Papaya Salsa
This is a delicious fruit salsa that can be served over grilled fish or chicken. Cilantro would make a wonderful addition to the salsa. Originally served as part of: Grilled Salmon with Papaya.
- Pineapple Salsa (March 21, 2003)
Ingredients
- 1 medium ripe papaya
- 1 medium jalapeno pepper
- 2 tablespoons Vidalia onion (minced)
- kosher salt
- 1/2 lime
- habanero hot sauce
Instructions
We begin by rinsing our ripe papaya and drying with a paper towel. We then cut the papaya in half and scoop out the seeds. We discard the seeds tonight, although they are edible. We peel the skin off the papaya and chop small. We add the 3/4 cup of papaya in a medium bowl.
We rinse the jalapeno next and dry it. We hold the stem with our left hand, upright on the cutting board, and remove the flesh from the pepper carefully. We leave the seed pod inside. We mince the pepper, yielding almost a tablespoon, and add it to the bowl with the papaya.
We then add the onion, a pinch of salt, and a squeeze of the lime to the bowl. We stir and set this aside for about 20 minutes to meld the flavors.
When we are ready to serve the papaya salsa, we add some hot sauce to taste.
Ingredients
- 1 medium ripe papaya
- 1 medium jalapeño
- 2 tbsp Vidalia onion (minced)
- kosher salt
- ½ lime
- habanero hot sauce
Instructions
What's a kid job?
A Kid job is a step kids can help with, with a grown-up nearby, not one they do on their own. Every kid is different, so go by what your child can do rather than by age. Roughly:
- Little ones (about 2 to 4) can stir, pour in ingredients a grown-up has measured, tear lettuce, wash vegetables and sprinkle toppings.
- Older kids (about 5 to 8) can also measure and level, crack eggs, whisk, roll and cut out dough, and put things together.
- Bigger kids can read the recipe aloud, keep track of the timer, and take on more of the cooking as they're ready.
Steps with a knife, microplane, skewers, stove, oven, grill or hot oil, or with raw meat, poultry or seafood, are marked Grown-up. Kids can still watch those, from a safe distance.
Grown-up
Rinse and dry the papaya, halve it, and scoop out the seeds. Peel and chop it small (about ¾ cup) into a medium bowl.
Grown-up
Rinse the jalapeño, stand it up by the stem, and slice the flesh away from the seed pod. Mince it (almost 1 tablespoon) and add it. Wash your hands.
Kid job
Add the onion, a pinch of salt and a squeeze of lime. Stir and let sit about 20 minutes.
Add hot sauce to taste just before serving.