Recipe: Jicama con Pepino y Chile
By Christina C. Keimig, ©2004
BusyMoms
A popular snack here in Mexico that can be bought on many street corners or
(more safely!) easily prepared at home is any kind of fruit with chili powder,
salt, and lemon juice. I've described how to prepare one of my favorite
combinations here.
1 jicama
1 cucumber
chili powder (chile piquín/chile de árbol)
1-2 lemons (3+ Mexican limones)
salt to taste
Peel and slice up the jicama and cucumber. Sprinkle with chili powder and salt
to taste, then squeeze
lemon juice over the whole thing, also to taste. We like lots of lemon on ours
so we can mix it up once
in a while and recoat the whole mess! We also like to let it marinate for a bit
before serving, but it's not
absolutely necessary.
Enjoy!
