Rejesalat med Asparges – Shrimp Salad With White Asparagus

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Rejesalat med Asparges – Shrimp Salad With White Asparagus

April 28, 2014 by mydanishkitchen

Shrimp Salad With White Asparagus

For a beautiful, warm spring day like today I think we need a light and delicious Shrimp Salad served on a small slice of French bread. I’ve had my eye on this Shrimp Salad for quite some time now, and today is the perfect day for it. The most important thing about making it, is to make sure that you get as much liquid out of the shrimp and asparagus as possible and that is difficult to do with the fragile marinated asparagus without squashing them. I still ended up with a little too much liquid in mine but the salad was still wonderful and very fresh tasting. Perhaps next time I’ll try in addition to gently patting the asparagus dry, also letting them sit for awhile on some paper towels to try and absorb some more liquid. This is a really nice, refreshing Shrimp Salad with a hint of lemon. Enjoy!

Shrimp Salad With White Asparagus

Ingredients:

200 grams small shrimp (peeled, deveined and cooked)

16-18 thin white asparagus (marinated in water)

1 deciliter Hellmann’s mayo

1 tablespoon ketchup

a small sprinkle of fresh lemon juice

a pinch of ground chili powder

Directions:

If using frozen shrimp, defrost, drain and thoroughly pat dry the shrimp. Remove asparagus from marinade water, place on paper towel and gently pat dry. It is important to remove as much liquid from shrimp and asparagus as possible to avoid a wet shrimp salad. Cut asparagus into bite size pieces. In a small bowl add mayo, ketchup, lemon juice and chili powder, stir. Add shrimp and asparagus to mayo mixture and gently mix to combine. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use. Serve with French bread. Enjoy!

Source: Dalsgaard i Skivholme

Posted in Appetizers, Danish, Lunch, New Years Eve, Quick and Easy, Salad, Seafood | Tagged appetizer, asparagus, asparges, Danish, dansk, Lunch, rejer, rejesalat, salad, shrimp | 12 Comments

12 Responses

on June 24, 2014 at 12:51 Victoria

This sounds delicious! Is the asparagus canned or fresh? If fresh, do I cook it first?
- on June 25, 2014 at 04:54 mydanishkitchen
  
  I used canned white asparagus, if you use fresh asparagus you would have to peel and boil them first.
on May 9, 2014 at 21:04 jc

Nice to meet you (…over the internet ;-)). I moved to Denmark recently and now I’m trying to cook with Danish ingredients available, and I found your blog! So great. Thank you for wonderful recipes. I look forward to more of it 😀
- on May 10, 2014 at 05:03 mydanishkitchen
  
  I am so glad you are enjoying My Danish Kitchen JC 🙂
on May 2, 2014 at 14:35 Karin

And don’t forget the butter on the bread…. 😉
on April 28, 2014 at 09:04 electriclesbian

En af mine ydlingsretter!
on April 28, 2014 at 08:15 Sid's cooking again...

We get some wonderful fresh shrimp here, and this recipe sounds like the kind my mom used to make. I think it would be perfect, on a nice slice of fresh french bread.
on April 28, 2014 at 05:21 Karen Engell Dalsgaard

I usually let the asparagus drain in a sieve and press them lightly with the back of my hand to get more water out. I do the same thing to the shrimps. Moderate physical pressure – works every time 😉 Your idea of using a paper towel afterwards is a good one.
- on April 28, 2014 at 05:54 mydanishkitchen
  
  Even a little wet, it was super delicious and I love the hint of lemon 🙂 Great recipe Karen.
  - on April 28, 2014 at 09:21 Karen Engell Dalsgaard
    
    Thanks 🙂
on April 28, 2014 at 05:16 ramblingtart

This sounds absolutely wonderful. 🙂 It’s hard to find shrimp here in Australia, but they LOVE prawns, so perhaps I can make it that way. 🙂
- on April 28, 2014 at 05:52 mydanishkitchen
  
  Same thing here, you really have to look for the small shrimp. In Denmark they have really delicious small shrimp and they are so much more popular.