Shrimp Louie Salad is a delicious lunch salad with shrimps and a creamy, tasty dressing, similar to thousand island dressing.
I am addicted to this salad!
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TL;DR
Shrimp Louie Salad was made popular in California in the early 1900s.
Shrimp Louie dressing is the main star of this salad together with the fresh ingredients, cooked shrimp and boiled egg.
The Louie Dressing is comparable to a Thousand Island Dressing, which is a creamy dressing prepared with mayonnaise, tomato ketchup, lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce.
Ingredient Notes
- Egg — Hard-cooked.
- Shrimp — Medium sized shrimp or smaller ones, whichever you prefer.
- Green Lettuce — I like romaine lettuce or iceberg. You can use a red lettuce variety too, mixed with a green one for aesthetics.
- Tomato — Fresh tomato quartered or cherry tomatoes.
- Mayonnaise — Your favorite mayonnaise. I like a homemade instant mayonnaise.
- Ketchup
- Worcestershire Sauce — Adds a classic Louie flavor to the dressing
- Chili Sauce — I use Tabasco, a few drops.
- Onion Powder
- Salt and Black Pepper
- Parsley — Italian or curly, freshly chopped.
- Lemon juice
How to make it?
Step 1
Boil eggs and cook shrimp. Prep fresh lettuce and tomato. Place the salad ingredients into a bowl.
Step 2
Combine the dressing ingredients.
Step 3
Pour dressing over the salad just before serving.
📖 Recipe
Shrimp Louie Salad Recipe
Ingredients
For the Salad:
- 1 Hard-Cooked Egg
- 5 Medium Shrimp
- 1 Bunch Lettuce Leaves such as romaine, iceberg, lettuce
- 1 Tomato
For the Dressing:
- 1 Tablespoon Mayonnaise
- 1 Tablespoon Ketchup
- ½ Tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
- ½ Teaspoon Onion Powder
- ¼ Teaspoon Salt
- ½ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground
- Chili Sauce I use Tabasco, a few drops
For the Garnish:
- Parsley Fresh chopped fresh
- Lemon juice
Instructions
- For the salad, boil an egg hard and quarter once boiled. Boil or poach the shrimp in some water until cooked. Keep aside.1 Hard-Cooked Egg, 5 Medium Shrimp
- Wash the green salad ingredients, tomato, and parsley. Break the green salad into bite-sized pieces. Quarter your tomato and chop your parsley. Keep the parsley aside for the garnish.1 Bunch Lettuce Leaves, 1 Tomato, Parsley Fresh
- Place the lettuce and tomato in a salad bowl with the boiled egg and shrimp. Arrange them nicely or mix them up to your liking.
- Combine all the dressing ingredients in a bowl or a dressing shaker.1 Tablespoon Mayonnaise, 1 Tablespoon Ketchup, ½ Tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce, ¼ Teaspoon Salt, ½ Teaspoon Onion Powder, ½ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground, Chili Sauce
- Pour the salad dressing over the ingredients just before you intend to eat the salad and garnish with the freshly chopped parsley and some lemon juice.Lemon juice, Parsley Fresh
Notes
- Use a lettuce variety which is in season or which is more common in your part of the world. You can use a mixture of two, such as I did in the pictures. I use plain lettuce and iceberg salad to add a crunch.
- For the dressing, you can pick a chili sauce such as a vinegar-based Tabasco sauce or a thicker sriracha chili sauce. Decide how much heat you want and add accordingly.
- Use a Salad shaker to mix the ingredients for the dressing. Use a salad leave spinner to get rid of excess water on your salad.
- Gluten-free if used with gluten-free mayonnaise
Nutrition
Serving
The Shrimp Louie Salad makes a great stand-alone salad which is also filling due to the added proteins such as the boiled shrimp and hard-boiled egg.
Therefore, you can enjoy the shrimp salad as a lunch meal at home, or you can take it to work or school!
You can include the shrimp Louie into your meal prepping menu for the week, as it's a quickly prepared salad from scratch.
Just make sure to only pour the shrimp salad dressing over the salad once you are about to dig in for lunch.
This is a great BBQ summer salad or a potluck type of salad.
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How much chili sauce? That's an important fact.
Your website is really annoying. I don't want to read all your text; I want an option to jump to the recipe; but then I won't be exposed to all the ads, will I?
And then to find a measurement is missing!
Hi Lexi, the jump to the recipe option is the arrow right on top, you must have missed it. The measurements are not missing, they are all in the recipe card. You can add as much chili sauce as you want. It really depends on the chili sauce that you use. Sometimes a few drops are more than enough. I mentioned that in the recipe card.
So many ads popped up when I came to this website that I couldn’t read the text. Literally 2/3 of the page was blocked out by video at ads. If you want people to keep returning to the site I would suggest limiting the ads as much as possible.
Hi Alexandra, thanks for sharing your thoughts and concerns. I might consider creating an ad-free paid membership space in the future.
Made this tonight. AMAZING! Was great as is, added a squeeze of lemon(just my preferences). Will definitely make again.
thanks so much for your feedback Teresa! 🙂
There is no lemon listed in the recipe. However, you do mention it when talking about the dressing. Do you add it to the dressing?
Thanks for pointing this out Karen and sorry for the confusion. I wrote lime juice instead of lemon juice in the recipe card, my mistake. My recipe includes the lemon juice as a garnish. Another recipe variation would be to add a few drops of lemon juice into the dressing. At the same time I encourage to use a few drops of lime juice too instead of lemon juice.
Love this sauce! What is black pepper powder????
Black Pepper Powder is Black Peppercorns turned into a powder. You can use just crushed black pepper too.
Made this for dinner tonight. I’m not a huge hard boiled egg fan so I added black olives and some chopped red onion. Outstanding!
Helene, it’s very delicious! This salad has EVERYTHING I love.
Love this as a stand-alone pescatarian dish! So flavorful and easy to make!
This salad looks like a great light lunch option!
I made a crab louie salad last week so I'm thrilled to see your shrimp version. I can't always find crab, so making it with shrimp is a fabulous idea. Looks great! Thanks!