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Prawn Mango Avocado Summer Salad

By:Nagi
Published:2 Jan '19Updated:5 Feb '23
111 Comments
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A big, juicy Prawn Mango Avocado Summer Salad!! Tossed with a fresh lime dressing, this is a magical combination of textures and flavours that’s summer in a (giant) bowl.

A terrific almost no-cook meal option or a great summer salad for a crowd. This is also how I make prawns (shrimp) stretch further!

Close up overhead photo of Prawn Mango Avocado Summer Salad with Lime Dressing in a bowl, ready to be served

Summer Salad – Prawns, Mango and Avocado!

I’m a bit fussy when it comes to fruit in meals. I never got on board the pork with apple thing. I’m not really a big fan of fruity sauces with roasts unless it errs more towards savoury or tart than sweet.

But mangoes with prawns? It’s a match made in heaven. It’s like tomato and basil. They are just meant to be!

Not that I’ve stopped there. Prawns and mango are the star ingredients in this summer salad, but just look at all the other goodness we’ve got here…. Creamy avocado – umm, hello! Juicy cherry tomatoes, fresh leafy greens, freshness from red onion and coriander/cilantro, all tossed through with a zesty lime dressing..

Who ever said salads are boring….! 😂

Prawn Mango Avocado Summer Salad with Lime Dressing overhead photo

Ingredients in Prawn Mango Avocado Summer Salad with Lime Dressing

Make less prawns stretch further

You may have noticed that the prawns in this Summer Salad are chopped, which is a bit unusual. I do this for two reasons:

1. Stretch the prawns further – Big, juicy, bright orange prawns are in their prime during summer, but they aren’t cheap! Especially if you get really good quality ones.

So this is how I make less prawns go further. By chopping them, you get to have a bit of prawn in every single bite rather than just 5 prawns on your plate that disappear in 5 seconds. (Oh wait, is that just me? 😂)

2. Eat with a spoon – chopped = food you can eat with a spoon of which I am a big fan. Partly convenience (eg eyes remain glued to TV / book whilst eating), partly laziness (no need to cut with knife and fork). Partly greediness (you can shovel way more in your mouth in one go).

Risoni / orzo and shrimp

Make it a meal

This is a Summer Salad that’s intended to be a meal. And while it would be lower calorie to skip out on any type of carb, I like to fill this salad out using risoni / orzo, rice (any type) or quinoa (see this recipe for how to cook it). You’ll love how it soaks up all the flavour from the juicy prawns, mango and the dressing!

Giant couscous (pearl couscous) would also be ideal in this (cook it the way I do in this Israeli Couscous Salad). If you’re making this to impress, try using Wild Rice instead of risoni (cook it per this Wild Rice Salad recipe). The black colour and nuttiness of the rice looks and tastes spectacular!

Prawn Mango Avocado Summer Salad with Lime Dressing in a white bowl, ready to be eaten

How to make it

This is a straight forward recipe that calls for more chopping than anything else! Make the Lime Dressing first (just olive oil, fresh lime juice, garlic, S&P) to give the flavours time to meld. Cook the risoni/orzo. And meanwhile, chop the other ingredients, then bring it all together.

How to make Prawn Mango Avocado Summer Salad with Lime Dressing

How to dice mango

Quick tip! Here’s an easy way to dice mango: Cut the cheeks off, score a grid in the flesh, then run a spoon around the rim then scoop the flesh out. And like magic, cubes of mango come tumbling out!

Depending on the size of your mango, some of these cubes will probably be larger than ideal so just cut them a bit smaller.

How to dice mango

Prawn Mango Avocado Summer Salad with Lime Dressing in a bowl, ready to be served

I just realised that I’ve used far more photos than necessary for such a simple Summer Salad.

I can’t resist. The self confessed Queen of Brown Foods (curries, gravies etc) is overly excited to be faced with all the beautiful colours in this salad.

