This chopped Mexican salad is the most effective simple facet dish for tacos and enchiladas! It’s topped with savory cilantro lime dressing and crunchy tortilla strips.

Ever surprise what to serve with tacos and enchiladas? Us too. Alex and I serve Mexican-style meals fairly a bit. And we’d by no means discovered a facet salad that we liked: till this one! This Mexican salad is a chopped salad with Latin-style flavors: colourful veggies, cilantro lime salad dressing, and tortilla strips. All of it combines right into a super-flavorful dish that may be served as a facet, or dressed as much as work as a wholesome foremost dish salad. It’s bought Three dressings to select from, based mostly in your tastes (best, simple and vegan).

What’s on this Mexican salad?

With this Mexican salad, we tried to maintain it severely easy as a straightforward facet dish. On the identical time, you may gown it as much as customise it to your tastes and the event! You possibly can even serve it as a foremost dish salad with adders (see under). Right here’s what’s within the base of this chopped Mexican salad:

• Greens: The perfect is crunchy romaine! If you happen to’d like, add some blended child greens for a distinction.
• Cherry tomatoes
• Sliced crimson onions
• Radishes
• Corn
• Pepitas (pumpkin seeds, roasted and salted if attainable)
• Cilantro lime dressing (Three choices)

Gown it up: simple add-ons!

It’s also possible to gown up this Mexican salad by including different veggies, beans or cheese. Right here’s what we’ve advisable as add-on veggies: and naturally, you may select different favorites! (What would you add? Tell us within the feedback.)

• Crispy Tortilla Strips: extremely advisable, these add simply the proper crispy crunch and Mexican-style corn taste. If you happen to don’t have time, you may skip!
• Crumbled feta or cotija cheese
• Chopped avocado
• Drained and rinsed again beans (salt them to style earlier than serving)
• Chopped cucumber
• Pickled jalapeños

Choose 3! Mexican salad dressing choices

There aren’t one, not two, however three selections for Mexican salad dressing for this salad! Right here’s a breakdown and why we like every one:

• Creamy Cilantro Dressing: Our favourite! The creamy, savory dressing is made with cilantro, lime, and Greek yogurt and also you’ll wish to put it on every little thing.
• Cilantro Lime Dressing: Choose the French dressing model on this publish, and it’s a vegan / plant-based choice that includes the traditional combo of cilantro + lime.
• Lime French dressing: The only choice! This one is simply 5 components and takes 5 minutes. Good for if you’re in a rush.

Serve it as a facet salad

This Mexican salad we created to be a facet salad you need to use with a Mexican or Latin-style meal. It’s nice with tacos, enchiladas, quesadillas, nachos, sopes: you title it! Listed below are a few of our favourite dishes to pair it with:

Function a foremost dish Mexican salad!

The opposite strategy to serve this Mexican salad is as a foremost dish salad! You possibly can simply serve this one as a foremost dish salad by including a protein to maintain it heartier and extra filling.

• Shrimp. Including Garlic Shrimp (use lime) or Cilantro Lime Shrimp brings numerous protein with a low calorie depend.
• Black beans and avocado. For a vegan and plant-based foremost dish salad, add black beans and avocado.
• Candy potatoes. These roasted candy potatoes add fiber and assist to make it satiating.
• Feta or cotija cheese. Cheese crumbles add protein and make it extra filling.

This Mexican salad recipe is…

Vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, dairy-free, and gluten-free.

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