Green Salad with Lime Chili Vinaigrette
If you’re bringing friends together to enjoy a meal, this Green Salad with Lime Chili Vinaigrette may just be the recipe you’re looking for! Salads don’t have to be boring! This simple salad is packed with flavor, color, and crunch, and the zesty lime-chili dressing ties it all together! If you’re a salad fan or just want to incorporate more leafy greens into your meals, this is the salad for you!
I love this salad. It’s well-balanced with a great assortment of textures and colors, and it’s so delicious! Our friends recently went to Italy and had us over for dinner, along with some other guests. We all brought a dish, which is an ingenious way to throw an elegant party! We all brought a course, and I had the “salad course.” I brought this summer salad and it was a great hit.
Green Salad with Lime Chili Vinaigrette
Corn, radish, onions, and cucumber are the main stars, in addition to the greens, of course. But the beauty of this salad is that you can mix and match to customize it just how you like it.
Don’t be afraid of cilantro! When combined with the other ingredients, it’s not that strong. And it works so beautifully with the dressing.
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Why I love this recipe
- It’s a great potluck dish.
- This salad is great with Tex-mex food, but it’s also a great “anytime” salad.
- You can make the vinaigrette ahead, and just keep it in the fridge. The dressing makes enough for several salads.
- A great salad recipe for Cinco de Mayo.
Gather these ingredients
I love this salad so much, and the corn makes this recipe ROCK! We’ve been having it every other night for dinner this week. HA HA. Not really. I do cook the corn ahead of time, and make enough to use for several recipes. How easy is that?
- Corn: we buy it on the cobb, cook it and cut off the cob. You can also use fresh or canned.
- Fresh greans: use your favorite, it’s great with spinach, too.
- Radish
- Avocado
- Red onion
- Feta cheese: you can also use Cotija or your favorite cheese.
- Tomatoes
- Cucumber
Chili Lime Vinaigrette
- Rice Vinegar
- Fresh lime juice
- Honey
- Garlic
- Paprika
- Cumiin
- Kosher salt
- Oil: we use avocado oil
- Cilantro
How do you make a Green Salad with Lime Chili Vinaigrette
- To cook the corn, boil fresh corn cobs for 6 minutes; cool and cut the corn off the cob. You can also use frozen corn, defrosted.
- Heat a saute pan with olive oil, fry the corn for about 2 minutes; add the seasoning. Cool the corn and set aside.
- Add greens to a large bowl and place chopped vegetables and cheese on top.
- Make the vinaigrette: Add the vinegar, lime juice, honey, garlic, and seasonings to a small bowl. Whisk together, drizzling in the oil. Stir well.
- Add in the finely chopped cilantro to the dressing mixture. Shake or stir well.
- Pour lightly on the salad; toss and serve.
Tips and substitutions
Now let me tell you about the zesty Cilantro Lime Vinaigrette dressing. It’s so yummy, and packed with cilantro. When my sisters and I were recently up in Portland for Mother’s Day weekend, we bought the Nordstrom Family Table Cookbook, because we wanted this salad dressing recipe!
- t’s a great book, and the dressing is even better.
- You can mix up the greens. Use fresh greens, spinach, add different cheeses. We love to add fennel sliced thinly, too. Basically a green salad is the best with what is in season.
- Optional to use your favorite salad dressing (or even storebought) in this recipe.
- Make the salad dressing ahead and keep in the fridge. SHAKE well before using, because the cilantro will go to the bottom of the jar.
- The dressing will be enough for several salads.
- I think it’s my new summer favorite – it’s so light and fresh. Packed with cilantro!
More green salad recipes to try:
Shake the dressing before you add it to the salad, and then toss and serve. The dressing will be enough for several salads.
I think it’s my new summer favorite – it’s so light and fresh. Packed with cilantro!
Get ready to party!
Round up your favorite friends, plan a small dinner party, give everyone a dish to bring, and enjoy a very easy summer night’s meal together!
That’s my favorite way to entertain!
Get the Recipe:
Green Salad with Lime Chili Vinaigrette
Ingredients
- Fresh greens, cut in bite size pieces
- 4 corn cobs boiled and cut off the cob, about 1-2 cups
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- ½ tsp chili pepper
Build the salad:
- 4-6 radish, thinly sliced
- 1-2 large avocado, cut into small chunks
- 1/2 small red onion, diced
- 1 cup Feta cheese, or Cotija cheese, crumbled
- 2-4 Roma Tomatoes, diced
- 1 English cucumber, diced
Make the vinaigrette:
- ⅓ cup seasoned rice wine vinegar
- ¼ cup fresh lime juice
- 2 Tbsp honey
- 1 clove clove garlic, minced
- 1 ½ tsp favorite spice, such as smokey paprika, Mexican spice, or chipotle chili pepper
- 1 tsp cumin
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- ¾ cup avocado oil
- 1 cup tightly packed fresh cilantro leaves (cut off the stems), finely chopped
Instructions
- To cook the corn, boil fresh corn cobs for 6 minutes; cool and cut the corn off the cob. You can also use frozen corn, defrosted.
- Heat a saute pan with olive oil, fry the corn for about 2 minutes; add the chili pepper. Cool the corn and set aside.
- Add greens to a large bowl and place chopped vegetables and cheese on top.
Make the vinaigrette:
- To a canning jar, add the vinegar, lime juice, honey, garlic, and seasonings and whisk together, drizzling in the avocado oil.
- Add in the finely chopped cilantro to the dressing mixture. Stir or shake well. Refrigerate.
- When ready to serve, pour the vinaigrette lightly over the salad; toss and serve.
Notes
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Not only was this salad awesome, but I continued using the rest of the dressing for about 3-4 more salads, and every time I kept reminding myself not to forget about this recipe! Making it again this week. It’s delicious.
I’m in love with this!! Totally looks like the perfect summer salad!
I love the vinaigrette, I just love the flavor of cilantro and youi have really taken this a step ahead. :)
Yum! We’ll be having a basic tossed salad since my dad doesn’t branch out too much. I usually get some fun veggies and place them on the side for those of us who like variety, like, feta cheese, olives, corn, etc. and even fruit! That way my husband can celebrate his way while my dad celebrates his.
Summer salads like this one are honestly just the best. Perfect for so many occasions!!