Salpicon Salvadoreño de res (Salvadoran Minced beef salad)

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What is Salpicon?

Salpicon Salvadoreño is a dish served cold, similar to a chopped salad. All the ingredients are finely chopped, mixed and seasoned to taste with salt and pepper. The beef is finely chopped or minced up and allowed to rest in order to absorb all the flavor from the rest of the ingredients.

Normally it's served with rice and a side salad. In El Salvador the typical salad served is composed of iceberg lettuce, tomato and carrot. I suggest you add the salad you'd prefer, I typically add a salad with more nutrients that have a spinach or kale base.Now not only is Salpicon delicious, it's also very nutritious and full of protein. So however you decide to eat it, enjoy!

Ingredients

• 1 lb Beef Chunk or the cut you prefer. The leaner the cut, the better.

• 1 bunch of Fresh mint.

• 1 bunch of Cilantro

• 1 white onion or red onion. I prefer red but the traditional recipe uses white.

• 6-7 Radish

• 4 cloves of garlic

• 2 limes

• Salt and pepper to taste

Tools to make Salpicon Salvadoreño?

• Cutting board

• Chopping knife

• Mixing bowl

• Grater

How do I make Salpicon Salvadoreño, G?

1. Wash your meat with water and vinegar

2. Cut it up into 1-2 inch pieces

3. Place the beef chunks into a pot and cover with water. Add salt, half of the cilantro, half of the white onion chopped into big pieces and 2 garlic cloves. You can add this loosely or use an herb bag in order to easily remove. Cook until tender, this may depend on the cut you use and how small or big the pieces are.

4. While your meat cooks, chop the rest of the ingredients finely. You can do this manually or use a food processor to chop it up. Once done add to a big bowl with a lid.

5. Once the beef chunks are tender, do the same thing and chop up finely. You will add this to the bowl with all the other ingredients.

6. Juice the two limes and add salt and pepper to taste

7. You can eat right away or place in the fridge for 30 mins to absorb the flavors more.

Hope you are your family enjoy this recipe as much as i did growing up. For more recipes head to @flourishwithg on Instagram and Tiktok.