Rick Bayless's Mexican Kitchen: Capturing the Vibrant flavors of a World-Class Cuisine
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Rustic Jícama Appetizer with Red Chile and Lime
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Cuisine: Mexican | Course Type: Appetizers
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Recipe Review
Queezle_Sister from Salt Lake City, UT
Light, fresh, and crunchy. I served this appetizer as a salad. It contains jicama, cucumbers, oranges, radishes (skipped those), marinated in lime juice for about 20 minutes. It is then topped by pickled onions (optional, I used them, easily made), cilantro, and ground up dried chiles. The recipe suggests guajillo peppers, and I found lovely ones in the market. I ground them up in an old coffee grinder. The pepper gave the dish a beautiful deep red color, but my peppers were so mild that they hardly added any flavor.
This was enjoyed by the whole family.
Comments
Leeka - 9th May 2012
Looks and sounds delicious! I've never tried making anything with Jicama but this is tempting me.
Queezle_Sister - 10th May 2012
We love jicama. It's like a mix of coconut and watermelon. I liked this enough to start looking for other jicama recipes. And I think it's very low calorie.
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