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Spanish Mixed Salad (Ensalada Mixta)

A delicious simple traditional Spanish salad with easy to find ingredients that comes together in minutes, and is vegan.
Prep Time15 minutes
Course: Salad
Cuisine: Spanish
Diet: Vegan
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 203kcal
Author: Deirdre Gilna

Ingredients

  • 1 head Lettuce Iceberg, Batavia, or Romaine
  • 2 Tomatoes Ripe firm Salad tomatoes
  • 1 large Carrot Or two small
  • ½ Onion Red or brown
  • ½ cup Corn
  • ⅓ cup Stoned green olives Roughly 1 large handful
  • 4 Tablespoons Olive oil Extra virgen or virgen
  • 2 Tablespoons Red wine vinegar See notes for substitutions
  • ½ teaspoon Fine salt
US Customary - Metric

Instructions

  • Wash, dry and roughly chop your lettuce
  • Slice the tomatoes into wedges, 8-10 per tomato. Peel and julienne the carrot. Peel and thinly slice the onion. Add to the lettuce along with the olives and corn.
  • Toss to mix well. Add the olive oil and toss again.
  • Add the vinegar and toss again.
  • Add the salt and toss again. Taste and adjust salt and vinegar to taste. Serve immediately.

Notes

  1. You can substitute white wine vinegar for red wine vinegar, or even apple cider vinegar in a pinch, although it's not ideal. Sherry vinegar can also be used, but reduce the vinegar to 1.5 tablespoons and then add to taste.
  2. Do not emulsify the dressing ingredients; simple dressings in Spain are usually oil and vinegar and never emulsified.
  3. If you don't like a sharp bite to your raw onion, soak the sliced onion first in cold water for up to ten minutes, drain well, and use.
  4. This salad wilts quickly, so if making ahead of time, prepare and add all the vegetables to a large bowl with the lettuce on top (so it doesn't get crushed). Then add the dressing just before serving. The undressed salad veggies will keep up to three days in the fridge. Having said that, I don't recommend leaving them in the fridge for more than one day, as the tomatoes will become mealy.

Nutrition

Serving: 4small plates | Calories: 203kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 12g | Sodium: 497mg | Potassium: 463mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 4291IU | Vitamin C: 15mg | Calcium: 47mg | Iron: 1mg