Asian Avocado Salsa
A fresh and flavorful fusion salsa combining creamy avocados with Asian ingredients like sesame oil, wasabi, and rice vinegar. Perfect as a unique side dish or appetizer.
6 servings
13 min
Ingredients
- •1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- •2 tablespoons unseasoned rice vinegar
- •1 tablespoon mirin
- •2 teaspoons soy sauce
- •1½ teaspoons Asian sesame oil
- •1½ teaspoons coarse kosher salt
- •1 pinch salt
- •1 teaspoon wasabi paste
- •2 cups watercress
- •4 whole green onions
- •½ cup jicama
- •2 whole avocados
- •halved
- •pitted
- •peeled
- •cut into 1/3-inch cubes
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Stir sesame seeds in dry skillet over medium heat until aromatic and light golden, about 2 minutes. Transfer to small bowl to cool.
2 min
- 2.
Whisk next 6 ingredients in large bowl to blend. Add watercress, green onions, and jicama; toss to coat. Gently stir in avocados. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 hour ahead. Cover; chill.
10 min
- 3.
Sprinkle salsa with toasted sesame seeds and serve chilled.
1 min
- 4.
*Available in the Asian foods section of some supermarkets and at Japanese markets.
