Try this easy Filipino vegetable salad recipe: Toss everything in a simple vinaigrette and enjoy the sweet, fresh veggies.
Filipino Fiesta Salad
Toss everything in a simple vinaigrette and enjoy the sweet, fresh vegetables.
Ingredients
Filipino Fiesta Salad
- 250 Grams string beans (sitaw) strings removed on both sides and ends trimmed
- 1 80- to 150-gram piece jicama (singkamas) peeled and julienned
- 1 medium Cucumber peeled and sliced thinly
- 3 Salted Egg (itlog na maalat) sliced into 6 to 8 pieces
- 3 Salad Tomatoes sliced thinly
- 1 Cup water
- 1/4 Cup sugar
- 1/3 Cup white vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper cracked
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce (patis)
- 1 teaspoon Soy Sauce
- 3 tablespoons onion finely chopped
- 1 Small red chili pepper (siling labuyo)
Instructions
- Blanch beans in a pot of boiling salted water. Before water boils again, remove beans and immediately plunge in a bowl of iced water. Let rest for a few minutes; drain. (This will keep the beans green and crunchy.) Place in the refrigerator.
- Immerse jicama in salted water for 5 to 10 minutes. Set aside.
- Assemble the salad: place beans on a platter. Top with drained jicama, cucumber, salted eggs, and tomatoes, making sure that all ingredients are evenly distributed. Cover and refrigerate.
- Make the vinaigrette: Combine water and sugar in a saucepan. Let boil until sugar melts. Remove from heat and let cool. Add vinegar, pepper, fish sauce, soy sauce, onions, and chili (if using) to the cooled syrup; mix until well combined. Season with more soy sauce, fish sauce, and pepper, if desired.
- Drizzle vinaigrette over salad right before serving.
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