Shrimp Salad With Louis Dressing Recipe

Recipe By The Spruce Eats

Shrimp louis salad is a variation of crab louis. It's a lunch staple at traditional restaurants and many families also enjoy it as a christmas eve tradition. This shrimp salad made with tomatoes, hard-cooked eggs, and a louis dressing of mayonnaise, chili sauce, and parsley. Also spelled shrimp louie, it's always pronounced in the french way, "Loo-ee, " The origins of this salad are from the west coast in the early 1900s. The original formulation features pacific northwest dungeness crab and it may have been named after louis davenport of the hotel davenport in spokane, washington, where it is still on the menu today. But the olympic club in seattle and the solari's restaurant in san francisco are likely candidates. Famed gastronome james beard remembered enjoying it in portland, oregon, in his youth. The shrimp version is common in oregon, where the local small bay shrimp are used. These are easily available pre-cooked in most supermarkets. You can also use larger frozen or fresh shrimp. To cook shrimp to add to the salad, you can saute them or broil them. See how to devein shrimp to remove the black gut line that can have grit. You'll also need hard-boiled eggs.

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Ingredients for Shrimp Salad With Louis Dressing Recipe

  • 1/2 cup Mayonnaise
  • 1 tablespoon Parsley
  • 1 tablespoon Chili sauce
  • 1/2 tablespoon Ketchup
  • 1/2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/2 tablespoon Steak Sauce
  • 1/2 Head Romaine Lettuce
  • 1 cup Large shrimp
  • 4 Tomato wedges
  • 1 Hard cooked eggs
Nutrition
value
576
calories per serving
26 g Fat45 g Protein38 g Carbs12 g FiberOther

Current Totals

  • Fat
    26g
  • Protein
    45g
  • Carbs
    38g
  • Fiber
    12g

MacroNutrients

  • Carbs
    38g
  • Protein
    45g
  • Fiber
    12g

Fats

  • Fat
    26g

Vitamins & Minerals

  • Calcium
    235mg
  • Iron
    6mg
  • Vitamin A
    5823mcg
  • Vitamin B1
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B2
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B3
    8mg
  • Vitamin B6
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B9
    208mcg
  • Vitamin B12
    3mcg
  • Vitamin C
    208mg
  • Vitamin E
    4mg
  • Copper
    < 1mcg
  • Magnesium
    161mg
  • Manganese
    < 1mg
  • Phosphorus
    552mg
  • Selenium
    84mcg
  • Zinc
    4mg
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. All nutritional information presented are estimates and not meant to substitute professional dietary advice or treatment
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Recipe By The Spruce Eats