Colourful food doesn’t happen often around here. Let me indulge! 😂 ~ Nagi x


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Prawn Mango Avocado Salad with Risoni

Prawn Mango Avocado Summer Salad with Lime Dressing

Author: Nagi
Prep: 15 mins
Cook: 10 mins
Total: 25 mins
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5 from 35 votes
Servings4 - 5 people
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Recipe video above (useful tips for chopping mango and avo). Prawns, Mango and Avocado are a magical combination! This summer salad is fresh and healthy, yet satisfying to have as a meal or great for sharing! Make this with: rice, quinoa, risoni/orzo or pearl couscous.

Ingredients

Salad:

  • 2.5 cups cooked risoni/orzo or similar (Note 1)
  • 300 – 400g / 10 – 12 oz cooked peeled prawns / shrimp (~750g unpeeled whole cooked)
  • 1 large mango , cut 1.5cm / ½” pieces
  • 1 large ripe avocado , cut 1.5cm / ½” pieces
  • 75 g / 2.5 oz rocket / arugula , roughly chopped (Note 2)
  • 250 g / 8oz cherry tomatoes , halved
  • 1/2 red onion , finely sliced
  • 1/4 cup coriander / cilantro leaves , finely chopped (Note 2)

Lime Dressing:

  • 4 tbsp (60 ml) extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 tbsp (30 ml) lime juice (fresh), plus more to taste
  • 1 small garlic clove , minced
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper

Instructions

  • Shake Dressing in a jar.
  • Chop prawns into 1.75 – 2 cm / 2/3” pieces. 
  • Place all Salad Ingredients in a bowl, pour over dressing. Toss very gently using rubber spatula. Adjust to taste with more lime if desired. Serve immediately!

Recipe Notes:

1. Other Options: Use anything that's fairly small so it gets soaked with all the juicy flavours going on in this salad. Risoni/orzo is my go-to for this type of salad (good shape for this type of salad, soaks up flavours well) and if I'm making to impress, I use Wild Rice (black rice looks dramatic + extra flavour from nuttiness of rice).
* Risoni / orzo (small rice shaped pasta) - use 3/4 cup uncooked, boil per packet (usually 7 minutes or so)
* Quinoa - cook per this recipe, use 3/4 cup (use recipe scaler in that recipe and adjust until uncooked quinoa amount becomes 3/4 cup)
* White Rices^ - 1 cup uncooked with 1 1/2 cups water in saucepan. Cover, bring to simmer, then turn down to medium low. Cook 12 - 15 min until water is absorbed, remove from heat, leave lid on. Stand 10 minutes, fluff, cool, use required amount for this recipe. Freeze remainder and stockpile to use for Fried Rice!
Best to use long grain or medium grain white rice, jasmine or basmati. Short grain or sushi rice also ok (but the previous listed are better). Do not use: risotto or paella rice.
* Brown Rice^ - 1 cup uncooked with 2 cups water. Cook as above except it will take 35 to 40 minutes, measure out amount required for this recipe.
* Wild Rice - cook per this recipe.
* Pearl / Giant Couscous - cook per packet
^ Hard to cook less than 1 cup. Put leftovers in freezer, stockpile and use for Fried Rice!
2. Variations / subs:
  • Rocket (arugula) - sub with baby or normal spinach, other leafy greens or shredded cabbage
  • Coriander/cilantro - sub with parsley or chives or green onion
  • Other variations - lemon instead of lime, crab or other seafood, even chopped seafood sticks! Beans instead of risoni/orzo or for a low carb option, try cauliflower rice.
  • Add ins - corn, cucumber, shaved fennel, cooked diced capsicum/bell peppers or zucchini
3. Servings  - This will serve 4 to 5 people as a main, or 10 to 12 as a side salad with a selection of other dishes. It would be a terrific side to take to a gathering!

Nutrition Information:

Calories: 536cal (27%)Carbohydrates: 51g (17%)Protein: 29g (58%)Fat: 24g (37%)Saturated Fat: 3g (19%)Cholesterol: 252mg (84%)Sodium: 1085mg (47%)Potassium: 665mg (19%)Fiber: 7g (29%)Sugar: 9g (10%)Vitamin A: 1240IU (25%)Vitamin C: 44.3mg (54%)Calcium: 202mg (20%)Iron: 4.7mg (26%)
Keywords: Prawn Mango Avocado Salad, Summer Salad
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111 Comments

  1. Penny Maw says

    December 13, 2019 at 8:16 pm

    Sooo Good

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      December 16, 2019 at 9:58 am

      Thanks Penny!

