Shrimp Louie is a traditional salad from California made with shrimp, lettuce, egg and tomato. The dressing is similar to
Thousand Island dressing
Thousand Island dressing is a creamy salad dressing and condiment made from a base of mayonnaise and usually ketchup or tomato purée and chopped pickles, (Note: 2 different recipes are offered in this book) and typically including a variety of ...
and is made with mayonnaise, ketchup, chili sauce,
Worcestershire sauce
Worcestershire sauce or Worcester sauce (UK: ) is a fermented liquid condiment invented by pharmacists John Wheeley Lea and William Henry Perrins in the city of Worcester in Worcestershire, England, during the first half of the 19th century ...
, onion, salt, and pepper. Shrimp Louie originated in San Francisco in the early 1900s. A variation on the salad includes avocado.
[Iizuka, Nicole (February 24, 2011)]
"How to Make Shrimp Louie"
''Ask.com''. Archived fro
the original
on April 14, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2016. A version made with crab is known as
Crab Louie
Crab Louie salad, also known as Crab Louis salad or the King of Salads, is a type of salad featuring crab meat. The recipe dates back to the early 1900s and originates on the West Coast of the United States.
History
The exact origins of the dish ...
.
See also
*
List of salads
Salad is any of a wide variety of dishes including green salads; vegetable salads; long beans; salads of pasta, legumes, or grains; mixed salads incorporating meat, poultry, or seafood; and fruit salads. They often include vegetables and fruits.
...
References
{{Salads
Shrimp dishes
American salads
Cuisine of the San Francisco Bay Area
History of San Francisco
American egg dishes
Tomato dishes