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Mexican Salad Recipes

Salads are very popular in Mexican cuisine which is one of the reasons why Mexican cuisine is very healthy.

Due to the great diversity of Mexican food there are numerous kinds of salads that can be found in Mexican restaurants across Mexico, and in other countries that have authentic and traditional Mexican restaurants.

Some of those salads are: Mexican Crab Salad, Tomato-Avocado-Egg Salad, Hot Carnitas Salad, Carne Asada Salad, Frilled Fajitas Salads, Black Bean and Corn Salad, Taco Salad, Carnitas, Tomato-Corn Salad, Avocado-Corn Salad, Mexican Sea-Salad, etc.

There is nothing easier to prepare than great Mexican Salads that make a tasteful and healthy meal.

Salads are usually the easiest to prepare and you don't need a lot of time or experience in order to produce some exiting and delicious traditional Mexican salads.

In fact if you have no experience in the kitchen or you have some bad kitchen experience the easy Mexican recipes such as the authentic Mexican salads are the best choice for you and your culinary self-esteem.

Avocado-Chicken Salad

Ingredients

• 2 boneless chicken breasts
• 3 large tomatoes
• 1 onion
• 2 Avocados
• 2 tablespoons of garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon of Mexican lime juice
• 1 tablespoon of chili powder
• salt and pepper to taste

Directions

• cook the chicken and cool it with the cold water, dice it
• dice the tomatoes, onions and avocados
• mix the chicken, tomatoes, onions, avocados, garlic powder, lime juice, chili powder and salt and pepper.

Avocado-Egg-Chicken Salad

Ingredients

• 4 boneless chicken breasts (cooked)
• 4 hard-boiled eggs
• 4 tomatoes
• 2 avocados
• 2 onions
• 2 gloves garlic
• 8 table spoons of Mexican lime juice
• 2 cups of tortilla chips
• 2 table spoons of olive oil
• salt and pepper to taste

Directions

• Cook the chicken, cool it with cold water and dice it
• Peel the avocados, remove the seeds and cut them into small cubes
• Cut the tomatoes and onions and mix them with the avocados
• Cut the garlic into very small peaces and add it to the mixture above
• Mix in the chicken, olive oil and Mexican lime juice
• Slice the eggs and layer the serving plates with it
• Place the salad on top of it
• and just before serving top it with the tortilla chips

If you would like to have a vegetarian traditional Mexican salad the only thing you need to do is to leave out the chicken and the eggs. In that case however you should add some peppers and just a few slices of apple to have that authentic Mexican taste.

Bean Corn and Doritos Salad

Ingredients

• 1 can of red kidney beans
• 1 can of corn
• 1 pepper ceded and chopped
• 3 chopped tomatoes
• 1 cup of Doritos chips
• 1 garlic chopped
• 1 table spoon of olive oil
• 1 table spoon of chili powder

Directions:

Mix the beans, corn, pepper, tomatoes, garlic, olive oil and chili powder and top it with the Doritos chips.

A side from the Mexican salads there are many other easy and quick Mexican recipes you can try such as the basic Mexican rice recipe, quick Mexican casserole recipes, easy desert Mexican recipes, etc.

Chicken–Avocado Salad

Ingredients

• 4 boneless chicken breasts
• 4 large tomatoes
• 2 Avocados
• 2 garlic gloves
• 2 onions
• 8 tablespoons of Mexican lime juice
• 2 tablespoons of Olive oil
• 2 cups of tortilla chips
• salt and pepper to taste

Directions

• cook the chicken breasts, dice it and cool it with cold water
• Peel the tomatoes and dice them
• Peel the avocados, remove the seeds and dice them
• Chop the garlic and onion into small pieces
• Mix the tomatoes, avocados, onions, garlic and chicken cubes
• Mix in the olive oil and Mexican lime juice
• just before serving top it with tortilla chips

If you want to eat healthy foods and have a healthy and proactive life you should try these and many other authentic Mexican food recipes available on our website.

Remember that what you eat is what you are. In other words, foods you digest are the building blocks of your body. Therefore you should always take a special care of your diet.

Corn-Tomato Salad

Ingredients

• 1 can of corn
• 3 tomatoes
• 1 cup of feta cheese (cubed)
• 1 onion
• 1 cup of Burritos chips
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil
• 1 tablespoon of apple vinegar
• 1 tablespoon of Mexican lime juice

Directions:

• Peel tomatoes and onions and slice them
• Mix tomatoes, onions, corn, olive oil, vinegar and lime juice
• Add feta cheese and mix it slowly
• Top it with Burrito chips just before serving

Crab Salad

Note Before gathering the ingredients.

If you can, you should buy fresh crab and not frozen. Also it would be great if the tomatoes and avocadoes are from your garden as well as the salsa ingredients.

This is because the secret of the great taste of the Mexicans salads, and its high level of vitamins and minerals, is that Mexicans use fresh ingredients. In other words they don't use frozen, caned or genetically modified foods when preparing traditional and authentic Mexican food.

Ingredients

• 1 pound (1/2 kg) of cooked crab
• 2 large tomatoes
• 7 ounces (200gr) of black olives
• 7 ounces (200gr) of cheddar cheese
• 2 avocados
• 2 cups of tortilla chips
• 2 cups of salsa
• 1 garlic glove
• 2 table spoon of olive oil
• 2 table spoon of lime juice

Preparation

First cook the crab and peel the tomatoes, avocados and garlic. Then dice the crab, tomatoes and the avocados. Shred the cheddar cheese and garlic. Prepare fresh basic Mexican salsa and combine all ingredients except the crab and chips.

Place the mixture into the refrigerator for cooling. An hour later take it out, and add crab and tortilla chips on the top, just before serving it.