Dave's sister introduced us to Jicama a while ago, but we really never ate it until coming to Mexico. They love it here! Mainly, Mexicans eat the jicama in small peeled strips that look kind of like white carrot sticks. I had seen the sticks for sale in the grocery store, but had no idea how ugly the natural jicama is!
Normally, Mexicans sprinkle the jicama sticks with lime juice and chili pepper and eat it raw. I still haven't figured out if it's a fruit or a vegetable, but it's good! But we recently found a recipe for Jicama salad, which sounded like a delicious side dish (I was supposed to bring a vegetable salad to a holiday potluck and was out of good ideas that would travel well). http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/jicama_salad/
It was absolutely delicious! Check out the link for the full recipe.
2 comments:
that's what they look like! i've seen it in stores but was too afraid to buy something that ugly. the salad was delicious, by the way!
They are ugly, they are also hard to cut! I almost lost a finger a few years back trying to hack into one.
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