ENSALADA XEK (JICAMA AND MANDARIN ORANGE SALAD)
Refreshing salad served during a visit to Merida, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Ingredients are sold in the Central Market in Merida in little bags that you take home and toss together. "Xek" in Maya means something like "hodge-podge".
Provided by Member 610488
Categories Oranges
Time 20m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Peel jicama. The skin of this root vegetable will peel right off after you insert a knife between the skin and the flesh. Remove any traces of brown or remaining skin with a vegetable peeler. To keep the vegetable from discoloring as you work, rub liberally with lime juice. Cut jicama into julienne strips.
- Toss in a large bowl with the orange juice.
- Peel cucumber, seed and dice.
- Meanwhile, peel oranges and separate into sections, removing any seeds.
- Toss oranges and cucumber with jícama. Add chile and cilantro.
- Toss and check for seasonings. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 147.6, Fat 0.7, SaturatedFat 0.1, Sodium 11.7, Carbohydrate 36.1, Fiber 11.3, Sugar 17.7, Protein 2.9
MAYA CITRUS SALSA WITH RED SNAPPER
Xec (pronounced "shek") is a sweet, sour, juicy citrus salsa from Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, and it makes a brilliant match with almost any kind of fish, cooked almost any kind of way. The combination here - orange, grapefruit, lemon - is not traditional to Mayan cooking, nor is it a mandate. Add lime if you have it, a bitter orange if you can find it. Don't skip the minced habanero, though, which adds a bit of heat and yet more flavor. The fish starts on the stove for a few minutes, and is soon moved to the oven to finish cooking, for a total time of less than 10 minutes.
Provided by Mark Bittman
Categories dinner, easy, quick, weekday, main course
Time 15m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Heat oven to 450 degrees. Cut orange in half horizontally and section it as you would a grapefruit; do this over a bowl to capture all its juice. Remove seeds and combine flesh and juice in bowl. Repeat with grapefruit and lemon. Stir in cilantro, habanero and salt.
- Put oil in a nonstick or cast-iron skillet over medium high heat. A minute later, add fish, skin side down; season top with salt. Cook until skin begins to crisp, 3 or 4 minutes, then transfer to oven. Cook another 3 or 4 minutes, or until a thin-bladed knife meets little resistance when inserted into thickest part of fish. Serve fish with xec, immediately.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 242, UnsaturatedFat 7 grams, Carbohydrate 10 grams, Fat 9 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 30 grams, SaturatedFat 1 gram, Sodium 585 milligrams, Sugar 7 grams, TransFat 0 grams
MAYAN CITRUS SALSA (XEC) WITH RED SNAPPER
Provided by Food Network
Time 20m
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Heat oven to 450 degrees F.
- Cut orange in half horizontally and section it as you would a grapefruit; do this over a bowl to capture all its juice. Remove seeds and combine flesh and juice in bowl. Repeat with grapefruit and lemon. Stir in cilantro, chopped habanero, and salt.
- Put oil in a nonstick or cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. A minute later, add fish, skin-side down; season top with salt. Cook until skin begins to crisp, 3 or 4 minutes, then transfer to oven. Cook another 3 or 4 minutes, or until a thin-bladed knife meets little resistance when inserted into thickest part of fish. Serve fish with Mayan citrus salsa (xec), immediately.
WINTER CITRUS SALAD WITH HONEY DRESSING
This citrus salad requires only that you overcome the notion that salads must be green; it's a novel and wonderful antidote to sorry-looking lettuce. If you're lucky and can find blood oranges, use them; same with the odd, supremely delicious and usually quite pricey pomelos.
Provided by Mark Bittman
Categories easy, quick, salads and dressings
Time 10m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Peel citrus, removing as much pith as possible, and slice into wheels. Remove any pits, layer fruit on a serving dish, sprinkle with salt and garnish with chopped onion.
- Whisk together olive oil, vinegar, honey, lime juice and tarragon until well combined; taste, adjust seasoning as needed and drizzle over salad.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 168, UnsaturatedFat 9 grams, Carbohydrate 20 grams, Fat 10 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 1 gram, SaturatedFat 1 gram, Sodium 392 milligrams, Sugar 14 grams
SICILIAN-STYLE CITRUS SALAD
Winter is the season when many kinds of citrus fruits suddenly appear. For this savory fruit salad, a mixture of navel, blood and Cara Cara oranges and a small grapefruit make a colorful display. It's fine to use just one kind of orange, blood oranges being the classic example. Thinly sliced fennel, celery and red onion add a tasty bit of crunch. The salad is dressed assertively with oil and vinegar, and scattered with olives and flaky sea salt.
Provided by David Tanis
Categories brunch, dinner, easy, lunch, salads and dressings, appetizer, side dish
Time 30m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Make the vinaigrette: Whisk together olive oil and vinegar in a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper and set aside. It should be tart but not over-vinegary. Taste and add a little more olive oil if necessary.
- To peel the citrus fruit, use a small serrated knife. First, cut off a thin slice of peel from the top and bottom of the orange, so it can sit flat and securely on the cutting board. Use a sawing motion to take off the peel, cutting from top to bottom, following the curve of the fruit. Remove only the peel and white pith, not the flesh of the orange. It should now be perfectly spherical and naked. Peel remaining oranges and grapefruit in this fashion.
- Carefully slice peeled citrus crosswise. Arrange slices on a large serving platter in a random pattern, letting them overlap a bit here and there. Scatter onion, fennel and celery over top. Dot the surface with olives. Surround with salad leaves, if using.
- Whisk vinaigrette, and spoon evenly over the salad. Sprinkle lightly with flaky salt and serve.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 186, UnsaturatedFat 7 grams, Carbohydrate 28 grams, Fat 9 grams, Fiber 6 grams, Protein 3 grams, SaturatedFat 1 gram, Sodium 653 milligrams, Sugar 20 grams
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