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Salza Criolla (South American Onion Relish)

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Sarza criolla is a refreshing topping for carbohydrate and meat-style foods. It is the South American equivalent of salsa, and it goes well on toast, slabs of boiled potatoes, seafood, meat, rice, tamales, and quesadillas.

Ingredients

  • 1 onion
  • 1 lime
  • Chopped cilantro (optional) (optional)
  • Chopped boiled potatoes (optional) (optional)
  • Chopped boiled or pickled beets (optional) (optional)
  • Chopped (not mashed) avocado (optional) (optional)

Instructions

  1. 1
    Cleave the onion from top to bottom, along the grain, then slice it fine across the grain, forming half-rings.
  2. 2
    Rinse in cold water, soak in cold water for around 5 minutes, and rinse again. This procedure washes away the contents of the plant cells destroyed by the knife, taking the sting out of the onion's flavor.
  3. 3
    Squeeze over it the juice of the lime.
  4. 4
    Optionally toss in the cilantro, potatoes, beets, or avocado.
Category
Side Dishes

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Salza_Criolla_(South_American_Onion_Relish)