This is an awesome summer salad. The mix of the ingredients may seem odd, but I promise you everyone I have served it to has loved it. Hopefully you will, too. The Mango gives just enough sweetness to the dish, and the many textures and flavors work well together. You may adjust the amounts to your liking. I tend to like more fruit and cilantro with less rice.
I love to serve this unusual and sweet coleslaw in fresh pineapple halves for individual servings at a dinner party. It’s also a hit at a large gathering just put in a big bowl and garnished with greens.
I adapted this heavily from a recipe in the July/August 2011 issue of Food Network Magazine. I thought I made enough changes to warrant calling it a new recipe, and it came out great. Hope you enjoy!
Make and share this Baja Chicken Apple Sausage Salad recipe from Food.com.
So this was my lunch yesterday and today. And I’m thinking about whipping up another bowlful this weekend to serve with some yummy grilled chicken (if it warms back up enough to be pleasant for eating outdoors! Brr!). And whipping up is probably not the best verb here…because there is no whipping involved. Just stirring really. So mabye I’ll stir up another bowlful this weekend. 😉 This dish is super “clean” and diet friendly recipe. It’s almost paleo (I think…I can’t keep the “rules” straight on this diet!), gluten free, dairy free, low carb, etc. There is minimal chopping…and just takes a few minutes to prep! Win-win-win…Baja-Cali Black Bean Salad FTW! I’m calling this Baja-Cali because it has all the flavors and colors of Baja…red/green…lime/cilantro…plus an avocado mixed in as well. Hence the Baja-Cali prefix for this black bean salad. Hope y’all enjoy this refreshing black bean salad!
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