Cooking notes

Shrimp-watermelon salad with avocado and chile-lime pepitas

Name: Shrimp-watermelon salad with avocado and chile-lime pepitas
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 29 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 lb Peeled shrimp; 4 cups Cubed watermelon; 1 ea Avocado; 1 ea Cucumber; 0.25 cups Pumpkin seeds; 4 cups Baby greens; 2 ea Lime; 0.5 tbsp Honey; 0.5 tbsp Chile powder; 0.5 tbsp Smoked paprika

Cook shrimp and toast pepitas ahead. Wet elements travel alone. Assemble at the last minute. This is dinner. The shrimp carries the weight — do not cook a second main beside it.

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Base recipe

This is the base recipe: one batch, 4 portions. Nothing has been scaled, because there is no committed plan for this dish. Build and commit a plan that includes it and this card multiplies itself to the batch count the plan computes.

Base recipe · one batch, 4 portions25 min active29 min totalmoderate

Leftover route

Keep melon, shrimp, dressing and greens apart. Dressed salad turns to pink water.

Ingredients · one batch

Peeled shrimp1 lb
Cubed watermelon4 cups
Avocado1 ea
Cucumber1 ea
Pumpkin seeds0.25 cups
Baby greens4 cups
Lime2 ea
Honey0.5 tbsp
Chile powder0.5 tbsp
Smoked paprika0.5 tbsp

What does not scale

Multiplying the ingredients is the easy half. These are the parts of the recipe that the batch count does not move.

Cooking time: Pan time scales, because a second panful is a second turn: about 10 minutes at the stove in total. Crowding one pan to save a round drops the heat and stews it.
Seasoning: Seasoning figures are a starting point at any batch size. Taste before it reaches the table — the multiple is arithmetic, and salt is not.

Method

Read the whole method before you shop. This is a planning recipe for shrimp-watermelon salad with avocado and chile-lime pepitas, not a certified kitchen test.
Amounts below are one batch: 4 portions. Build a plan and this card scales itself to it.
Stovetop occupancy is about 10 minutes at this scale. One pan, do not crowd.
Hold time is short (8 min). Finish close to service. Do not guess a longer hold.
Leftover route: Keep melon, shrimp, dressing and greens apart. Dressed salad turns to pink water.
Confirm every ingredient and every allergen yourself. Dietary tags are planning filters, not safety guarantees.

Make-ahead

Day-of only. Do not make this ahead and invent a hold.

Scaling

Base recipe: one batch, 4 portions. Nothing has been scaled, because no plan was open. Cooking time does not move with the batch: about 10 minutes at the stove either way.

Not every line here was multiplied by the same number. Why doubling a recipe is not multiplication

Equipment

Stovetop · Cold storage · Landing space

Planning filters

contains fish · contains shellfish

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