This beautiful Dill Shrimp Appetizer is a light, fresh, and easy low carb appetizer recipe made with shrimp tossed in a creamy dill sauce served on a crisp cucumber slice.

Shrimp and Dill Cucumber Appetizer | This beautiful shrimp and dill appetizer is an easy appetizer for parties and makes a great low carb brunch recipe. Steamed shrimp in a light dill sauce served on cucumber slices makes an easy shrimp appetizer that is a light and fresh Easter brunch recipe or Mother’s Day brunch recipe.Dill Shrimp Appetizer

This Dill Shrimp Appetizer recipe is the perfect appetizer for a party. It is simple, elegant, light appetizer that you can serve at a brunch or a dinner party. It’s great for feeding a group of people because it is gluten-free and low carb!

DILL SHRIMP APPETIZER
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Note: This post may contain affiliate links. That means if you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Thank you!Shrimp and Dill Cucumber Appetizer | This beautiful shrimp and dill appetizer is an easy appetizer for parties and makes a great low carb brunch recipe. Steamed shrimp in a light dill sauce served on cucumber slices makes an easy shrimp appetizer that is a light and fresh Easter brunch recipe or Mother’s Day brunch recipe.

All of the flavor in this delicious shrimp appetizer comes from the sauce. It’s a mixture of sour cream, mayonnaise, fresh dill, lemon zest, and a pinch of salt. If you can make the sauce the night before the flavors really come together and the dill adds this light, fresh, taste to the shrimp. You can steam the shrimp the day before too and add it to the sauce to let it marinate over night. That gives you the most bang for your buck when it comes to flavor AND let’s face it, nothing is better than a brunch recipe you can make ahead of time because seriously, who wants to be up at 5am cooking ?!

Shrimp and Dill Cucumber Appetizer | This beautiful shrimp and dill appetizer is an easy appetizer for parties and makes a great low carb brunch recipe. Steamed shrimp in a light dill sauce served on cucumber slices makes an easy shrimp appetizer that is a light and fresh Easter brunch recipe or Mother’s Day brunch recipe.

You can serve these shrimp on toast points, crostini, pita bread, or even crackers but my favorite way to eat them is on a cucumber slice. The light taste of the cucumber doesn’t get in the way of the bright, fresh flavors of the dill shrimp and it has a nice crispness to it that I just love. Serving the shrimp on cucumber slices also makes this a low carb appetizer.

Tips for making Dill Shrimp Appetizer:

  • Make the sauce the night before and toss the shrimp in it. That gives the shrimp time to take on the flavor overnight.
  • If you’re serving it on cucumbers add a little pinch of salt to the cucumber slice before placing the shrimp on it.
  • If you want to make the recipe even lighter you can skip the sour cream and mayo and substitute Greek yogurt instead.

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Servings: 6
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes

Shrimp and Dill Appetizer

This Shrimp and Dill Appetizer is a healthy appetizer recipe that is quick and easy to make. 
Shrimp and Dill Cucumber Appetizer | This beautiful shrimp and dill appetizer is an easy appetizer for parties and makes a great low carb brunch recipe. Steamed shrimp in a light dill sauce served on cucumber slices makes an easy shrimp appetizer that is a light and fresh Easter brunch recipe or Mother’s Day brunch recipe.
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Ingredients

  • 24 Shrimp, , fresh or frozen (thawed), peeled and tails off
  • 3/4 c Sour Cream
  • 1/4 c Mayonnaise
  • 1 Tbsp Dill, , fresh
  • 1 tsp Lemon Zest
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1-2 Cucumbers, , large, sliced

Instructions

  • Bring a pot with a small amount of water to a boil.
  • Place shrimp in a steaming basket and place it in the pot.
  • Steam shrimp for about 5 minutes or until fully cooked.
  • Remove shrimp from pot and let cool.
  • In a large bowl with an airtight lid mix together the sour cream, mayonnaise, dill, lemon zest, and salt.
  • Add shrimp to the sauce and toss until throughly covered. Place the lid on the bowl and store in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour (overnight is best if possible).
  • Slice up cucumbers and when ready to serve place one shrimp on each cucumber.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

Note: We are not certified nutritionists. These nutritional values were calculated using MyFitnessPal.com. 

Nutrition

Serving: 4shrimp, Calories: 295kcal, Carbohydrates: 2g, Protein: 49g, Fat: 10g, Saturated Fat: 4g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g, Cholesterol: 13mg, Sodium: 1185mg, Potassium: 562mg, Vitamin A: 650IU, Vitamin C: 9.1mg, Calcium: 180mg, Iron: 4.3mg
Nutrition Disclaimer: We are not certified nutritionists. Nutrition facts are an estimate and are provided as a courtesy. They are generated by an online API which recognizes ingredient names and amounts and makes calculations based on the serving size. Results may vary.
Author: Kat Jeter & Melinda Caldwell
Course: Appetizer