      Reply
  2. JP says

    October 25, 2019 at 10:00 pm

    Hi Nagi
    Just made the prawn, mango, avacado etc salad for dinner. I did add a bunch of chillies cos I love them and wow what a great salad. Might just eat it every day, it was so yummy. Next I’m going to make the fudge cake, looks sooo good. Love your site, your recipes and your gorgeous pooch.

    Thanks, I’ll be back
    JP

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      October 27, 2019 at 5:10 pm

      I’m so glad you loved it JP!

      Reply
  3. Lucy Katz says

    September 8, 2019 at 4:27 am

    5 stars
    Yummy recipe. Other than not using the cilantro, I didn’t change anything. It was delicious. Great for a hot summer day.

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      September 8, 2019 at 3:17 pm

      Perfect Lucy!!

      Reply
  4. Michelle G says

    August 13, 2019 at 2:34 am

    5 stars
    Another fabulous recipe added to our rotation. I’m not a lover of salad (boring!) and my husband is funny about fruit with ‘savoury’ food but it looked too good not to try, and I’m glad I did. There were just so many taste combinations! Thanks Nagi 🙂

    Reply
  5. Anita Allen says

    July 25, 2019 at 1:24 am

    Absolutely love this salad, made it just as you said, thanks Nagi!

    Reply
  6. MM says

    July 25, 2019 at 12:33 am

    5 stars
    Absolutely lovely!!

    Was perfect for a hot summer night in Canada. Making it again for company on our upcoming holiday weekend.

    Made it with mangos once and then used strawberries which are in season here.

    Can’t wait to try it with peaches next month when they arrive at our farmer’s market.

    Perfect summer meal.

    Reply
  7. Carl Paul says

    June 27, 2019 at 3:16 am

    5 stars
    This caught me totally off guard. The salad was so fresh and lite(light), and amazingly tasteful. I plan to make this a regular meal for myself.

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      June 27, 2019 at 5:58 pm

      That’s awesome Carl!

      Reply
  8. Howard Riley says

    May 6, 2019 at 3:15 am

    My wife pushing for this, gonna try it for tomorrow’s dinner, looks yummy. Well done on the formatting of the ‘print’ version, nice small pic, clear layout, no wasted space – so many cookery sites get this aspect wrong! The quantities ‘slider’ is an added bonus.

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      May 6, 2019 at 8:43 am

      Thanks so much for the great feedback Howard, I hope you love the salad!

      Reply
  9. Brenda Alizzi says

    February 27, 2019 at 12:15 am

    5 stars
    EXCELLENT

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      February 27, 2019 at 9:40 am

      Awesome Brenda!

      Reply
  10. Holly Turner says

    February 25, 2019 at 10:51 am

    What can you substitute mango for in your
    Prawn Mango Avocado Summer Salad with Lime Dressing. Not a lover of mango.

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      February 25, 2019 at 5:45 pm

      Hi Holly, peaches would be nice too!

      Reply
  11. Meredith Cuthbert says

    January 12, 2019 at 7:05 pm

    This was just beautiful refreshing and not a heavy meal for a 42deg night. Will defiantly make again could add a bbq chook as well thank you 😊

    Reply
  12. Linda Shore says

    January 12, 2019 at 2:40 pm

    Hi Nagi, I made this summer salad last night for dinner and it was amazing. I put a teaspoon of seeded mustard in the dressing but otherwise made to order and it was a definite winner with everyone.

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      January 12, 2019 at 7:55 pm

      Oh that sounds lovely, I’ll have to try it!

      Reply
  13. Soo says

    January 8, 2019 at 4:41 pm

    Nagi, this recipe is amazing! I jumped to the supermarket right after I saw this video and It taste amazing! I used lemon instead of lime but still fresh and delicious!
    I never fail your recipe!
    Thank you!

