Not only loved for its refreshing taste, but it is also combined with many delicious and nutritious dishes. In particular, we have to mention grapefruit salad with salmon and grapefruit seafood salad, two incredibly attractive and flavorful dishes. Let’s get into the kitchen to prepare these two delicious salads!
1. Grapefruit Seafood Salad
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Preparation
30 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Grapefruit Seafood Salad Serves 2 people
Grapefruit flesh 500 gr Clams 1 kg Water 300 ml Lemongrass 10 gr Ginger 10 gr Squid with roe 200 gr Vinegar 50 ml Brown sugar 15 gr Fish sauce 50 ml Chili 10 gr Garlic 10 gr Carrot 100 gr Shredded young coconut 30 gr Toasted sesame 10 gr Roasted peanuts 20 gr Fried onions 20 gr Taro 50 gr Water spinach 10 gr Vietnamese coriander 10 gr
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose good squid
- To choose fresh squid, you should select large, thick-bodied, translucent, firm flesh with a good elasticity, and the abdomen containing eggs.
- Choose squid that have a dark brown body, fresh, bright eyes with a clear pupil. The tentacles should be firm and tightly attached to the head.
- Avoid choosing squid that have turned slightly bluish-green, have mushy flesh, the head is not firmly attached to the body, and have a very fishy smell.
How to choose good clams
- Fresh clams have tightly closed shells; if they are open, touching them should make them close quickly.
- Avoid choosing clams that are tightly closed, have a foul smell, or have shells that do not close, as they are dead clams.
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How to Make Seafood Pomelo Salad
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Preparation of Ingredients
Shallots, peeled garlic, minced finely. Carrots and cassava peeled, cut into small pieces. Ginger peeled, washed, sliced. Lemongrass washed, cut into pieces, smashed. Pomelo peeled, take the pomelo segments, then break them into small bite-sized pieces.
Mint, Vietnamese coriander washed, pick only the fresh green leaves without dark spots or pests.
Soak clams with sliced chili and salt to let the clams expel all the sand. Then rinse them again with water.
For squid, remove the ink sac, beak, and eyes. Use a knife to peel the skin and pull out the white backbone from the squid. Then rinse thoroughly with cold water.
See details: 5 common types of squid and how to make fresh squid clean and quick
Tips for cleaning clams of sand:
Method 1: Soak clams in diluted salt water with a few slices of chili.
Method 2: Soak clams in diluted salt water for about 1 hour, when you see the clams open their mouths, pour boiling water mixed with a little vinegar and carefully stir with your hand.
Method 3: Soak clams in diluted salt water for about 1 hour, when you see the clams open their mouths, stir vigorously to let the clams expel all the sand.
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Boiled clams and squid
You put a pot on the stove and add 200ml of water, add clams to boil with sliced ginger and lemongrass until the water boils vigorously, the clams are cooked and open. Then take them out and separate the meat.
Next, you keep the clam broth and add squid to boil for 15 minutes until the squid is cooked and cut into small pieces about 2 – 3cm.
You keep the broth and wait for the sediment to settle, then take the clear water on top to make the dipping sauce.
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Make the salad dressing
You add 15gr of brown sugar, 50ml of vinegar, 50ml of fish sauce, and the broth into a bowl and stir well. Finally, you add minced garlic and chili, then stir the mixture evenly.
Tip: You can replace vinegar with lemon juice in the same amount.
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Mixing salad
You add carrots, cassava into the bowl, then add shredded young coconut, grapefruit along with clams and squid. After that, you add cilantro and Vietnamese coriander on top, then sprinkle with roasted sesame, peanuts, and fried shallots. Finally, you add the dipping sauce and mix gently to avoid breaking the grapefruit, making it less delicious.
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Result
Seafood grapefruit salad with fresh ingredients like clams, squid, and fresh vegetables will make you eat continuously without feeling bored.
2. Grapefruit salad with salmon
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Preparation
30 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Grapefruit Salad with Salmon Serves 2
Smoked salmon 200 gr Grapefruit flesh 100 gr Spinach 200 gr Potato 50 gr Curly lettuce 100 gr Sweetened yogurt 50 gr Yellow mustard 20 gr Red cabbage 100 gr Lemon juice 20 gr Olive oil 50 ml Sugar 20 gr Cooking oil 100 ml Mayonnaise 50 gr
How to choose delicious ingredients
How to choose good salmon
- If you do not like smoked salmon, you can use fresh salmon as a substitute.
