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Mexican Marinated Vegetable Salad with Tomatillos
This marinated vegetable salad recipe is simple to prepare and the fact that you need to leave it in the refrigerator to marinate means that it is a make ahead recipe, leaving you free to concentrate on other dishes. Vegetable salad recipes always make great side dishes and you can serve this Mexican salad and vegetable dish as a side dish with any beef, pork, chicken or fish dish, or even by itself for lunch or a snack.
Feel free to add other ingredients to this marinated vegetable salad if you like. Squash or zucchini would go well and you can either stir fry or grill these before adding them. Actually grilled vegetable recipes are very popular and grilling gives the vegetables an amazing flavor, so perhaps adding some grilled vegetables to this fresh vegetable salad recipe would work nicely.
You can use canned tomatillos in this Mexican salad and vegetable recipe if you want to, because fresh tomatillos are not always easy to find. The marinade is very simple and it just a mixture of oil, vinegar, basil, salt and pepper. If you want, you can add a little chili powder or cayenne pepper to spice it up, but if you plan on serving this marinated vegetable salad alongside a spicy Mexican recipe, it might be better to leave it with a mild flavor, as a contrast to the main dish.
One of the Best Mexican Vegetable Salad Recipes
Ingredients -
8 sliced tomatillos, canned or fresh
1 thinly sliced red onion
1 sliced cucumber
2 sliced tomatoes
6 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
⅛ teaspoon black pepper
¼ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon white sugar
½ teaspoon dried basil
4 chopped green onions, for garnish
Tortilla chips, for garnish
Preparation:
Combine the tomatillos, onion, cucumber, and tomatoes.
Whisk together the olive oil, vinegar, salt, pepper, sugar and basil and pour this mixture over the tomatillo mixture.
Stir well to combine.
Cover the salad and chill it for at least half an hour, or up to 2 hours. Serve the salad garnished with sliced green onions and tortilla chips.
(Serves 4)
Photo Description:
This tasty Mexican salad recipe combines tomatoes, tomatillos, cucumber and more for a great taste, tortilla chips, and green onions for crunch and flavor, as well as a simple yet tangy dressing. This might be a simple Mexican salad and vegetable recipe but it is a very effective one and the end flavor is perfectly balanced. You can serve vegetable salad recipes at a buffet, dinner party or simply for the family at dinner time, to make a change from green salads and plainer mixed salad recipes. This marinated vegetable salad recipe can be made in advance and the preparation is very easy.
