How to Make a Watermelon Salad with Cotija and Serrano Chiles

[@LarryFaulkner]

I love it when you feature Lan. The way she cooks and explains each step makes you feel like she's a true expert. And she does it in a friendly, approachable way. Thank you!

[@stephaneslec2171]

I like everyone at ATK and Lan is without a doubt my favorite, she is graceful and elegant. She always share great ideas, I appreciate and I am grateful for her contribution. Thanks a Bunch!

[@chrisandersen5635]

Love it, and Lan is one of my faves, and I could not click fast enough. Love Bridget too. Great team. This salad sounds wonderful.

[@patriciagarrett9042]

Wonderful, as a watermelon lover, I'm sure I will find the ingredients to enjoy this magnificent upgrade. 💯 ❣️

[@craigmatsueda6602]

Lan’s creations are always so delicious!💪💪💪😋😋😋

[@marimaynard1435]

I watched this video the other day and immediately went to store to get all ingredients…as it is August, watermelon was plentiful. I made the salad for dinner. We loved it. The next day, my husband asked it we could have it again for dinner (side dish).

[@tommacdonald6295]

Love this video. Lan and Bridget are a great team, 👍, great recipes 👌.

[@monazaki7227]

Lam is such a talented cook! What an addition to the team! I love her beef recipe with Hunger Pangs!

[@yvonnefarrell1029]

I know, right? My gran would have used the watermelon rinds for watermelon pickle, such great childhood memories around watermelon and this a new memory eh?

[@greatboniwanker]

Wow. I can't wait to tuck into this!

[@amosaiccosmos6302]

Serranos aren’t too hot. Am interested in trying this recipe this summer. Thanks ladies! Thanks video guy!

[@wastrelway3226]

Not as hot as some chili peppers, but they vary with the season and the growing conditions. Even if you try a little bit and decide that the ones you have are too hot for this salad, you can roast them a bit to mellow them out. Letting them rest in the dressing like they do also helps.

[@LaurelHocin]

Can hardly wait to make this!

[@Scott_Atlanta]

The Lan, especially the long hair Lan, is 💯💯 and no jabroni.

[@MYNAMElSDAVID]

That looks... interesting. Looks really pretty.

[@dianejung1976]

Knew I had to try this when Cotija cheese was an ingredient

[@eclecticexplorer7828]

I am definitely going to make this!

[@michaelbaumgardner2530]

Most interesting assortment of flavors.

[@jkhegarty857]

In my watermelon 🍉 salad I first soak red onions 🌰 (in cold water approx 10 minutes) to rid the sharp taste. I use chopped mint, crumbled Feta Cheese, & balsamic glaze as a dressing. The sweet of the watermelon, the salty of the feta, the tang of the onions & the brightness of the Chopped mint 😋 brings it all together. It's refreshing on a summer's ☀️ day.

[@danilincks5809]

I’m definitely trying your version, it sounds amazing! Once I had a pomegranate seed, chopped mint leaves and kosher salt salad that was amazing

[@JeffreyPang-seattle]

Looks good, will try 😘

[@bettyjohnson7762]

I'm going to make this with dinner this evening. Just the thing during a heat wave

[@angelbulldog4934]

Sharing this with my cooking group on Telegram. Thanks, ladies. 😊

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Dear ATK, Thanks for what you do.

[@annetteswanson5514]

Made my mouth water!! Yum~ 🤟✌️🍉😇

[@mgfroyo]

I'm so excited because we planted serranos instead of jalapeños this year and have a thousand peppers and this a fun way to use them

[@flybyairplane3528]

ATK,,,Hello, LAN,, I have to try this most unique idea, it surly looks fabulous & tasty,, THANKS,,,,,,🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@danilincks5809]

This looks amazing, I wonder if using Tajin would work!

[@proximalgaming]

Trust in Lam

[@Thesilverthunder777]

she's so great.

[@dianadambrosio1]

Beautiful

[@1111MeditationPortal]

Interesting, I am gonna try it.

[@cynthiafreeman2995]

Delicious

[@barbaracholak5204]

Hello ATK Salutations from California 😋

[@teebryson2400]

This dish was really quite good. Had to drain a good amount of the dressing off before serving and so the toppings would stick instead of float in the marinade, but otherwise I would thoroughly recommend to anyone. Will definitely be a part of our summer rotation

[@annabaker4857]

yes, I tried draining off the excess watermelon juice before adding lime juice mixture, but still had too much "soup" at the bottom.

[@pjhenz1]

You could substitute Follow Your Heart vegan feta for the cotiija to make it 100% vegan. Looks amazing!

[@jameshouse2982]

do you prefer that over violife

[@alexanderivory-brown118]

Looks delicious :) yummmm

[@carrdoug99]

This salad is great paired with spicy grilled/sauted shrimp! 😋

[@hectorrobertocontrerasmiranda]

co - tea - HA is the cheese cotiya (actually cotilla) in Spanish is a rarely used word for the nosy person that likes to gossip thanks for the recipe Lan, i can almost taste it! the sweet watermelon with the salty cotija and is orange spicy rind plus the serrano amazing

[@norenedetorres9057]

Yum

[@johnlord8337]

Time for Americans to start using their watermelon rinds. Peel off the skin, segment and slice away the red from the green rind, and also put rind portions into the watermelon salad (!). The rind potentially has more healthy and nutritious minerals, amino acids, especially citrulline, and should start being eaten and used from now on. Leave nothing to waste - no wonder the pigs eating the watermelon scraps are so healthy and fit !!!

[@johnlord8337]

If you want, get out a scraper and scrape the melon rind making watermelon spaghetti - like broccoli and califlower stem spaghetti

[@DoughboyGod]

💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@elssmit146]

Thank you, do you ha ve a végane version ?

[@sansol3395]

I love watermelon with cayenne pepper and hint of salt .

[@yvonnefarrell1029]

Don't want the heat use a jalapeno instead. What a mouthwatering recipe.

[@danielploy9143]

Lan is soo beautiful…

[@wastrelway3226]

Yikes! Always wash your hands well after you handle hot chili peppers like Serranos, Jalepenos, Poblanos, Anchos... take it from me. I forgot once and I will never forget again. I hope. I wish that they had mentioned that.

[@nancydrew1102]

No a fan of this combo way to oniony the cilantro over powers it too . Next time Im going to try basil or Mint . Can you grill the melon as wonder if grilled Halloumi would good on the grilled watermelon steak ??

[@jessstuart7495]

Oil and water don't mix, but cheese and watermelon should not mix.

[@CoinSlotKitty]

Just eat watermelon or cantaloupe with hot sauce it's really good

[@censorshipagainstthemiddle6198]

Adding sugar to a watermelon salad is blasphemy

[@Fatamorgana420]

Hard pass.