This avocado boat with ranch Swedish shrimp recipe is a healthy lunch or side dish. Creamy grilled avocado topped with a Swedish shrimp that we prepare with a ranch yogurt sauce. Easy, healthy, and ready in no time!
Avocado Benefits
This green fruit (not it’s not a vegetable!) is a good source of healthy fats. Plus:
- It helps with digestion.
- It has antioxidant properties.
- Contains a rich nutrient profile.
How to Make an Avocado Boat?
Here’s a twist on avocado boat= grilled avocado boat! They scoop even more easily and bring such a nice flavour to this dish!
- Choose ripe avocados. It needs to be tender! This recipe won’t work if the avocados are still hard.
- Where to find ripe avocados? If the ones at the grocery store are not tender enough, go to the market. They often have ripe avocados there.
- How to ripen avocados? You only have hard avocados? Place them in a paper bag with a banana and let it sit for 2 days at room temperature.
- Slice in half with a sharp knife. Remove the core.
- Grill the avocados. Add olive oil to the skin and cook skin side down. You can either grill them on the BBQ or in a cast iron pan. It will take about 2 minutes to cook on a medium-high heat.
- Serve with toppings. Here, we’re using Swedish Shrimp.
Ranch Swedish Shrimp
Scandivian shrimp are small delicate shrimp that are often served on rye bread or in a salad. Here, we’re making it with a creamy yogurt ranch sauce. Here are the ingredients you’ll need:
- Plain greek yogurt: for its creaminess. Choose 2% fat preferably.
- Fresh herbs: a mix of dill and chives.
- Celery: finely chopped into cubes for crunchiness.
- Spices: a mix of onion powder and garlic powder to create the ranch taste we’re looking for!
- Lemon: for the acidity.
How to Serve Avocado Boat with Ranch Swedish Shrimp?
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Grilled Avocado Boat with Ranch Swedish Shrimp
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minutesThis avocado boat with ranch Swedish shrimp recipe is a healthy lunch or side dish. Creamy grilled avocado topped with a Swedish shrimp that we prepare with a ranch yogurt sauce. Easy, healthy, and ready in no time!
Ingredients
4 ripe avocados
Olive oil to grill the avocados
340g of unfrozen Swedish shrimp (small shrimp)
¼ cup of 2% plain greek yogurt or mayo
2 tbsp of fresh dill chopped
2 tbsp of fresh chives chopped
1 celery stalk, chopped into small cubes
Juice and zest of ½ lemon
1 tsp of garlic powder
½ tsp of onion powder
¼ tsp of salt
Optional topping: crumbled croutons
Instructions
- Prepare the Swedish shrimp. Add swedish shrimp, greek yogurt, dill, chives, celery, lemon, garlic powder, onion powder and salt to a small bowl. Mix well.
- Cut the avocados in half. Remove the core. Drizzle each avocado with olive oil. Cook the avocados skin side down on a 400F BBQ grill or cast iron pan for about 2 minutes.
- Top each avocado with the Swedish shrimp salad. Garnish with crumbled croutons.
