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Fiesta Chopped Salad

★★★★★ 5 /5
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Rachel Tiemeyer
By: Rachel TiemeyerPosted: 9/18/20Updated: 3/20/23

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This fresh, delicious, and super healthy Fiesta Chopped Salad works as a light lunch, side dish, appetizer, or snack anytime. Eat on it throughout the week on its own or scoop it with tortilla chips or crackers.

chopped salad in a white bowl with serving spoons
Table of Contents
  • What I Love About Fiesta Chopped Salad
  • Tip for Making the Chopping Easier
  • How to Serve Fiesta Chopped Salad
  • Other Salads You’ll Love
  • Fiesta Chopped Salad

What I Love About Fiesta Chopped Salad

For this salad, I wanted the lime flavor to be front and center, plus I wanted to use all kinds of colorful vegetables to make it pop visually. I also needed some black-eyed peas in there for our friend’s New Year’s Eve party that I was taking it to.

beans, corn, and chopped peppers, herbs, and tomatoes in a white serving bowl

What I ended up with was a mild salsa-salad–filled with multi-colored peppers, beans, fresh herbs, and tomatoes. And it only got better the next day! The rainbow of colors makes this gluten-free, dairy-free salad gorgeous!

beans, corn, and chopped peppers, herbs, and tomatoes in a white serving bowl

Tip for Making the Chopping Easier

This isn’t a difficult recipe to make, but be prepared to chop, chop, chop. I got a new chef’s knife for Christmas that I’ve been waiting my whole life for (I didn’t know I was, but I was). It makes chopping vegetable after vegetable a delightful task as it quickly slices and dices anything in its way.

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How to Serve Fiesta Chopped Salad

Serve this salad with your favorite tortilla chips or some sturdy crackers. I actually discovered some very additive, gluten-free crackers at Walmart of all places called CrunchMaster Multi-Seed Crackers that pair perfectly!

chopped salad in a white bowl with tortilla chips on the side

I’d recommend making this big batch on the weekend and then having it handy for healthy snacks and lunches during the week. The flavors get better as they hang out longer.

chopped salad in a white bowl with hand dipping in with a chip

Other Salads You’ll Love

If you like this salad, you may want to try a few of other favorites…

Autumn Chopped Salad with Apple Cider Vinaigrette

Strawberry Avocado Salad with Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette

My Favorite Cobb Salad

cobb salad on a white plate with yellow napkin and dressing on the side

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★★★★★ 5 from 9 reviews

Fiesta Chopped Salad

This fresh, delicious, and super healthy salad (or is it salsa?) works as a light lunch, side dish, appetizer, or snack anytime. Make this on the weekend and eat on it throughout the week. Eat on its own or scoop it with tortilla chips or crackers.

Yield: 10–12 servings 1x
Prep: 15 minutesCook: 30 minutesTotal: 45 minutes
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Ingredients

Salad:

  • 1 green bell pepper, seeded and diced
  • 1 red or orange bell pepper, seeded and diced
  • 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
  • 1/2 red onion, minced
  • 1 pint cherry tomatoes, quartered
  • 1 can corn, drained (or use 1 cup of fresh corn cut off the cob)
  • 1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1 can black-eyed peas, drained and rinsed
  • 1/2 bunch cilantro, minced (sub: fresh parsley)

Dressing:

  • zest of 1 lime
  • juice of 2 limes
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil (sub: avocado oil)
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt, plus more to taste
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper, plus more to taste
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Optional Add-Ins:

  • hot sauce, to taste (optional)
  • 1–2 avocados, diced (optional)

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Instructions

  1. Stir together the the peppers, onion, tomatoes, corn, beans, and cilantro in a large serving bowl.
  2. In a mason jar with a lid, add the lime zest, lime juice, oil, garlic, honey, salt, pepper, and cayenne. Shake until combined.
  3. Pour 3/4th of the dressing over the salad and stir, reserving the rest for later if needed. Cover the salad and extra dressing and store in the fridge until ready to use, up to a day in advance. Let the chopped salad marinate for at least 20-30 minutes ahead of time before serving to give the flavors a chance to marry together.
  4. Right before serving, stir in the avocado (so it doesn’t get brown and mushy ahead of time). Taste and season with more salt, pepper, hot sauce, and dressing as needed.

Notes/Tips

  • Cover and store in the fridge for about 3 days or so.
  • Serve with tortilla chips or sturdy crackers.
© Author: Rachel Tiemeyer
Cuisine: Tex-Mex Method: Mixing

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As co-founder of Thriving Home, Rachel dreams about creating recipes (literally) and uses her husband, her 3 kids, and even the neighbors as guinea pigs several nights a week. She believes that good food has the power to bring families and friends closer together and continues to wake up excited about her job each day, even after 10+ years!

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  1. AvatarJulie says

    Posted on 7/5/23 at 12:05 pm

    My six-year-old said he loves this salad. He said, “It’s just so flavorful mom.” I’d have to agree. We are eating the leftovers for lunch today.

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    • Carla from Thriving HomeCarla from Thriving Home says

      Posted on 7/5/23 at 12:43 pm

      Yum! I love recipes like this where the leftovers are just as tasty. Glad your son likes it too. Thanks for leaving a review Julie.

      Reply
  2. AvatarHeather says

    Posted on 7/3/23 at 5:07 pm

    Everyone loves this when I bring it to get-togethers. It’s so fresh and flavorful, and healthy! I made it for small group last week, two 4th of July parties this week, and ate it for lunch in between.

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    • Carla from Thriving HomeCarla from Thriving Home says

      Posted on 7/4/23 at 10:49 am

      Yes! Love to hear this Heather. Thanks for leaving a review.

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