Servings: 4
Calories: 565kcal
Equipment
- Instant Pot pressure cooker (for the pickled red onions & sweet pickled peppers) optional
Ingredients
Ingredients for Southern soul food tomato watermelon salad
- 1 pound seedless watermelon chopped into approx. 1″ size bites (1 mini watermelon works well)
- 6 oz grape tomatoes halved – if in season, choose the gourmet medley of colors (red, yellow & purple variety pack)
- ½ cup feta cheese crumbled
- ¼ cup cilantro fresh & chopped
Ingredients for quick pickled onions and pickled peppers
- ½ cup red wine vinegar
- 5 sweet yellow peppers deveined, seeded, and sliced lengthwise
- ¼ cup red onion sliced into strips
Instructions
Instructions for Instant Pot quick pickled red onions and sweet pickled peppers
- Pour the red wine vinegar into the Instant Pot stainless steel inner pot.
- Add the sliced yellow peppers and red onion to the pot.
- Close the Instant Pot lid (make sure the valve is in the sealing position – up) and pressure cook on high for 4 minutes.
- When the cooking time is finished, allow a natural release of pressure for at least 4 minutes.
- To open the Instant Pot lid, move the valve to ‘venting’ and manually release any remaining pressure, if applicable.
- Use a colander to drain the vinegar from the pickled vegetables.
- Set aside the pickled red onions and peppers.
Instructions for for Southern soul food tomato watermelon salad
- Add the chopped watermelon, sliced grape tomatoes, crumbled feta cheese, and chopped cilantro in a medium-sized bowl.
- Add the pickled yellow peppers and red onions to the fruit mixture.
- Use a small rubber spatula to gently toss and mix the ingredients gently.
- Tomato watermelon salad can either be served at room temperature or chilled in the refrigerator for an hour.
- Serve this Juneteenth watermelon salad recipe right away and enjoy!
Notes
Tasty ingredient swaps include:
- Goat cheese if you don't have feta cheese.
- Apple cider vinegar, white balsamic vinegar, or a balsamic vinaigrette instead of red wine vinegar.
- Olive oil instead of vinegar if you’re not pickling the onions and peppers.
- If you don’t have colorful tomatoes, add in a few colorful melon balls like honeydew or cantaloupe.
- A chopped shallot can be used in place of red onions.
- Pickled jalapeno peppers can be used to spice things up in place of sweet peppers.
- Top with fresh herbs like mint leaves, basil leaves, dill, thyme, or oregano instead of cilantro. Or a salad topper like watercress.
Nutrition
Calories: 565kcal | Carbohydrates: 86g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 67mg | Sodium: 875mg | Potassium: 2345mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 37g | Vitamin A: 5775IU | Vitamin C: 1157mg | Calcium: 503mg | Iron: 5mg
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