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Mexican salad

This Mexican-inspired salad combines red kidney beans with avocado, chopped onions and tomatoes. It is dressed with olive oil, lime and a touch of Tabasco heat.

39K 14 4.1

Last modified on: October 9^th 2019

Keywords for this recipe:Salad Mexico Red beans Avocado Chili Tabasco

For 4 people, you will need:

1 8.8 oz tinned red kidney beans
2 1 avocado
3 1 onion
4 10.6 oz tomato
5 parsley
6 3 tablespoons lime juice
7 3 tablespoons olive oil
8 1 teaspoon Tabasco
9 salt
10 pepper

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Time required for this recipe:

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28 min.	28 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Rinse and drain the 8.8 oz tinned red kidney beans and dry in a tea towel.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Prepare 1 avocado, cut into small peieces and drizzle a little lime juice over.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Put the avocado into a salad bowl with the prepared and finely chopped 1 onion.

Stage 4 - 7 min.

Prepare 10.6 oz tomatoes and chop into small pieces..

Stage 5 - 1 min.

Add the red beans and tomatoes to the bowl...

Stage 6 - 1 min.

...and add the chopped parsley.

Stage 7 - 3 min.

Prepare the dressing by mixing 3 tablespoons lime juice, 3 tablespoons olive oil, 1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce, salt and pepper.

Stage 8 - 1 min.

Pour the dressing into the bowl and mix well.

Your Mexican salad is ready.

Remarks

Give the dressing more of a distinctive flavour by adding a little lime zest.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,377 Kcal or 5,765 Kj	62 gr	173 gr	49 gr
69 %	24 %	16 %	7 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
135 Kcal or 565 Kj	6 gr	17 gr	5 gr
7 %	2 %	2 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
344 Kcal or 1,440 Kj	16 gr	43 gr	12 gr
17 %	6 %	4 %	2 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 3.00 €
Per person : 0.75 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Tomato: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: How to peel tomatoes using a flame, Tomato and courgette tart, Breton Sandwich, Minestrone, Moussaka, ... All
	Tinned red kidney beans: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pumpkin and red-bean tortillas, African style chicken, Enchiladas, Cauliflower, red bean and avocado salad, Chicano burger, ... All
	Lime juice: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Cucumber, avocado and mussel salad, Mojito peaches, Thai-style Chicken with Cashew Nuts, Langoustine sabayon tart, Fried cheese toasties with avocado, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sautéed chicken with leeks, Coq au vin, Tzatziki, Cretan-style salmon , Green hummus, ... All

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