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Best Recipe for Grilled Shrimp, Orange, and Watermelon Salad with Peppered Peanuts in a Zesty Citrus Dressing

Ingredients

  • Vegetable cooking spray
  • 1/2 cup coarsely chopped dry-roasted peanuts
  • 1/2 teaspoon canola oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 cups fully cooked, frozen, shelled edamame (green soybeans)
  • 16 jumbo shrimp, unpeeled
  • 5 oranges
  • 1/2 cup hoisin sauce
  • 1/2 cup fresh lime juice
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
  • 6 cups loosely packed torn red leaf lettuce (about 6 ounces)
  • 2 (4-ounce) bags watercress, stemmed
  • 2 pounds red seedless watermelon, peeled and cut into 1¿2-inch cubes (about 4 cups)
  • 4 green onions, thinly sliced
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil

Instructions

  1. Special equipment: wooden skewers, soaked in water for 30 minutes
  2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Coat cooking grate of outdoor grill with cooking spray. Preheat outdoor grill to medium-high heat.
  3. In a small bowl, combine the peanuts, canola oil, sugar, 1/2 teaspoon pepper and 1/4 teaspoon salt.; spread mixture in a single layer on a baking sheet.
  4. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, stirring once. Cool.
  5. Cook edamame in boiling water to cover 2 minutes or until crisp-tender, drain. Plunge into ice water to stop the cooking process, drain and set aside.
  6. Peel shrimp, leaving tails on; devein, if desired. Thread 4 shrimp onto each skewer. Set aside.
  7. Peel 4 oranges, and cut each into 6 (1/2-inch-thick) slices; set slices aside.
  8. Grate remaining orange to equal 1/2 teaspoon grated rind in a small bowl; squeeze juice from orange into bowl. Add hoisin sauce, lime juice, garlic and ginger to bowl, and stir until blended. Remove 2 tablespoons citrus dressing, and brush evenly on shrimp. Reserve remaining dressing.
  9. Grill shrimp skewers 2 minutes on each side or just until done. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.
  10. Arrange lettuce and watercress on 4 serving plates, and top evenly with edamame, orange slices, watermelon, and green onions. Top each salad with a shrimp skewer. Sprinkle evenly with cilantro, basil, and peanut mixture; drizzle with reserved citrus dressing.

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