin-Gingered Prawns
    • Easy Thai Red Curry with Shrimp

    Note: This post has been updated with new information and photos.

    When you make this prawn salad with avocado and mango, please leave a comment and a rating below. I love hearing when you've made one of my recipes. Thanks in advance! Subscribe to my weekly newsletter and have new recipes delivered straight to your inbox once a week.

    🗒More salad recipes to try

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    📖 Recipe

    Prawn Mango Avocado Salad overhead view

    Prawn Mango Avocado Salad

    This fresh Prawn Mango Avocado Salad with shrimp or prawns can be on your dinner table in fifteen minutes. Sweet, juicy mangos, creamy avocado and tender shrimp all tossed with a lemon-lime dressing make a simple but simply delectable salad. 
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    Course: Salads and Dressings
    Cuisine: Asian, Canadian, American, West Coast
    Diet: Gluten Free
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 4 minutes
    Total Time: 14 minutes
    Servings: 4
    Calories: 347kcal
    Author: Elaine
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    Ingredients

    • 24 raw prawns or large shrimp, fresh or thawed
    • 2 medium mangoes, thinly sliced or cubed
    • 2 medium avocados, thinly sliced or cubed
    • 3 tablespoon cilantro leaves, finely chopped

    Lemon Lime Vinaigrette

    • 1 tablespoon lime zest
    • ½ teaspoon dried chili pepper flakes
    • ½ teaspoon black pepper freshly ground
    • 2 tablespoon lemon juice
    • 1 teaspoon honey or more, to taste
    • 3 tablespoon olive oil extra virgin

    Instructions

    • Make the Lemon Lime Vinaigrette first. Whisk the lime zest, chili pepper flakes, black pepper, lemon juice, honey and olive oil together. Set aside.
    • Next, arrange thinly sliced or cubed mango and avocado on serving plates, or on one large platter. 
    • Cook the prawns. While I often grill prawns or fry them in a skillet, for this recipe I like to simply boil them. Boil water in a medium saucepan. Add the shelled prawns or shrimp to the boiling water and cook for 2 - 3 minutes once the water returns to the boil. Remove promptly to avoid overcooking.
    • Arrange the prawns or shrimp on top of the mango and avocado cubes.
    • Drizzle with the Lemon Lime Vinaigrette and garnish with freshly chopped cilantro leaves.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 347kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 90mg | Sodium: 288mg | Potassium: 654mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 1060IU | Vitamin C: 45.8mg | Calcium: 73mg | Iron: 1.5mg
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    Comments

    1. susan ARNALL

      December 25, 2022 at 7:02 pm

      This recipe was very tasty, refreshing what can i say delicious. My family and friends loved it. Had it as a starter lunch on Christmas day

      Reply
      • Elaine

        December 25, 2022 at 9:36 pm

        That's wonderful to hear, Susan! Thanks so much for letting me know. Have a lovely Christmas!

        Reply
    2. Celia

      November 27, 2022 at 11:28 pm

      The dressing was amazing, everyone loved it. Definitely a keeper!

      Reply
      • Elaine

        November 28, 2022 at 11:18 am

        Thanks so much, Celia! I love this dressing too. I also use it on my Mango Black Bean Salad. Thanks for commenting!

        Reply
    3. Valerie Dorman

      January 24, 2022 at 4:10 am

      5 stars
      Delicious salad for a hot night. Definitely making this again. Thank you

      Reply
      • Elaine

        January 24, 2022 at 10:32 am

        Thanks Valerie! Happy to hear it was a hit. I love this combination, too! Thanks for taking the time to comment!

        Reply
    4. Marilyn

      January 15, 2021 at 3:28 pm

      5 stars
      So light and refreshing. I will definitely be making this again.

      Reply
      • Flavour & Savour

        January 15, 2021 at 4:38 pm

        We love this salad, too. Thanks for the 5 stars!

        Reply
    5. Paula

      May 08, 2020 at 9:05 pm

      5 stars
      I've made this several times, always a hit. Highly recommend.

      Reply
      • Flavour & Savour

        May 11, 2020 at 10:44 am

        Thanks for the 5 stars! We love this recipe, too--especially with that dressing!

        Reply
    6. Jen

      December 25, 2017 at 2:11 am

      5 stars
      I made the prawn,mango and avocado salad as part of our Xmas lunch. Wow!! Such a tasty dish. I served it on cos lettuce cups. Highly recommend and wait to have it again.

      Reply
      • Flavour & Savour

        March 07, 2018 at 6:55 pm

        Great idea to serve it on lettuce cups! So glad you liked it as much as we do! Thanks for letting me know!

        Reply
    7. Gwen

      May 31, 2017 at 9:16 pm

      5 stars
      Totally fabulous salad had it over brown rice so delicious

      Reply
      • Flavour & Savour

        May 31, 2017 at 9:18 pm

        Thanks Gwen! That's a great idea to make it a meal and add the rice! I must try that.

        Reply

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