Recipe - Ensalada De Jicama (Jicama Salad)

1 lg Jicama (about 1One half pounds),
peeled
1 tablespoon Fresh cilantro, finely
chopped
1 teaspoon Salt, or to taste
Three fourths cup Seville orange juice
1 lg Sweet orange, peeled &
thinly cut or sliced up

Cut jicama into 1/4" cubes. Add cilantro, salt, and Seville* orange juice
and set aside to season for at least an hour. Serve the salad garnished
with the orange slices.

Note: If you can't get Seville oranges, an acceptable substitute is:

1 teaspoon finely grated grapefruit rind, 3 T. orange juice, 3 T grapefruit
juice, 2 T lemon juice.

Recipe by: Cuisines of Mexico, p. 315 Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #545 by
Lou Parris lbparris@earthlink.net on Mar 28, 1997