Mexican Cucumber & Orange Salad Tray Recipe
Ingredients
| 2 medium-size cucumbers | ||
| White wine vinegar | 1/3 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| 1/2 cup olive oil or salad oil | ||
| Salt | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Oranges | 4 Large | |
| Avocado | 1 Large | |
| Lemon juice | 1 Tablespoon | |
| White onion | 1 Large | |
| Butter lettuce | ||
| Orange-chili dressing | ||
Directions
With a vegetable peeler, peel lengthwise strips from each cucumber skin, leaving cucumbers with alternating patterns of green and white.
Thinly slice cucumbers and place in a bowl.
Add vinegar, oil, and salt; mix, cover, and chill for at least 1 hour.
Remove peel and white membrane from oranges; cut into crosswise slices.
Peel, pit, and slice avocado; coat with lemon juice.
Drain cucumbers and reserve marinade.
On a large rimmed tray, arrange in rows, cucumbers, oranges, avocado, and onions.
Garnish tray with lettuce.
If made ahead, cover with clear plastic wrap and chill up to 3 hours.
Prepare orange-chili dressing.
Thinly slice cucumbers and place in a bowl.
Add vinegar, oil, and salt; mix, cover, and chill for at least 1 hour.
Remove peel and white membrane from oranges; cut into crosswise slices.
Peel, pit, and slice avocado; coat with lemon juice.
Drain cucumbers and reserve marinade.
On a large rimmed tray, arrange in rows, cucumbers, oranges, avocado, and onions.
Garnish tray with lettuce.
If made ahead, cover with clear plastic wrap and chill up to 3 hours.
Prepare orange-chili dressing.
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