southwest salad with avocado dressing

(3 ratings)
Recipe by
Kathy D

A pretty simple weeknight salad with homemade dressing to throw together quickly. Make sure your avocados are ripe but not overly so. Feel free to add other veggies, etc... to this salad. This is a Rachael Ray recipe.

(3 ratings)
yield 6 -8
prep time 15 Min
method No-Cook or Other

Ingredients For southwest salad with avocado dressing

  • SALAD:
  • 2
    heads bibb lettuce, cleaned and dried
  • 4 md
    red vine-ripe tomatoes, cut into wedges
  • 2 md
    yellow vine-ripe tomatoes, cut into wedges
  • 1/2 lg
    red onion, thinly sliced
  • DRESSING:
  • 2
    ripe avocados
  • 1
    lemon, juice of
  • 1 sm
    jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped
  • 3 Tbsp
    chopped red onion
  • 2 Tbsp
    fresh cilantro leaves
  • 1 tsp
    coarse salt
  • 3 Tbsp
    water
  • 3 Tbsp
    extra-virgin olive oil

How To Make southwest salad with avocado dressing

  • 1
    Salad: Build your salad on a large platter. Use Bibb lettuce as the bed, then layer the tomatoes and scatter the red onions around the platter.
  • 2
    Dressing: Cut avocados in half lengthwise, cutting around the pit. Separate the halves and scoop out the pits with a spoon, then use the spoon to scoop the avocados from their skins. Place the avodados in a food processor bowl and combine the lemon juice, jalapeno, red onion, cilantro, salt and water. Grind until the avocado mixture is smooth, then stream the olive oil into dressing. Adjust seasonings and pour over salad then serve.
  • 3
    Dressing may be stored 3 or 4 days in an airtight container in the fridge.
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