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Jicama Salad Bowl |
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Serves: 2
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(Taza de Jicama)
Category: Vegetable Salads
Makes 2 to 3 servings
During a recent visit to Mexico, while walking through the busy market fondas (food stalls) in the historical colonial city of Guanajuato in central Mexico, my husband and I noticed a carefully peeled jicama with the center scooped out and filled with a crisp salad of orange, avocado, and radish pieces. My husband was so intrigued that he couldn't wait to create a jicama salad bowl as soon as we got home.
One salad can be shared by 2 to 3 people in the same way as a table salsa is shared, to be eaten along with the entrée. When the filling is eaten, slice up the jicama bowl and eat it, too! Look for pale-skinned, uniformly round and unblemished, medium-size jicamas for the best-looking and best-tasting jicama bowls. Serve with fish or chicken entrées.
1 pale-skinned round jicama (about 1 1/4 pounds)
1 orange, peeled and cut into small pieces
1 avocado (Hass variety preferred), peeled, seeded, and cut into small pieces
4 to 5 radishes, quartered
1 jalapeño pepper, seeded, veins removed, and finely diced
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 teaspoon fresh lime juice
1/4 teaspoon salt, or to taste
1 seedless cucumber, sliced into 1/4-inch rounds
1. Cut a 1/4-inch slice off the bottom of the jicama so it will sit flat. Cut a 1-inch slice off the top. Peel the jicama as neatly as possible. Using a melon ball tool carefully scoop out the center, leaving a 3/4-inch shell all around. Set aside.
2. Put the orange, avocado, radishes, and jalapeño in a medium mixing bowl. Cut some of the scooped out center into small pieces and add to the bowl. Add the oil, lime juice, and salt. Toss to mix. Spoon the salad into the jicama shell. (Any extra salad can be added to the bowl later, or served separately.) Place the jicama shell on a round serving plate. Arrange the cucumber slices around the jicama. The salad can be made ahead and refrigerated for up to 2 hours before serving.
From "1,000 Mexican Recipes." Copyright 2001 by Marge Poore. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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