Jamaican Seafood Salad
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Jamaican Seafood Salad
You can almost feel the tropical breezes as you savor each bite of this delicate seafood and pasta salad.
Yield
Makes 6 (1-cup) servings
Ingredients
| 6 | ounces uncooked vermicelli noodles |
| 6 | ounces fresh or imitation crabmeat |
| 4 | ounces cooked medium shrimp |
| 1 | cup diagonally sliced yellow squash |
| 1 | cup diagonally sliced zucchini |
| 1 | tablespoon rice wine vinegar |
| 1 | tablespoon reduced-sodium soy sauce |
| 1 | tablespoon minced fresh cilantro |
| 1 | tablespoon lime juice |
| 2 | teaspoons dark sesame oil |
| 2 | teaspoons grated fresh ginger |
| 1 | teaspoon grated lime peel |
| 1/8 | teaspoon ground cinnamon |
Preparation
- Cook noodles according to package directions, omitting salt. Drain and rinse well under cold water until pasta is cool; drain well.
- Combine crabmeat, shrimp, yellow squash and zucchini in medium bowl.
- Combine vinegar, soy sauce, cilantro, lime juice, sesame oil, ginger, lime peel and cinnamon in small bowl; pour over vegetable mixture.
- Toss to coat evenly. Serve over noodles, chilled or at room temperature.
Nutritional Information
| Serving Size: | 1 cup |
| Calories | 176 |
| Calories from Fat | 14 % |
| Total Fat | 3 g |
| Saturated Fat | <1 g |
| Cholesterol | 52 mg |
| Carbohydrate | 23 g |
| Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 14 g |
| Sodium | 439 mg |
Dietary Exchange
| Starch | 1 |
| Vegetable | 1 |
| Meat | 1 |
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