Green Peach Salad With Simple Lime Dressing

Green Peach Salad With Simple Lime Dressing
Melina Hammer for The New York Times
Total Time
25 minutes, plus chilling
Rating
4(210)
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Eddie Hernandez, who runs a string of Mexican restaurants in Georgia and Tennessee called Taqueria del Sol, came up with a delicious way to deal with hard, unripe peaches. Sliced thinly, softened with salt and brightened with lime juice and Serrano chiles, the peaches become a salad that’s a cousin to Mexican street snacks built from unripe mangoes and papayas and punched up with chile salt. The salad keeps well in the refrigerator for several days. Mr. Hernandez likes to eat it with a scoop of cottage cheese on the side, though dabs of goat cheese would do as well. —Kim Severson

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Ingredients

Yield:4 servings
  • ½cup vegetable oil
  • ¼cup lime juice
  • ½teaspoon kosher or sea salt
  • 2cups thinly sliced unripe peaches
  • 2 to 3finely chopped Serrano chiles (optional)
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Nutritional analysis per serving (4 servings)

283 calories; 28 grams fat; 2 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 20 grams monounsaturated fat; 5 grams polyunsaturated fat; 9 grams carbohydrates; 1 gram dietary fiber; 7 grams sugars; 1 gram protein; 236 milligrams sodium

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    In a medium bowl, whisk the oil, lime juice and salt until emulsified. Toss the peach slices and chiles, if using, with the dressing. Cover and chill for at least 10 minutes before serving. Serve with cottage cheese or another soft cheese, adding a last sprinkle of salt.

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This is an excellent little recipe. I added a pinch of chile powder and half a habanero. You can use whatever vegetable oil you like, but it works very well with avocado. Important to let it sit before serving!

A bright little summer salad that gets better as it sits. Don’t skip the serranos; the sweet, spicy and sour flavors play great with cream cheese or on top of plain Greek yogurt. Would probably be perfect on a bagel too, now that I think about it. Yeah, this one’s a winner.

Used jalapeño and about half the oil. Excellent

Also good with nectarines.

Kind of disappointing. The dressing overwhelms the great natural flavor of the peaches--even when I increased the proportion of peach.

Great recipe especially when peaches aren’t quite ripe. Made in the morning for dinner and the lime really brought out the peach flavor. Chile haters in the house - fresh mint added a nice freshness. Served as a side to pork and was great. Will definitely make again.

this is very, very good! I liked it better when first made - later it was weirdly slimy/still tasty though.

Make sure to use very unripe peaches, and let them sit. I liked it, Sage thought it was decent, and Mom said that she doesn't like "slimy/spicy/sour peaches".

Used jalapeño and about half the oil. Excellent Add the pinch of chili pepper to taste added shredded goat cheese and sliced almonds for make it more of a filling side dish A little more zippiness is warranted. A little extra lime, a fresh chili, chili powder are all good suggestions.

Too much oil. Add the pinch of chili pepper to taste. I did mine overnight.

I followed the recipe and used two seeded serranos. Wonderful on a hot summer evening; like a seviche of peaches.

This was so tasty. I made with white unripe, which are not as strong flavored. I used jalapeño v Serrano to be more crowd friendly. I also added shredded goat cheese and sliced almonds for make it more of a filling side dish.

This is delicious. The full quantity of oil works well here. A little more zippiness is warranted. A little extra lime, a fresh chili, chili powder are all good suggestions. Make with an additional peach or two and definitely a day ahead.

My diners were surprised and delighted in the unexpected flavors of this dish. A lovely summer salad.

Also good with nectarines.

Used jalapeño and about half the oil. Excellent

This was skippable in my opinion... and way too much oil if you’re going to make it.

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A bright little summer salad that gets better as it sits. Don’t skip the serranos; the sweet, spicy and sour flavors play great with cream cheese or on top of plain Greek yogurt. Would probably be perfect on a bagel too, now that I think about it. Yeah, this one’s a winner.

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Credits

Adapted from "Turnip Greens & Tortillas: A Mexican Chef Spices Up the Southern Kitchen" by Eddie Hernandez (Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018)

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