Ensalada de Trigo

Name: Ensalada de Trigo
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Peruvian
Ingredients: 2 cups wheat berries, cooked; 1 cup queso fresco, diced; 1 cup corn kernels, cooked; 1/2 cup red onion, diced; 1 cup Roma tomato, diced; 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped; 2 tbsp fresh lime juice; 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 1/2 tsp salt

A refreshing Peruvian wheat berry salad tossed with creamy queso fresco, corn, tomatoes, red onion, and fresh lime dressing.

15 minEasyServes 4280 cal/serving

PeruvianSaladNo-CookVegetarianHigh FiberHalal-friendlyKosher-styleNut-FreeEgg-FreeSoy-FreeShellfish-FreeSesame-FreePork-FreeLow-SodiumAlcohol-Free

Ingredients

2 cups wheat berries, cooked
1 cup queso fresco, diced
1 cup corn kernels, cooked
1/2 cup red onion, diced
1 cup Roma tomato, diced
1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
2 tbsp fresh lime juice
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp salt

Instructions

1

In a large bowl, combine 2 cups cooked wheat berries, 1 cup diced queso fresco, 1 cup cooked corn kernels, 1/2 cup diced red onion, and 1 cup diced Roma tomato.
2

Add 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro, 2 tbsp fresh lime juice, 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, and 1/2 tsp salt.
3

Toss all ingredients gently until well mixed and serve.

Questions

Can I make Ensalada de Trigo dairy-free?

Yes. The dairy in this entry is 1 cup queso fresco, diced. Swap the cheese for a plant-based melting cheese (expect a milder flavor). The richness shifts slightly, but the method does not change.

Can I make Ensalada de Trigo gluten-free?

Yes. The gluten in this entry is 2 cups wheat berries, cooked. Swap the grain for cooked rice or quinoa (the chew will differ). Everything else proceeds as written.

How long does Ensalada de Trigo keep?

Dressed, it is best the day it is made. Keep the components separate and refrigerated and they hold about two days; dress just before serving.

Can I halve or double Ensalada de Trigo?

Yes. As written it serves 4. Every ingredient in this entry carries precomputed half and double quantities, and the app's batch dial rewrites them inside each step. There is no cooking pitfall here; the quantities simply scale.

Serve it with

Cook this free in the app

Textual Chef is a plain-text cooking reference of 3,876 recipes, free to read and cook from, with no account and no paywall. In the app, this entry scales itself: half, standard, or double batch, every quantity recomputed inside the step that uses it. No ads, no life stories, no photos of somebody else's dinner.

The entries are curated and public-domain sourced, written to a fixed template and checked against it: tested quantities, one closed vocabulary of methods, and precomputed half and double batches on every line. Nothing here is a scraped blog post.

Cook this free in the appNo download needed. It opens in your browser, instantly. The kitchen tools (planner, shopping list, pantry, import) are $5.33 a month billed annually, and the first 30 days are free.