Fresh Fruit And Tortilla Slaw With Chayote And Jicama

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 small jicama, peeled and finely julienned
• 1 chayote, stemmed,peeled,and finely julienned (vegetable pear or mirliton)
• 1 small red bell pepper, stemmed,seeded,and finely julienned
• 1 unpeeled granny smith apple, cored and julienned
• 1 clementines or 1 satsuma oranges, sectioned and seeded,reserving all juice (a tangerine, tangelo, or canned mandarin orange sections may be substituted)
• 1/2 cup orange juice (juice from canned mandarins may be used)
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 6 sprigs cilantro
• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil (pumpkin seed, peanut, or sesame oil in any combination may be used)
• salt
• 4 corn tortillas, cut in thin strips and fried in vegetable oil (red, blue or yellow may be used)

Recipe

• 1 toss together first nine ingredients.
• 2 just before serving, add tortillas and toss again.
• 3 serve immediately.