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Chilean Salad: Tomatoes and onionsChilean salad is straightforward; it’s mostly onions and tomatoes but has little secrets to make it tasty. Chilean salad is a summer salad, best made when tomatoes are fresh and have matured in the bushes. Many of the classic Chilean meals improve dramatically with the addition of the Chilean salad: fried fish with mashed potatoes, fresh tamales or humitas, BBQ beef with potato salad, spicy pork ribs only taste completed with this salad.

I made this salad with tomatoes from my garden, this year’s harvest was great, and I enjoyed it like never before.

You can do the salad with or without green chile and minced garlic, I do not recommend you skip salting the tomatoes before putting them together with the rest of the ingredients. The salt brings out the flavor of the tomatoes. Do not use olive oil; neutral vegetable oil is traditional.

You may also like the recipe: Chilean Pastel de Choclo.

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Chilean Salad: Tomatoes and onions

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The most traditional salad in Chile.

  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 6

Ingredients

  • 1 Spanish onion (yellow)
  • 5 medium-sized tomatoes
  • 1 clove of garlic (optional)
  • 1 yellow Thai chili or sweet banana pepper (optional)
  • salt, pepper, oil, wine vinegar

Instructions

  1. Boil water.
  2. Chop onion in half-moons as thin as possible. Place in a bowl, cover with boiling water, let stand for 10 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water. Dry with paper towels.
    half moon onions half moon onion on water bath
  3. Chop the garlic and seed the peppers. Cut finely.
  4. Chop the tomatoes into wedges, place in a bowl and sprinkle with salt. Stir.
    Cut tomatoes
  5. Add onion, garlic, and finely chopped pepper if desired.
    tomato and onions in a bowl
  6. Season with salt, pepper, oil, and vinegar.
  7. Stir and taste. Adjust the seasoning.
    Chilean Salad: Tomatoes and onions
  • Author: Pilar Hernandez
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 0 minutes
  • Category: Salad
  • Cuisine: Chilean

Nutrition

  • Serving Size:
  • Calories: 52
  • Sugar: 4.2 g
  • Sodium: 6.9 mg
  • Fat: 2.5 g
  • Saturated Fat: 1.9 g
  • Carbohydrates: 7.1 g
  • Fiber: 1.8 g
  • Protein: 1.3 g
  • Cholesterol: 0 mg

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  2. Lori

    Thanks for the recipe! Beautiful tomatoes.
    I love neutralizing the onions with the boiling water.
    I live in the south of Chile and enjoy it with cilantro.

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  4. Christie

    Thank you! I have just come across your website and am so happy. My husband and his family are Chilean and I love the recipes that my mother in law makes. It has been so nice to find a group of recipes that are exact replicas of what they cook and what I have seen when in chile.

    Again, thank you!

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