Green Peach Salad With Simple Lime Dressing

Green Peach Salad With Simple Lime Dressing
Melina Hammer for The New York Times
Total Time
25 minutes, plus chilling
Rating
4(249)
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Eddie Hernandez, who runs a string of Mexican restaurants in Georgia and Tennessee called Taqueria del Sol, came up with a delicious way to deal with hard, unripe peaches. Sliced thinly, softened with salt and brightened with lime juice and Serrano chiles, the peaches become a salad that’s a cousin to Mexican street snacks built from unripe mangoes and papayas and punched up with chile salt. The salad keeps well in the refrigerator for several days. Mr. Hernandez likes to eat it with a scoop of cottage cheese on the side, though dabs of goat cheese would do as well. —Kim Severson

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Ingredients

Yield:4 servings
  • ½cup vegetable oil
  • ¼cup lime juice
  • ½teaspoon kosher or sea salt
  • 2cups thinly sliced unripe peaches
  • 2 to 3finely chopped Serrano chiles (optional)
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Nutritional analysis per serving (4 servings)

283 calories; 28 grams fat; 2 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 20 grams monounsaturated fat; 5 grams polyunsaturated fat; 9 grams carbohydrates; 1 gram dietary fiber; 7 grams sugars; 1 gram protein; 236 milligrams sodium

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    In a medium bowl, whisk the oil, lime juice and salt until emulsified. Toss the peach slices and chiles, if using, with the dressing. Cover and chill for at least 10 minutes before serving. Serve with cottage cheese or another soft cheese, adding a last sprinkle of salt.

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This is an excellent little recipe. I added a pinch of chile powder and half a habanero. You can use whatever vegetable oil you like, but it works very well with avocado. Important to let it sit before serving!

A bright little summer salad that gets better as it sits. Don’t skip the serranos; the sweet, spicy and sour flavors play great with cream cheese or on top of plain Greek yogurt. Would probably be perfect on a bagel too, now that I think about it. Yeah, this one’s a winner.

Used jalapeño and about half the oil. Excellent

So tasty and refreshing. I used nectarines and a good olive oil.

@KMM thank you for the mint suggestion. The mint completes the recipe!

Made it by mistake without the oil- it was delicious!

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Credits

Adapted from "Turnip Greens & Tortillas: A Mexican Chef Spices Up the Southern Kitchen" by Eddie Hernandez (Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018)

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