Cold Shrimp Salad Sandwiches

Plan Z Phase: This is a Z3.5 (ZReboot3.5) recipe.

Servings: Serves 3. Can be doubled easily.

This comes together in a FLASH. When it’s hot outside and you want something easy but on the gourmet side, this hits the spot. You can serve it at a luncheon or a light dinner.

Ingredients:

For the Shrimp Salad

• 1 lb of cooked shrimp. I use the larger ones. Rinse, remove tails and cut into bite-sized pieces. If you use smaller shrimp you can use them whole.
• 1/3 cup of diced green onion, white parts and light green parts
• 3/4 cup of diced celery
• 1 tsp of lemon zest (the dry in the jar will work)
• 1/3 cup of mayonnaise (I use mayo made with avocado oil)
• A light dusting of cayenne (optional)
• Lettuce leaves (optional) I use butter lettuce or bib lettuce

For the Sandwiches

• 3 buns. Hotdog or hamburger buns will work fine
• 2 Tbl of softened butter
• 1 tsp of minced garlic (jar garlic will work)

Instructions:

For the Shrimp Salad:

Once you’ve prepped your cooked shrimp this all comes together. Put the shrimp pieces in a medium bowl. Add all the other ingredients except the lettuce leaves. Stir thoroughly to combine.

For the Sandwiches

Stir together the softened butter and the garlic in a small bowl. Spread the flat sides of the buns with the garlic butter. Depending on how much you like garlic butter you might have some leftover. Put the buttered buns on a cookie sheet, garlic buttered-side up and broil until the edges of the buns are browning and the garlic butter is heated.

Decorate the buns with lettuce leaves of your choice and mound on the shrimp salad.

If you can serve this with hot buns and cold shrimp salad that’s ideal for a wonderful combination in your mouth but don’t push yourself. It’s great with a bun that’s cooled off too.

Enjoy!

Cheers,