California Farm Pineapple Shrimp Lime Sweet & Sour Salad

Hobby Horseman
Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman
California, United States

The pineapples are ripe and abundant. The limes are ripe and fragrant. Pineapple and lime make a delicious sweet and sour lunch salad or dinner salad.
Frozen cooked shrimp. Salad of fresh bean sprouts, fresh pineapple, fresh bell pepper, fresh jalapeno pepper, fresh green onions.
Fresh ginger, garlic, olive oil, lime juice and buttermilk salad dressing.
Optional precooked cold rice.

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Ingredients

10 minutes with optional precooked rice
2 people
  1. Make the salad:
  2. 3 cupssmall frozen shrimp, peeled, cooked, tails on
  3. 2 cupsmung beans sprouts from 2 Tbs dry mung beans
  4. 1 poundpineapple slices, half pound each, peeled, pressed and chopped
  5. 1fresh Mozambi lime, pressed for juice and peel chopped
  6. 1whole green bell pepper, deseeded, sliced in rings
  7. 1small jalapeno pepper, deseeded, sliced in rings, no more than 2 teaspoons
  8. 4green onions, chopped
  9. Make the salad dressing:
  10. 1 Tbslime juice
  11. 4 Tbspine apple juice
  12. 4 Tbsbuttermilk dressing
  13. 1/2 Tbsolive oil
  14. 1 Tbsjulienne slivered fresh ginger, skin on
  15. 2garlic cloves, minced
  16. Optional rice dish:
  17. 1/2 cupbasmati rice
  18. 1 cupcold water
  19. 1/4 Tspturmeric
  20. 4 dropssesame oil
  21. 1/2 Tspflaked seasalt
  22. Equipment: citrus press, food processor, wood salad bowl, optional cast iron rice pan w/lid
  23. Cost: shrimp $2.50, pineapple slices 50 cents, lime farmfree or 25 cents,mung beansprouts 10 cents, bell pepper 80 cents, jalapeno pepper 20 cents, other 10 cents, optional rice 25 cents, $2.45 dinner

Cooking Instructions

10 minutes with optional precooked rice
  1. 1

    Sprout your weekly dry mung beans in mason jar till fully grown, or buy fresh at the farmers market. Rinse well.

  2. 2

    Rinse pineapple, lime, frozen cooked and peeled shrimp under cold water. Drain.

  3. 3

    Quarter and peel thick slice of pineapple, press quarters in citrus press, yields 4 Tbs pineapple juice per slice. Press Mozambi lime. Yields 1 Tbs lime juice.

  4. 4

    Make sweet sour salad dressing from pineapple juice, lime juice, olive oil, minced garlic, slivered ginger and farm made buttermilk dressing. Taste. Let flavors mingle 5 minutes. Buttermilk will curdle and develop mild mascarpone cheese flavor. Taste again.

  5. 5

    Chop sliced, peeled, quartered and pressed pineapple slice in food processor with lime peel, toss with thinly sliced bell pepper rings, jalapeno pepper rings, green onions and sprouted beans.

  6. 6

    Mix shrimp with salad ingredients and salad dressing in hawaiian wood salad bowls. Let flavors mingle. Serve over optional cold rice: Bring basmati rice to boil with sesame oil, turmeric and salt, stir once, cover, rest an hour, cool in fridge, add if desired. Enjoy.

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Hobby Horseman
Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman
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I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. I learned growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish from my farmer grandparents and parents. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.
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