Sweet Salsa Salad (Veganized)
Try this delicious, sweet and spicy salsa salad. This is a cool and refreshing complement to warm beans and rice.
Try this delicious, sweet and spicy salsa salad. This is a cool and refreshing complement to warm beans and rice.
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 1 cup fresh cilantro chopped
- 1/2 cup corn i use my homemade dehydrated corn and tomatoes.
- 1 cup tomatoes, chopped reconstitute dehydrated vegs hot water, let set and chill.
- 2 ounces mild chilies diced
- 2 ounces jalapeno peppers, diced
- 2 heads romaine lettuce chopped
- 1 tablespoon stevia in the raw
- shake sour salt i do not use salt, but add a tad of citric acid or sour salt to this.
- 1 mango, diced. use, peach, orange to replace mango.
- 3/4 cup onion diced
- Carbohydrate 28.6361583333333 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Fat 1.02723166666667 g
- Fiber 6.53422480124235 g
- Protein 3.80346666666667 g
- Saturated Fat 0.148864833333333 g
- Serving Size 1 1 Serving (340g)
- Sodium 151.0685 mg
- Sugar 22.101933532091 g
- Trans Fat 0.270462 g
- Calories 87 calories
Step-by-step
- In small bowl, mix corn, tomatoes, chilies, jalapeño, Onions. Stir in cilantro.
- In salad bowl, Place chopped romaine, stir in mango. Add tomato mixture to romaine.
- Mix stevia into lime juice, sprinkle across salad, toss and serve.
Traditional cooked salsas rely on heat to soften onions and tomatoes, but this raw assembly depends entirely on precise knife work for its structure. Crisp romaine and juicy diced mango create a completely different textural profile than a standard cooked sauce, trading warmth for a sharp, clean crunch. Balancing this cold preparation against hot side dishes requires careful temperature planning on the stove.
- Pair this salad with heavily seasoned black beans cooked at a rolling simmer for at least 45 minutes to build a starchy, savory base that absorbs the bright lime acidity.
- Keep the chopped romaine in the refrigerator until the exact moment of tossing to prevent the high water content from wilting the leaves prematurely.
- Dice the mango, tomatoes, and onions to a uniform quarter-inch size so that every spoonful contains an equal distribution of sweet fruit and sharp aromatics.
- Hold finished dehydrated corn in warm water for exactly 15 minutes before draining to restore proper plumpness without turning the kernels mushy.
- Store leftover dressed salad for no longer than two hours before the salt and citrus begin breaking down the cellular walls of the lettuce.
Hot, earthy legumes provide the ideal counterweight to the chilling sweetness of the fruit and peppers. Proper timing ensures the hot elements reach the table just as the dressing hits the greens.
