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How To Make Summer Gazpacho Salad
Beat the heat with this chunky gazpacho salad. It features a colorful combination of cucumbers, tomatoes, and bell peppers in a balsamic vinegar dressing.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1cupred onion,diced
- 3lbstomatoes
- 1English cucumber,or hothouse cucumber, seeded and diced, no need to peel
- 1red bell pepper,seeded and diced
- 1yellow bell pepper,seeded and diced
- 1tsptabasco
- 3tbspbalsamic vinegar,best quality
- ¼cupextra virgin olive oil,best quality
- 1tspsalt
- ¼tspfreshly ground black pepper
- ¼cupfresh cilantro,chopped, okay to substitute flat leaf parsley
Instructions
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Place the diced onions in a small bowl and cover with cold water. Let soak for 10 minutes, then drain.
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Using a serrated knife, cut the tomatoes in half through their “equator.” Holding each tomato half over a large mixing bowl, use a finger to scoop out the seeds and juices (those will make up part of the dressing).
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Remove the cores and dice the tomatoes, then add it to the bowl with the tomato juices/seeds along with the drained onions and remaining salad ingredients. Toss well.
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Chill the salad the refrigerator for at least 1½ hours and up to 4 hours to allow the flavors to marry. Taste and adjust the seasoning with salt, pepper, balsamic vinegar, and more Tabasco before serving, if necessary.
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Spoon the vegetables and dressing into bowls and serve cold with soup spoons.
Nutrition
- Calories: 120.47kcal
- Fat: 7.25g
- Saturated Fat: 1.01g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 4.98g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.88g
- Carbohydrates: 13.31g
- Fiber: 3.13g
- Sugar: 7.48g
- Protein: 2.40g
- Sodium: 307.28mg
- Calcium: 33.82mg
- Potassium: 579.47mg
- Iron: 0.88mg
- Vitamin A: 101.19µg
- Vitamin C: 87.66mg
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