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Crudités à la Mexicaine
Ingredients
- 6 kirby or Japanese cucumbers (small quartered lengthwise)
- 4 carrots (medium halved crosswise and sliced into 1/-inch sticks)
- 3 fennel bulbs (medium halved lengthwise, cored and sliced crosswise 1/4 inch thick)
- 1 bunch radishes (large halved or quartered if large)
- 1.5 cups green olives (rinsed)
- 2 tablespoons kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons pure chile powder (such as guajillo or Colorado)
- Key limes (halved (see Note))
Steps
- Arrange the vegetables and olives on a platter. In a small bowl, combine the salt with the chile powder. Dip a lime half in the chile salt and dab the vegetables with it; squeeze the juice over the vegetables. Serve with the remaining lime halves and with the remaining chile salt in a dipping bowl.