Cottage Cheese Lemon Dill Shrimp (Printable)
Shrimp and cottage cheese with lemon-dill, red onion and celery in butter lettuce cups—light, protein-rich, and low-carb.
# List of ingredients:
→ Shrimp Salad
01 - 9 oz small cooked shrimp, peeled and deveined
02 - 7 oz cottage cheese
03 - 2 tbsp fresh dill, finely chopped
04 - Zest and juice of 1 lemon
05 - 2 tbsp red onion, finely chopped
06 - 1 celery stalk, finely diced
07 - 1/4 tsp salt
08 - 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
09 - 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
→ Salad Cups & Garnish
10 - 8 large butter lettuce leaves (or Bibb lettuce)
11 - 1 tbsp fresh chives, finely chopped
12 - Lemon wedges, for serving
# Steps:
01 - In a large mixing bowl, combine the shrimp, cottage cheese, dill, lemon zest, lemon juice, red onion, celery, salt, pepper, and olive oil. Gently fold until all ingredients are evenly incorporated.
02 - Taste the mixture and adjust salt, pepper, or lemon juice as needed to balance the flavors.
03 - Carefully separate the butter lettuce leaves, rinse under cold water, and pat dry thoroughly with a clean towel.
04 - Spoon the shrimp salad evenly among the lettuce leaves, dividing the mixture into 8 portions.
05 - Sprinkle chopped chives over the filled cups and serve immediately with lemon wedges on the side.
# Expert Advice:
01 -
- The cottage cheese trick makes everything incredibly creamy without needing mayonnaise, and nobody ever guesses the secret.
- These cups come together in under thirty minutes, which means you can throw them together right before guests arrive without breaking a sweat.
02 -
- Wet lettuce leaves will make your cups slippery and cause the filling to slide right off, so dry them completely before assembling.
- The salad tastes noticeably better after sitting in the fridge for fifteen minutes because the flavors settle and marry together.
03 -
- Chop the shrimp into uniform pieces so every scoop has the same ratio of protein to creamy filling.
- Run your knife through the dill one extra time because large herb pieces catch on the spoon and make the cups harder to fill evenly.