Shrimp Goat Cheese Watermelon Salad Stack

Description

Refreshing take on a traditional caprese salad. If you don’t have a ring mold cut into squares or triangles instead. The key is flat watermelon pieces 1/4-inch thick.

Ingredients

  • 8 large shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
  • ¼ teaspoon chipotle pepper powder (Optional)
  • 1 seedless watermelon, cut crosswise into 2-inch thick slices
  • 1 (8 ounce) goat cheese log, cut into 8 slices
  • 2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
  • 4 sprigs fresh basil

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 430 degrees F (220 degrees C).
  2. Season shrimp all over with onion powder
  3. garlic powder
  4. salt
  5. smoked paprika
  6. and chipotle pepper powder. Set shrimp into a baking dish.
  7. Bake shrimp in the preheated oven until bright pink on the outside and the meat is no longer transparent in the center
  8. about 8 minutes.
  9. Use a ring mold (slightly larger in diameter than the diameter of the goat cheese slices) to cut watermelon into circle shapes. Cut circle shapes into twelve 1/4-inch thick slices.
  10. Place a slice of watermelon on a plate. Top with 1 slice cheese
  11. 1 slice watermelon
  12. 1 slice cheese
  13. 1 slice watermelon
  14. 2 shrimp
  15. respectively
  16. to form a salad stack. Repeat with remaining watermelon slices
  17. cheese
  18. and shrimp. Drizzle balsamic vinegar over each stack and garnish with basil.

Prep Time: 25 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 35 mins

Servings: 4

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