Hearts of palm ceviche {Ceviche de palmito}

Name: Hearts of palm ceviche {Ceviche de palmito}
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 serving
Ingredients: 2 cans hearts of palm; ½ large red onion; 2 tomatoes; 1 tomato grated; 6 limes; 1 large orange; ½ bunch of finely chopped cilantro; 1 tablespoons of oil; salt to taste; 1 red chile or hot pepper; 1-2 avocados; Chifles or thin green plantain chips; Aji hot sauce; Popcorn; Tostado or cancha style corn nuts; Lime slices

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Prep Time
30 mins
Additional Time
30 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings
6
Course
Appetizer
Cuisine
South American, Ecuadorian

Hearts of palm ceviche {Ceviche de palmito}

Iris Warren

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Recipe for ceviche de palmito or hearts of palm ceviche. This refreshing vegan ceviche is made with hearts of palm, red onions, tomato, lime juice, orange juice, cilantro and salt. You can also add avocado and spicy peppers.

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Ingredients

Servings

2 cans hearts of palm each can is ~14 ounces or ~400 grams, after draining the liquid you will have ~16 ounces total of just hearts of palm (from 2 cans)
½ large red onion finely sliced
2 tomatoes diced
1 tomato grated
6 limes juiced
1 large orange juiced
½ bunch of finely chopped cilantro
1 tablespoons of oil can be a neutral flavored oil like avocado or sunflower
salt to taste

Optional, can be added directly to the ceviche or served with each bowl:

1 red chile or hot pepper sliced or diced
1-2 avocados diced or sliced

Garnishes:

Chifles or thin green plantain chips
Aji hot sauce
Popcorn
Tostado or cancha style corn nuts
Lime slices

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Instructions

Drain and slice or dice the hearts of palm, mix with half of the lime juice and all the orange juice.
Soak the sliced onions in cold water with a teaspoon of salt for about 5-10 minutes. Drain and rinse well.
Make a curtido or marinated salsa with rinsed red onion slices, diced tomato, half of the finely chopped cilantro, the rest of the lime juice and salt to taste. Let it marinate for 5-10 minutes.
Mix the marinating hearts of palm with the tomato onion curtido and rest of the chopped cilantro.
Add the grated tomato and the oil, mix well. Taste and add salt if needed. Let the ceviche marinate for at least 30 minutes before serving.
You can add the diced avocado and the optional diced/sliced hot peppers directly into the whole ceviche bowl right before serving or serve the avocado as a topping into each individual bowl.
Serve the palmito ceviche with your choice of garnishes including fried green plantains chips, popcorn, tostado corn nuts, extra hot sauce, etc