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    Home » Healthy Salad Recipes » Southwestern Fruit Salad

    Southwestern Fruit Salad

    Published: Apr 28, 2015 · Modified: May 22, 2017 by Elaine · This post may contain Amazon affiliate links · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This blog generates income via ads · 2 Comments

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    Southwestern Prawn Fruit Salad with Tequila Lime Dressing with text overlay
    Southwestern Shrimp Fruit Salad with text overlay
    Southwestern Prawn Fruit Salad with Tequila Lime Dressing with text overlay


    This Southwestern Fruit Salad with Grilled Prawns and Tequila Lime Dressing blends fresh fruit from the sunny south with wild-caught seafood. A healthy shrimp fruit salad with a little Southwest heat!

    Southwestern Prawn and Fruit Salad in a white shallow bowl with strawberries, melon and mango

    Here's the thing about this Southwestern Fruit Salad with Grilled Prawns: you must try it now! It's just that good.

    This fruit and shrimp salad is quick, it's easy, it's sweet and juicy, and it's packed full of protein from fresh prawns or shrimp. Not only that, it has just the right amount of crunch from romaine and jicama and a little bite from hot peppers!

    It's tossed in a to-die-for lime dressing: a tequila lime dressing that puts this southwestern fruit and shrimp salad over the top!

    When I think of the food we have enjoyed the most during our trips to Mexico over the years, fresh fruit ripened in the southern sunshine springs to mind. Jicama soaked in lime juice, tequila, hot peppers and fresh prawns all bring back fond food memories.

    Southwestern Fruit Salad with grilled prawns in a white shallow bowl

    It's time to recreate those flavours at home in this Southwestern Fruit Salad! Here's what you'll need.

    Ingredients

    • cantaloupe chunks
    • honeydew melon chunks
    • pineapple chunks
    • mango, peeled and cubed
    • oranges, in sections
    • strawberries, sliced
    • jicama, julienne cut or very finely chopped
    • crisp romaine leaves: these will form a bed for the fruit
    • poblano pepper or finely minced ancho chili pepper. An ancho chili is a dried poblano pepper. Poblano peppers are quite mild. Ancho chilis have much more heat.
    • grilled prawns: toss with a little garlic butter, skewer and grill

    Instructions

    1. Begin by making the Tequila Lime Dressing. Combine lime juice and zest, honey and tequila in a food processor. Pulse to combine. Add the cilantro and process until smooth. With the machine running, slowly add the olive oil to emulsify. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
    2. Prepare the prawns (or large shrimp.) Melt butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Stir in minced garlic until fragrant, about 2 minutes; season with salt and pepper. Thread shrimp onto skewers and brush with 2 tablespoons of the garlic.
    3. Preheat grill to medium high heat.
    4. Add skewers to grill, and cook, for 2 minutes on each side, just until the shrimp are pink and opaque.
    5. Combine all salad ingredients except the seafood in a large salad bowl.
    6. Toss with tequila lime dressing, and top with fresh grilled prawns or shrimp.
    Overhead view of Shrimp Fruit Salad with strawberries and melon with a fork beside

    Why should you make this Southwestern fruit salad?

    • it's sweet
    • it's spicy
    • it has a little heat from the peppers
    • tequila adds a zing!

    Storage

    Store leftover salad and dressing separately in covered container in the fridge. This shrimp fruit salad is best if used within a day or two.

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    Southwestern Prawn Fruit Salad overhead view with grilled prawns, strawberries and melon

    Southwestern Fruit Salad with Grilled Prawns

    Enjoy this salad of sweet colourful tropical fruit tossed in a piquant cilantro lime dressing flavoured with honey and tequila. Add fresh grilled garlic butter prawns to make it a complete meal in a bowl.
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    Course: Salad
    Cuisine: American, Mexican, Tex-Mex
    Prep Time: 30 minutes
    Total Time: 30 minutes
    Servings: 4
    Calories: 497kcal
    Author: Elaine
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    Ingredients

    • 1 cup cantaloupe, cubed or in balls
    • 1 cup honeydew melon, cubed or in balls
    • ½ cup pineapple, cubed
    • 1 mango, cubed
    • 2 oranges, sectioned
    • 1 cup strawberries, sliced or halved
    • ½ cup jicama, julienne cut or finely chopped
    • 3 tablespoon poblano pepper OR 1 tablespoon ancho chili pepper finely minced
    • romaine leaves

    Grilled Prawns

    • 1.5 lbs prawns or large shrimp
    • 2 tablespoon butter
    • 2 cloves garlic, minced

    Tequila Lime Dressing

    • 2 tablespoon lime juice freshly squeezed
    • 1 teaspoon lime zest
    • 2 tablespoon honey
    • 2 tablespoon tequila
    • ¼ cup olive oil
    • 2 tablespoon cilantro, finely chopped
    • sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

    Instructions

    Tequila Lime Dressing

    • Combine lime juice and zest, honey and tequila in a food processor. Pulse to combine. Add cilantro and process until smooth. With machine running, slowly add the olive oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Set aside to allow flavours to blend.

    Grilled Prawns (or Shrimp)

    • Melt butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Stir in minced garlic until fragrant, about 2 minutes; season with salt and pepper.
    • Thread shrimp onto skewers and brush with 2 tablespoons of the garlic butter.
    • Preheat grill to medium-high heat. Add skewers to grill, and cook for 2 minutes on each side, just until the prawns are pink and opaque.

    Salad

    • Combine all ingredients except seafood in a large salad bowl, toss with tequila lime dressing, and top with fresh grilled prawns or shrimp.

    Notes

    An ancho chili is a dried poblano pepper. Poblano peppers are quite mild. Ancho chilis have much more heat.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 497kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 37g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 444mg | Sodium: 1390mg | Potassium: 659mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 33g | Vitamin A: 2298IU | Vitamin C: 126mg | Calcium: 296mg | Iron: 4mg
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    Comments

    1. Marv

      July 31, 2022 at 5:03 pm

      5 stars
      Outstanding salad!!
      That dressing was the best. I will use it over and over from now on. I sauted some large shrimp in butter and garlic, let them cool, then spread them around the plate and then piled the wonderful salad in the middle. Meal for 3 or 4 easy.

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      • Elaine

        August 01, 2022 at 9:20 am

        Thanks Marv! My mouth is watering imagining how you've made this salad! Thanks for the 5 star rating--much appreciated!

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