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Mango and Tomato Salad with Mint Chimichurri

Call it a salsa, call it a salad... regardless, this is delicious and easy to play around with. Serve it as is with a meal, with tortilla chips for a snack, or on endive leaves for a fancy-schmancy appetizer. Best of all, it's amazingly good for you.
Course Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine Argentinean, Miscellaneous, South American
Keyword chimichurri, fresh salsa, mango, salsa
Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings 8 people
Calories 49kcal

Ingredients

  • salt to taste

Mint Chimichurri (makes a lot - reduce as necessary)

  • 25 g mint (about 1 cup loosely packed)
  • 25 g flat leaf parsley (about 1 cup loosely packed)
  • 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/2 tsp ground cumin
  • 2-3 cloves garlic minced
  • 1.5 tbsp lemon juice preferably fresh-squeezed

Salad/Salsa

  • 500 g mango diced (900 g [2 lb] of mango should yield about this much)
  • 250 g cherry or grape tomatoes halved (or quartered if they're large)
  • 2 tablespoons mint chimichurri
  • 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar

Instructions

Chimichurri

  • Chop the parsley and mint, either coarsely or finely, depending on how you'd like the final consistency to be.  For a smooth sauce, you can skip chopping and add all of the chimichurri ingredients except for the olive oil together in a food processor (stir the olive oil in after processing).
  • Combine all of the chimichurri ingredients in a bowl and set them aside.

Salad

  • Combine all ingredients in a large bowl, mix, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

Notes

Serve as is, with tortilla chips, or spooned on top of the leaves of a bitter leaf-vegetable like endive or radicchio.
Variation 1 - Add half of one diced red onion.
Variation 2 - Replace part or all of the mango with cubed watermelon.

Nutrition

Calories: 49kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 0.5g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Sodium: 77mg | Potassium: 173mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 750IU | Vitamin C: 29.7mg | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 0.2mg