Shrimp Pasta Salad – Barefeet within the Kitchen

Al dente tiny pasta tossed with beneficiant quantities of cooked shrimp, crunchy recent greens, and a citrus-spiked creamy dressing all mix to make this shrimp pasta salad irresistible. It’s poised to turn out to be your new summer time favourite!

Shrimp Pasta Salad

Shrimp and pasta go collectively like peas and carrots. They’re made for one another!

And this shrimp and pasta salad is an ideal instance of that concord. The creamy mayonnaise-based dressing has a pop of recent lemon juice to enrich the shrimp’s pure sweetness. The bell pepper, celery, and onion present the textural selection and crunch each good pasta salad wants.

Whereas we’re speaking concerning the shrimp, this salad can use nearly any selection and measurement of totally cooked shrimp. Since you’re chopping it into bite-sized items, it doesn’t matter whether or not you begin with small, medium, or jumbo shrimp simply as long as it’s cooked and chilled.

When you technically might use further small or salad shrimp as properly, I favor to not. The feel and style of the bigger shrimp on this salad are a lot nicer. Additional small and salad shrimp are inclined to mix in, can typically be a bit powerful, and sometimes lack a few of the taste of the larger sizes.

We do quite a lot of shrimp meals in our household. They’re fast cooking, handy to maintain readily available within the freezer, and pretty price range pleasant!

Shrimp Quesadillas are a busy weeknight go-to as a result of they arrive collectively so in a short time. Bacon Wrapped Shrimp Kabobs are one other wonderful summer time meal possibility.

And shrimp doesn’t simply should be a dish on the get together, it may be the get together itself! Particularly if we’re speaking a few dish as particular as Shrimp Boil!

Pasta Salad with Shrimp

To make shrimp pasta salad, you’ll want the next elements:

• mayonnaise
• lemons
• sugar
• granulated garlic or garlic powder
• kosher salt
• black pepper
• small pasta
• cooked shrimp
• bell pepper
• celery
• purple onion
• parsley

I used “spaghetti macaroni” for this recipe. These are tiny little elbow macaroni noodles the width of spaghetti noodles. (Full disclosure, I liked the tiny noodles and my candy husband wasn’t a fan.)

I get pleasure from attempting new pasta shapes and the spaghetti macaroni was a win with a lot of the household. You may additionally use ditalini, small elbows, or small shells for a barely bigger pasta chew that can nonetheless be scrumptious.

Shrimp Pasta Salad Recipe

Cook dinner the pasta in accordance with the instructions on the bundle, till al dente. Drain and rinse with chilly water till the pasta is cool.

Mix the mayonnaise, lemon juice, sugar, garlic, salt, and pepper in a big mixing bowl. Add the pasta, shrimp, celery, bell pepper, onion, and parsley to the bowl with the dressing.

Toss to coat properly. Style the salad and regulate the seasonings, as desired. Refrigerate till able to serve.