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      January 9, 2019 at 9:34 am

      You’re so welcome!!

      Reply
  14. Sarah says

    January 5, 2019 at 9:00 pm

    5 stars
    Thank you for sharing this recipe! Tried it for dinner tonight and it was incredible!

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      January 6, 2019 at 9:57 pm

      Wahoo! So glad you loved it Sarah!

      Reply
  15. Vikki Spicer says

    January 5, 2019 at 8:58 am

    5 stars
    Hi Nagi, this is absolutely delicious! Been very hot in old Melbourne town this week so was looking for a new salad. Had the family for dinner & everyone loved it even the husband who doesn’t eat mango! I was a bit worried about the dressing as it was very tangy on it’s own but once added to the salad just perfect! Off on holidays for a couple of weeks today so have bought some frozen cooked prawns in preparation for making it again!! Thanks & happy New Year!

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      January 6, 2019 at 9:58 pm

      Woot! Now that’s a compliment!

      Reply
  16. Cheryl says

    January 4, 2019 at 7:32 pm

    5 stars
    Made this tonight but used the rest of our Christmas ham instead of prawns – delish and devoured by everyone! Thanks Nagi

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      January 6, 2019 at 9:58 pm

      Ohh good idea, I’ll have to try that!

      Reply
  17. Cathy says

    January 3, 2019 at 8:29 pm

    5 stars
    I made this today and I cannot believe what Amazing flavours I was tasting!
    What a SUPERB Salad!
    I will be making this often such a delicious light dinner!
    Thankyou xxx

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      January 6, 2019 at 9:59 pm

      🙌 I’m so happy you loved it Cathy!

      Reply
  18. Janet Hamilton says

    January 3, 2019 at 1:57 pm

    I love this recipe Nagi. We have it at least least weekly. When mangos are not in season, I use lovely fresh oranges, with some Japanese seaweed salad as a variation. When I do this is garnish with your Vietnamese Nuoc Cham dressing. For guests I add roughly chopped or crushes macadamias. Such a refreshing salad – thank you as always Nagi.!

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      January 6, 2019 at 9:59 pm

      Sounds great Janet, love the idea of the macadamias!

      Reply
  19. Vera G says

    January 3, 2019 at 12:39 pm

    Good one Nagi, BRAVO! Perfect timing, TOMMOROW 42 C, STINKER. GOT EVERYTHING AT HOME JUST NEED TO GET PROWNS. SORRY NOT SURE ABOUT MANGO, BUT WILL TRY MAYBE A 1/4 for start. Love whole concept of it. Using spoon remands me of my Dear Dad forward the end he loved one pot meal and spoon was bonus. Do not worrie about holiday mood just join in and enjoy life like rest of us. You/ we deserve it, afterall its only one Xmas. Oh you know by now how mad I’m about Dozer so once again am sending his photo to Germany. My Sister nurse that’s visiting her every Am has new dog which only now she brings with her and Mira / sister Loves it. So EXTRA THANK YOU FOR DOZER PHOTOS ILL DO AS MUCH AS I CAN TO MAKE HER DAY BRIGHTER AND PUT SMILE ON HER FACE. OK, THATS ALL FOR NOW. CHEERIO!!

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      January 6, 2019 at 10:00 pm

      Did you try it Vera? I’d love to know what you think!

      Reply
  20. Eha says

    January 3, 2019 at 10:11 am

    You have just refined my favourite summer salad by using lime and adding orzo! And including that pic of an appreciative Dozer thanking a Mom who does not have a jester or silver party hat on the ready is just great 🙂 ! Oh such a happy productive year to you both !! BUT, about that weather . . . inland and 110 kms south of Sydney we are in the middle of the nastiest heatwave with not one day under 35C in the last eleven and another three to come !! No air conditioning . . . oh do enjoy the sea breeze . . .

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      January 6, 2019 at 10:01 pm

      Woah! I don’t envy you with that weather!! Today was actually cool here, hopefully you get some relief soon!

      Reply
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