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Mexican Chopped Salad Recipe

Mexican Chopped Salad Recipe

Fresh, healthy, delicious, and loaded with Tex Mex flavours!

  • Total Time: 25 minutes
  • Yield: Serves 8

Ingredients

Scale

For the salad:

  • 1 medium head of Romaine lettuce, chopped into ½ inch pieces
  • 1 medium bell pepper chopped into a fine dice
  • 1 small red onion, peeled and chopped into a fine dice
  • 1 medium zucchini, diced into a fine dice
  • 4 medium tomatoes, seeded and diced into a fine dice
  • 1 ½ cups frozen corn thawed (or fresh corn if in season, approximately 4 medium ears)
  • 1 ½ cups black beans, drained and rinsed
  • ½ cup of finely chopped cilantro leaves, plus more to garnish

For the dressing:

  • ¼ cup fresh lime juice
  • 2 TBS honey
  • ½ tsp ground cumin
  • ½ tsp garlic powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 TBS canola oil
  • 2 TBS extra virgin olive oil
  • Freshy ground black pepper and fine sea salt to taste

You will also need:

  • Corn chips to garnish 

Instructions

    1. Measure the lime juice, honey, cumin garlic and salt for the dressing a measuring cup. Whisk together well with a small hand whisk to blend. Alternately you can whisk everything together in a bowl with an immersion blender. Taste and adjust seasoning as necessary and set aside.
    2. Combine all of your salad ingredients in a bowl, tossing all together well to combine. Add dressing and toss together. Garnish with cilantro leaves and a few corn chips. Serve immediately, passing extra corn chips at the table.

Notes

if you are using fresh corn, you will need to cook it first. Place the corn, two ears at a time in the microwave oven. Cook on high for 3 ½ minutes. Remove carefully and leave to rest for 5 minutes. Once it is cool enough for you to handle it, lop off the stem end about 1 ½ inches down from the end. You should then be easily able to pull off all of the silk and husks. Cut the kernels free from the cob with a sharp knife

  • Author: Marie
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Category: Lunch

Nutrition

  • Calories: 230 per 1/8th of recipe