Ingeredients:
1 lime
2 tablespoons flaky sea salt
1/2 teaspoon ancho chile powder
2 oranges, sliced into 1/4-inch rounds, rounds halved
5 mini seedless cucumbers, cut into 1/2-inch spears
1 bunch of radishes (preferably breakfast), halved
1 large jicama
peeled
cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices
half of slices cut into half moons
half moons cut into triangles
Instructions:
Finely grate lime zest into a small bowl. Stir in salt and chile powder. Cut lime into wedges.
Arrange crudités on a platter. Squeeze lime juice over, then sprinkle with some spiced salt mixture. Serve remaining spiced salt mixture alongside.
Recipe Card

Crudités with Chile-Lime Salt
Ingredients
- 1 lime
- 2 tablespoons flaky sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ancho chile powder
- 2 oranges sliced into 1/4-inch rounds, rounds halved
- 5 mini seedless cucumbers cut into 1/2-inch spears
- 1 bunch of radishes preferably breakfast, halved
- 1 large jicama
- peeled
- cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices
- half of slices cut into half moons
- half moons cut into triangles
Instructions
- Finely grate lime zest into a small bowl. Stir in salt and chile powder. Cut lime into wedges.
- Arrange crudités on a platter. Squeeze lime juice over, then sprinkle with some spiced salt mixture. Serve remaining spiced salt mixture alongside.
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