Grilled Pork Salad with beets, potato, avocado and goat cheese paprika dressing

There is nothing better than a well made and filling salad that can equally satisfy your taste buds and your desire to eat something healthy and fresh.This salad combines beets, fingerling potatoes, grilled pork chop strips, grilled white onions and avocado on a bed of lettuce and is drizzled with a flavorful dressing made with bell pepper, paprika, goat cheese and garlic.

I was originally inspired to make this salad by one of my food blog friends from my early days of blogging. Sadly, the blog is no longer in existence and the owner has since passed away. The blog was called El Almuerzo de Leticia and Don Lucho, and was written by a very cool Peruvian man known as Don Lucho. He had lived in many countries, including Ecuador and Spain. It was a great site, his dishes were creative, full of color, healthy and the preparation instructions were easy to follow. It was a time when we cooked for ourselves and our families, without caring as much about what was trendy or popular.

This salad is not only a pleasure to eat but it is also beautiful to look at it. I felt like I was creating edible art when I was making it. I made a few of my own changes to the original salad, I used grilled pork chop strips, while Don Lucho’s orginal salad had turkey – probably a little bit healthier than mine. You can essentially you use any protein (meat/poultry/seafood) you like –which is great for using up leftovers.

I had some fingerling potatoes so I used those but any potatoes can be used. An important part of this salad is the dressing, Don Lucho made a beautiful dressing using a paprika pepper, of course I couldn’t find one so I used a regular red bell pepper and some smoked paprika powder. I also used goat cheese instead of cream cheese (I just can’t resist combining peppers and goat cheese together), and added some garlic (again goat cheese and garlic are such a great combo).

Grilled pork salad with beets, potato and avocado

This satisfying complete salad is made with grilled pork strips, roasted beets, fingerling potatoes, grilled onions, and avocado slices on a bed of lettuce and drizzled with a red bell pepper, paprika and goat cheese dressing.

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Course: Lunch, Salads

Cuisine: International, Latin fusion, Latin Inspired, South American

Keyword: Avocado, Fingerling potatoes, Goat cheese, Grilled pork, Roasted beets

Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 50 minutes minutes

Total Time: 1 hour hour 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 to 6

Ingredients

• 3 large beets washed
• 1 lb fingerling potatoes washed
• 1 lb boneless pork chops cut into strips
• 2 white onions washed and sliced thickly
• 2 tbs olive oil
• 1 medium size lettuce head washed and cut into large chunks – you can also use a large bag of your favorite salad greens mix
• 1 ripe but firm avocado peeled and sliced
• Salt and pepper

Bell pepper & paprika dressing:

• 1 red bell pepper if you can find a fresh red paprika pepper even better
• 1 tsp smoked paprika powder
• 2 garlic cloves
• ½ to ¾ cup milk you can also use plain yogurt instead of milk
• 4 tbs goat cheese
• 2 tbs olive oil

Instructions

• Pre-heat the oven to 350 F (175 C).
• Wash the beets and remove the leaves, wrap the beets in aluminum foil and bake for about 45-50 minutes, time will vary based on the size of the beets.
• When the beets are fully cooked remove them from the oven and place them in bowl of ice to stop the cooking process and cool down.
• Peel and cut the beets.
• Bring water to boil a large saucepan and boil the potatoes for about 8-10 minutes or until tender, remove from heat and let cool down, use them either whole or quartered.
• Meanwhile combine the bell pepper, smoked paprika, garlic, milk, goat cheese, olive oil, and salt in the blender and blend until you get a smooth sauce, strain it and refrigerate until ready to use.
• Season the pork and onions with the olive oil, salt and pepper
• Grill or sauté the pork and onions, let them cool down before using.
• Arrange the lettuce, beets, potatoes, onions, pork and avocados in a salad bowl, platter or individual plates, drizzle with the salad dressing and serve immediately.

Step by step preparation photos for grilled pork salad with beets, potato and avocado

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