American Regional Recipes

Tex Mex Bean, Sweet Peppers and Peach Salad

Tex Mex Bean, Sweet Peppers and Peach Salad

Ingredients

Salad

  • 1/2 cup frozen corn
  • 1 can California cling sliced peaches
  • 1 can mixed beans, rinsed and drained
  • 2 sweet peppers, preferably red and green, cut into bite size chunks
  • 2 green onions, thinly sliced

Dressing

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
  • 1 large garlic clove, minced
  • 2 teaspoons chili powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon each salt and dried oregano leaves
  • Generous pinch cayenne pepper
  • 1/2 cup chopped coriander

Instructions

  1. Thaw corn.
  2. Drain peaches, reserving 1 tablespoon juice. Then chop peaches into bite size chunks and add to a large bowl along with corn, beans, peppers and green onions.
  3. In a small bowl, whisk reserved peach juice with oil, vinegar, garlic, chili powder, salt, oregano and cayenne. Stir into salad along with coriander. Add more salt and cayenne if needed.

Attribution

Recipe and photo used with permission from: California Cling Peach Board



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