Pati's Mexican Table : TVRecipes
EVERYDAY GREEN SALAD
Ensalada de todos los días
Serves 6INGREDIENTS
1 head butter lettuce or red leaf lettuce
1/3 cup white distilled vinegar
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup olive oil
1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 garlic clove, minced
1/3 cup red onion, thinly sliced
1 1/2 teaspoon kosher or coarse sea salt, or to taste
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or to taste
1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar, or to taste
4 carrots, or 3/4 lb, peeled, thinly sliced
1 large cucumber, or 3/4 lb, peeled, seeded, sliced
2 ripe tomatoes, or 3/4 lb, quartered, seeded, sliced
1 large ripe Mexican avocado, halved, pitted, slicedTO PREPARE
In a plastic container that has a lid, add the vinegar, vegetable and olive oils, Dijon mustard, garlic, onion, salt, black pepper and sugar. Cover the container with a lid and shake for 10 seconds until the vinaigrette is well emulsified. Alternatively, you can also whisk with a fork in a bowl.Place the lettuce, carrots, cucumber and tomato in a large salad bowl. Pour a generous amount of the vinaigrette on top and toss. The salad should be coated with the vinaigrette but not swimming in it.
Top with avocado slices, drizzle a bit more vinaigrette on top of and serve.
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TAGS: Avocado, EP210, Mexico, Patricia Jinich, Salad
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subscribe to rssThanks for your comment, Linda. I hope this salad recalls childhood memories for you.
Pati, love your show! You had said when you were working with the cucumbers that your mom and other women in the family would rub the end of the cut cucumber to keep it sweet. My mom who came from an Italian family did this too, she also did it with zucchini. I am like you, if it works why change it. Thank you for helping me discover REAL Mexican cooking.
Hi Marianne, Thank you very much for watching the show!! I didn’t know they did the cucumber trick in Italy too. Good to know!!
Pati my husband and I are so excited to try this recipe I was wondering if you can change up the vinagers in the dressing? Can you use red wine or apple cider?? I love watching your show we set our tv to remind us when it’s on so we don’t miss an episode:) Thanks for sharing all your recipes and for allowing us in your kitchen:)
Hi Amy, Sure you can change the vinegars in the dressing! If the vinegar you substitute is not strong enough (distilled vinegar is stronger than other vinegars), just add a little more to your taste. Thank you so much for watching the show!!
cant wait to try the flan reciepe my boy friend is from mexico and he loves flan do you have a reciepe for bolillo bread
Hola Rockel, Thank you for trying my flan recipe for your boyfriend. I hope he likes it!! I will try to post a recipe for bolillo bread soon.
Hi Pati,
just watched your show on Create for the 1st time and I love the dressing recipe. I will be trying that soon. When you mentioned about rubbing the cucumber ends it reminded me of my Mom who does that in India. Good to know some things are same no matter where you are from.
Thanks for your recipes. Taruna
Hi Taruna, I’m so happy to hear you found the show; thank you for watching!! That’s very interesting that your Mom also rubs the ends of the cucumbers. I wasn’t sure anyone did it outside of Mexico until I demonstrated it on the show and am hearing about it being used in many other cultures too!
Hi Pati!
My husband and I quit subscribing to cable TV for many reasons, the main one because we essentially were paying for commecialized cable. Needless to say, I’ve really latched on to CREATE on PBS and have just fallen in love with your show! It’s fun to watch someone who not only is passionate about what she is doing, but is also joyful and serene and easy to learn from. So I just wanted to let you know you’re doing a great job! Who needs cable TV?
Hi Jinelle, Thank you so much for your message!! It’s wonderful to hear your are enjoying my show…as I really enjoy making it. All my best to you and your husband.
Hi Patti,
I can’t wait to prepare two of your recipes. You made it look so easy. I will try the recipe for Chicken A La Trash and the salad dressing. I really like your show; I saw it for the first time today. I’m from Colombia and I love Mexican Food.
Gracías, Viviana! Please let me know how the chicken and salad dressing turn out!! I’m glad you are trying them.
Made the salad dressing and it was stellar!! The salad was so fresh and lite and GONE! This is our new go to -Thanks!
So glad to hear Rebecca!! I usually make double or triple batches… gets better as it sits in fridge.
Hi Pati ~ made this dressing 4 days ago, thx for sharing ~ quick & easy, excellent flavor. I did add an extra splash of vinegar to suit our preference and used refrigerated organic minced garlic from a tube (no fresh on hand). And yes, a few days in the fridge made it even better. This New Yorker always enjoys your shows on PBS, keep up the good work:)
Thank you so much for watching!! I’m so happy you made the salad dressing. Great to have around in the refrigerator — and, yes, it will last a few days!
Update ~ I marinated strip steaks for several hours in Pati’s dressing before grilling, sooooo good! Lesson learned, double or triple batch is mandatory:)
I like your recipes. i like how u cook. thank you so much.I live in Chicago but I came from Guadalajara Jalisco, Mexico. there the people cooks diferently.
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The Pati's Mexican Table TV show is produced by Follow Productions and WETA Washington, DC, and distributed by American Public Television (APT) to public broadcasting stations nationwide. Corporate funding is provided by GOYA Foods, Mission Foods, Mexico Tourism, Avocados From Mexico and TAJIN.
I’m so excited to try this salad and the dressing…. It sounds SOOOOO familiar to something my mom used to make when I was a child. Yay!!!