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Cuban Bread Salad
Photo: Anna Pelzer

Cuban Bread Salad

14 ingredients 5 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

839
Calories
24g
Protein
25g
Fat
132g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Cheese 1 oz (28g) cheddar 113
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Arugula 1 cup (20g) 5
Jalapeno 1 pepper (14g) 4
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Salad not in our table 0
Manchego not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup orange juice
  • 3 tbl minced shallots
  • 2 tbl lime juice
  • 2 tbl lemon juice
  • 1/2 tsp ground cumin
  • 1/2 cup salad oil
  • 1 tbl minced fresh jalapeno chilies - (to 1 1/2)
  • Salt to taste
  • Freshly-ground black pepper to taste
  • 12 oz tomatillos - (2" wide)
  • 1 tbl extra-virgin olive oil
  • 6 oz potato-garlic or French bread
  • 12 cup baby arugula - (8 oz) rinsed, crisped
  • 1/2 cup thinly-sliced Manchego cheese - (2 oz)

Directions

1

In a 1- to 1 1/2-quart pan over high heat, boil orange juice until reduced to 1/4 cup, 4 to 5 minutes. Let cool. Add minced shallots, lime juice and lemon juice, and ground cumin. Whisk in salad oil. Add minced fresh jalapeno chilies, plus salt and pepper to taste.

2

Remove and discard husks from tomatillos; rinse and cut into quarters. In a bowl, mix tomatillos with extra-virgin olive oil. Cut potato-garlic or French bread into 1-inch-thick slices.

3

Set tomatillo quarters and bread slices on a grill over a solid bed of hot coals or a gas grill on high heat and turn as needed until browned on all sides, 1 to 2 minutes total for bread, 5 to 7 minutes for tomatillos. Let cool. Cut bread into 1-inch cubes.

4

In a large bowl, mix tomatillos, bread, baby arugula, and dressing. With a vegetable peeler, shave about 1/2 cup thin slices off a wedge of Manchego cheese. Mix cheese and salt and pepper to taste into salad.

5

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Recipe sourced from fandom

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