- Salmon can be eaten raw, but if you cannot eat it raw, you can pan-sear the salmon before making a salad.
For smoked salmon
- When choosing smoked salmon products, you should avoid buying those with dark colors. These types of salmon usually have an unpleasant taste that should have been removed during the packaging process.
- To ensure safety, you should buy salmon at specialty smoked food stores or reputable large stores. Note to check that the packaging is intact, not dented or bulging. Additionally, the expiration date should be far away, so it can be used for a long time and has a clear source of origin.
For fresh salmon
- Fresh salmon meat should have a bright pink or orange color. If the meat turns darker, it means the fish has started to spoil or is about to decompose.
- In addition, good meat will have excellent elasticity. When you press your finger into the fish meat and it leaves a dent but quickly returns to its original state, the salmon is still fresh.
- Observe the surface of the fish fillet; it should be dry, not wet or leaking strange fluids. The fat streaks on the fish should be uniformly colored and bright, not dull or brown-spotted.
- Moreover, fresh fish fillets will have a characteristic pleasant smell, without any strange or foul odor.
See more: How to choose good salmon, how to process and preserve fresh salmon for a long time, correctly
How to choose fresh and delicious vegetables
- Choose vegetables with fresh leaves, not bruised, and the stems should not be wilted.
- Avoid selecting those with too dark, shiny green colors; instead, choose those with a lighter green color. This is because vegetables that have been sprayed with growth stimulants often have abnormally good green leaves, very tender stems, and are thick. These bundles of vegetables can wilt and droop just from morning until afternoon.
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How to make Salmon Grapefruit Salad
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Prepare the ingredients
Peel and wash the potatoes, then shred them. Rinse the curly lettuce, red cabbage, and bok choy in diluted salt water to remove dirt, then rinse with clean water and drain.
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Making salad dressing
You put 50gr of yogurt, 50ml of olive oil, 20gr of yellow mustard, 20gr of lemon juice, 10gr of sugar, and 50gr of mayonnaise into the blender and blend until the mixture is smooth.
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Frying potatoes
You pour 100ml of oil into the frying pan, when the oil is hot, add the potatoes and fry over medium heat for 10 minutes until the potatoes are golden and crispy.
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Completion
First, you arrange each piece of salmon on a plate, gently tear the grapefruit and place it on top of the salmon, then add the spinach and crispy fries on top. After that, you add the various types of lettuce around to create a harmonious color for the salad plate, and finally add the dressing on top to complete.
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Product
Salmon is rich in nutrients, delicious, combined with refreshing vegetables, especially the sweet and sour grapefruit combined with a rich sauce, creating a tasty and irresistible dish.
How to choose good whole grapefruit
- You should choose grapefruits with taut, shiny skin, slightly yellowish, and round shape. When holding the grapefruit in your hand, if it feels heavy, it is a good, juicy grapefruit.
- To check if the grapefruit skin is thick or thin, you can lightly tap the skin with your fingertip; if you hear a “pop pop” sound, then the grapefruit has thick skin, while a “clack clack” sound indicates thin skin, so it should be purchased.
- Observe the thorns on the skin of the grapefruit; the larger the thorns, the riper and tastier the grapefruit is.
- For green-skinned grapefruit and Nam Roi grapefruit, you should choose fruits weighing around 1kg or more, which feel firm in the hand and are not too large. The skin of the grapefruit should be taut and shiny, with a green color but a golden hue, and large thorns indicate good quality grapefruits.
How to choose pre-peeled grapefruit
- You should choose reputable stores to buy from. Avoid buying pre-peeled grapefruit that is displayed directly under sunlight or in damp places.
- When purchasing, check the expiration date printed on the packaging. Choose grapefruit with a relatively new production date, which is usually within the same day.
- When observing, ensure the packaging is not dented, torn, etc. The grapefruit segments should be intact, not tough, bruised, or discolored with black spots or leaking juice.
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Above are 2 recipes for salmon and seafood grapefruit salad that are extremely delicious and appealing. Wishing you success with the recipes shared by TasteVN!
*Image and recipe references from the YouTube channel Mon Ngon Moi Ngay and Esheep Kitchen
