Equal parts juicy and crunchy, jicama is the ideal salad component. This tuber, with a white crispy interior, is commonly served raw and adds an irresistible bite to dishes. With a mild taste and texture that's sometimes described as a savory apple, it pairs up well with bold flavors like fresh fruit, citrus juices, and spicy peppers. Try one of our jicama salads to start incorporating this refreshing veggie into your healthy meals.
Refreshing Sweet and Spicy Jicama Salad
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Thai chiles and fresh jalape?os add a hit of heat to this salad, which is balanced out with sweet peppers and citrus fruits. Recipe creator Lindsey Pfeiffer suggests cutting back on the Thai chiles if you're serving someone with a sensitive palate.
Summer Cucumber Jicama Salad
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You only need four ingredients to make this salad, which is bold in both flavor and color. Use up your summer produce of cucumber and tomatoes to pair up with crunchy jicama.
Jicama and Melon Salad
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Both crispy and refreshing, honeydew melon and jicama make the ultimate duo for this salad. While the dressing of fresh mint and lime juice has plenty of taste, you can make it even more bold by following reviewer SunnyByrd's advice to add a tiny dash of salt to bring out the melon's flavor.
Jicama Confetti Salad
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Eat the rainbow in this beautiful and flavorful salad. Thin strips of jicama, red onion, bell pepper, carrot, and celery make up the base before getting drizzled with the zippy dressing of rice wine vinegar, fish sauce, honey, and sriracha.
Jicama Mango Salad with Cilantro and Lime
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Have a mango that's still too firm to eat by itself? Chop it up and add it to this bright jicama salad! A dash of cayenne gives the honey-lime dressing just the right amount of spice.
Sweet and Sour Spinach Jicama Salad
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If you want a change from typical salads, then try this unique recipe. Tender baby spinach is paired with crunchy jicama, crispy bacon, and nutty sesame seeds before getting a drizzle of sweet and sour dressing.
Shrimp, Jicama and Chile Vinegar Salad
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Go south of the border with this salad full of bold flavors. Each plate is layered up with slices of tomato and tomatillo then topped off with jicama and shrimp that have been marinated in a jalape?o-cilantro dressing.
Jicama Corn Salad
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Sweet, savory, and tangy, this salad has it all to make your tastebuds sing. With fresh veggies like jicama, corn, and red onion as the base, all the dressing that's required is a quick squeeze of lime juice.
Jicama and Mango Salad
Photo by Kim's Cooking Now
Reviewer Kim's Cooking Now says, "I loved the sweetness of the mango and the crunch of the jicama, and it had a slight kick to it with the red pepper and cumin." Best part? It tastes better the longer it sits, so you can prep this salad for enjoying all week long.
Chop Chop Salad
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Jicama is typically paired with citrus fruits like limes or oranges, but this salad recipe takes it in a different direction by incorporating grapefruit segments. Drizzle it with some Habanero Heat Salad Dressing and you’ll never go back to one-note salads.
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