Photo: Boston Lettuce Avocado Salad and Lime Dressing Recipe
Ingredients
For the salad:
- 2 small to medium heads Boston lettuce, discard any wilted leaves
- 1 Hass avocado, pitted
- 1 large bunch scallions, thinly sliced
- Leaves from 1 bunch cilantro, finely chopped
For the dressing:
- 2 limes, juiced
- 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- About 20 grinds fresh black pepper
- 1 tablespoon whole-grain mustard
Directions
Pull the lettuce leaves from the head, rinse gently under cold water, and lay out on clean towels to dry. Use a spoon to remove the flesh in 1 piece from each half of the avocado. Thinly slice the avocado flesh into thin wedges.
Whisk together all the dressing ingredients.
Arrange the lettuce leaves on a plate and top with the avocado wedges, scallion, and cilantro. Finish with a healthy drizzling of the dressing.
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By amanda.moticker...
ridgewood, NJ
on May 06, 2013
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This salad was part of my Cinco de Mayo menu and a huge hit. Made it in part because my parents in theirs 70's wanted to try avocado. They were fighting each other for the last bites of the salad.
I did add blue crumbeld blue cheese and used honey in place of the sugar in the viniagrette. Am not a fan of raw scallion/onion - tempered the scallions by soaking in lemon water for 10 minutes.
Will definitely be making this again and again. Was great with shrimp and chorizo quesadillas (I bake them.
By andrea_day
Boston
on May 24, 2012
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I highly recommend this recipe. I left out the cilantro and added hard boiled eggs. It was great.
By MG Loves Brunch
El Paso, TX
on March 08, 2012
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Great dressing! Light and flavorful. I didn't have Boston lettuce or nuts. I used Herb salad mix (dill, cilantro, argula, spinach, romaine, red lettuce, etc. The herbs added a nutty flavor to the salad. I also added Fetta cheese, which complimented the lime dressing. My husband doesn't care for mustard in salad dressings. He loved the salad overall.
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