Haole Koa and Nopal Salad

INTRODUCTION

This salad feels so nourishing on a hot summer day. To prepare the nopal make sure it doesn’t have any thorns or glochids, if you need to remove them it’s best to handle them with a gardening glove and go against the grain of the thorn to remove. Recipe by Chef Sofia Flores Florencia @abuelitatechnology

INGREDIENTS

1 Tablespoon green haole koa seeds, soaked or unsoaked

1 nopal ear, cut into cubes

1 large ripe tomato, cut into roughly 1” pieces

1 radish, sliced thinly

½ serrano pepper, sliced thinly in rings

½ shallot, sliced thinly in rings

Cilantro for garnish

extra virgin olive oil, drizzled on top

coarse sea salt

juice of ½ a lime

STEP 1

Prepare ingredients.

STEP 2

Put all ingredients on a plate, except the cilantro, olive oil, and salt.

STEP 3

Drizzle high-quality extra virgin olive oil on top, followed by lime juice, then coarse sea salt. Finish with cilantro leaves.

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