Jicama Zucchini And Red Pepper Salad Recipes

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• In small jar with tight-fitting lid, shake dressing ingredients.
• In large bowl, mix zucchini, bell pepper and jicama. Pour dressing over mixture; stir gently.
• Arrange lettuce on 4 individual salad plates or large serving platter. Spoon salad mixture over lettuce.

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• Combine jicama, carrots, red onion, both peppers, tomato in a medium bowl. Whisk together the lime juice, vinegar, honey, olive oil and cayenne and season with salt and pepper to taste. Add the cilantro and let sit for 30 minutes.

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• Prepare barbecue (medium-high heat). Place smoke chips in 8x6-inch foil packet with open top. Set packet atop coals about 5 minutes before grilling. Brush green onions with 1 1/2 tablespoons oil. Grill until lightly browned, turning often, about 4 minutes. Cut onions into 1/4-inch pieces. Place in large bowl. Grill peppers until lightly charred, turning often, about 10 minutes. Enclose in paper bag; let stand 10 minutes. Peel and seed peppers; cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips. Add to onions.
• Whisk orange juice, lime juice, honey, cumin and 3 tablespoons oil in small bowl. (Vegetables and dressing can be made 8 hours ahead. Cover separately and refrigerate.) Add jicama and dressing to grilled vegetables; toss to coat. Season with salt and pepper.

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• To make vinaigrette, in small bowl, mix oil, vinegar, cilantro, 1/2 teaspoon salt, garlic and pepper with wire whisk until well blended.
• In 3-quart saucepan, heat water and salt to boiling. Add cactus. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Boil uncovered 5 minutes; drain. Immediately rinse with cold water, or plunge into large bowl of ice and water; drain. Repeat rinsing and draining twice.
• In large bowl, mix cactus, zucchini and bell pepper. Add vinaigrette; toss to mix.

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• Cut both ends off each small zucchini, then core, seed & thinly slice the red bell pepper.
• Place zucchini & red bell pepper in boiling salted water & cook for 2 minutes, then drain & arrange on serving plate.
• Zest the lemon into long, thin strips/curls (The original recipe calls for blanching the zest for 2 minutes, but I don't.), then juice the lemon.
• Mix oil, lemon juice, chopped basil, salt, pepper & sugar.
• Pour over vegetables while they are still warm, then sprinkle with lemon zest & serve.

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• Preheat the oven's broiler and set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source.
• Place red bell pepper on a baking sheet.
• Roast pepper in the preheated oven until skin is blackened, about 5 minutes per side. Allow pepper to cool.
• Peel and discard blackened skin; finely chop pepper and set aside.
• Season chicken tenders with 1 tablespoon cilantro, paprika, black pepper, and monosodium glutamate.
• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Arrange chicken tenders in the skillet, cover, and reduce heat to low. Cook until chicken is no longer pink in the center and is browned on both sides, about 20 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate and set aside to cool; reserve skillet.
• While the chicken is cooking, heat 1/4 cup olive oil in another skillet over medium-low heat. Cook and stir onion in the hot oil until very tender and dark brown, about 20 minutes.
• Stir roasted bell pepper, 2 cups jicama, 1 tablespoon salt, sugar, and 3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper into caramelized onion. Cook and stir until jicama begins to soften, about 5 minutes more; remove from heat.
• Pour reserved tomato juices into the skillet used to cook chicken.
• Heat tomato juice over medium-high heat until reduced by half, 5 to 7 minutes, scrape up any brown bits in the skillet.
• Stir sour cream into reduced tomato juice until evenly mixed; remove from heat.
• Season jicama slices with salt and pepper to taste.
• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a clean skillet. Pan-fry jicama slices in the hot oil until browned on both sides, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Mix tomatoes with green chiles, avocados, lemon juice, 1 tablespoon cilantro, 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper, cumin, and salt in a bowl until mixture is a slightly creamy guacamole.
• Spread tomato-sour cream mixture on a large platter.
• Pile guacamole atop sour cream.
• Spread red pepper salsa over guacamole.
• Chop chicken breast tenders into chunks; scatter chicken chunks and jicama slices over salsa.

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• For dressing, whisk together first 6 ingredients., Cut jicama, mango and red pepper into matchsticks; place in a large bowl. Toss with lime juice. Add herbs and dressing; toss to combine. Refrigerate, covered, until serving.

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• Toss together jicama, bell peppers, red onion, cucumber, orange, and cilantro in a large bowl.
• Pour lime juice over top.
• Sprinkle with cayenne and paprika. Add salt to taste.
• Let sit 1/2 hour before serving.

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• Whisk lime juice and pineapple juice concentrate in small bowl. Gradually whisk in oil. Season vinaigrette to taste with salt and pepper.
• Bring 6 cups water and next 4 ingredients to boil in heavy large saucepan. Reduce heat to medium; simmer 15 minutes. Reduce heat to low, add shrimp, and simmer until opaque in center, about 2 minutes. Drain. Transfer shrimp to large bowl; refrigerate until cool. (Can be made 6 hours ahead. Cover; keep chilled.)
• Mix mangoes and next 3 ingredients into shrimp. Pour vinaigrette over; toss to coat. Place 1 lettuce leaf on each of 6 plates. Spoon salad over lettuce, dividing equally.