Ensalada de Nopales Asados - Latino USA Episode 429
00:26
Susana Trilling is a chef and former restaurateur from the U.S. now living in Oaxaca, Mexico.
00:50
Let's just do the ensalada nopal.
00:53
Okay so you take a cactus and you clean the spines off.
00:56
And when you have the whole petals, you wash them well.
00:58
And then you grill them in a cast iron frying pan or on a griddle or a comal.
01:03
And then you cut them up in little pieces, cut up some tomato, some green onions, some cilantro.
01:10
And then you roast some garlic and chop that up fine.
01:13
You mix that all together.
01:15
And then in a molcajete, you grind up some star anise, maybe one star, and then about half a cup of vinegar, half a cup of olive oil, and the juice of two limes.
01:24
And you mix that in and then you cut up some avocado and you fold that in.
01:28
And that's called ensalada de nopal asado. It's really good for you.
02:01
I serve them on totopos or like tortillas that are baked in the oven with a little bit of queso fresco on top.
02:07
So it's kind of like crunchy, slimy and salty. [Laughter]
02:10
But it's a wonderful botana and it's really, really good for you.
02:13
The nopal is excellent for the salud.
Ensalada de Nopales Asados
00:26 - 00:32
Susana Trilling is a chef and former restaurateur from the U.S. now living in Oaxaca, Mexico.
00:50 - 00:53
Let's just do the ensalada nopal.
00:53 - 00:56
Okay so you take a cactus and you clean the spines off.
00:56 - 00:58
And when you have the whole petals, you wash them well.
00:58 - 01:03
And then you grill them in a cast iron frying pan or on a griddle or a comal.
01:03 - 01:10
And then you cut them up in little pieces, cut up some tomato, some green onions, some cilantro.
01:10 - 01:13
And then you roast some garlic and chop that up fine.
01:13 - 01:15
You mix that all together.
01:15 - 01:24
And then in a molcajete, you grind up some star anise, maybe one star, and then about half a cup of vinegar, half a cup of olive oil, and the juice of two limes.
01:24 - 01:28
And you mix that in and then you cut up some avocado and you fold that in.
01:28 - 01:32
And that's called ensalada de nopal asado. It's really good for you.
02:01 - 02:07
I serve them on totopos or like tortillas that are baked in the oven with a little bit of queso fresco on top.
02:07 - 02:10
So it's kind of like crunchy, slimy and salty. [Laughter]
02:10 - 02:13
But it's a wonderful botana and it's really, really good for you.
02:13 - 02:16
The nopal is excellent for the salud.