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Chili-Lime Shrimp Lettuce Wraps with Avocado Sauce

Juicy, smoky-spiced seared shrimp tucked into crisp romaine with crunchy mango-cucumber slaw and a cool, tangy avocado-lime sauce.

Chili-Lime Shrimp Lettuce Wraps with Avocado Sauce

Ingredients

  • 1½ lb680 gShrimppatted dry
  • 6⅓ cups chopped300 gRomaine lettuceseparated into whole leaves
  • 1 whole201 gAvocadopitted and scooped
  • 4 oz120 gPlain Greek yogurt, nonfat
  • 1½ limes, juiced66 gLime juice
  • ½ whole165 gMangodiced
  • ½ medium (8 in.)150 gCucumberdiced
  • 2 cups shredded140 gGreen cabbagethinly shredded
  • ½ medium55 gRed onionfinely diced
  • 1 cup chopped16 gFresh cilantrochopped
  • 1 whole14 gJalapeñoseeded and minced
  • 2 cloves6 gGarlicminced
  • 1½ tbsp20 gOlive oil
  • 1¾ tsp5 gChili powder
  • 1¼ tsp3 gPaprika (sweet or smoked)
  • 1 tsp2 gGround cumin
  • ½ tsp3 gSalt
  • 1 cup200 gLong-grain brown rice, dryrinsed
  • 2 cups475 gWater

Steps

  1. Bring the water to a boil in a saucepan, stir in the brown rice, cover and simmer on low about 40 minutes until tender; rest covered 5 minutes, then fluff. Prepare everything else while it cooks.
  2. Make the avocado sauce: blend or mash the avocado with the Greek yogurt, one third of the lime juice, the garlic and one third of the salt until smooth. Chill until serving.
  3. Make the slaw: toss the cabbage, mango, cucumber, red onion, jalapeño and half of the cilantro with one third of the lime juice and one third of the salt.
  4. Toss the shrimp with the chili powder, paprika, cumin and the remaining third of the salt.
  5. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp in a single layer and cook 2 to 3 minutes per side until pink and opaque, then drizzle with the remaining third of the lime juice.
  6. Wash and dry the romaine leaves and arrange them on a platter.
  7. To serve, spoon the brown rice into the romaine leaves, top with the shrimp and slaw, add a spoonful of the avocado sauce and finish with the remaining half of the cilantro.

Contains: Milk, Shellfish.

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