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    Published: Jul 28, 2022 · This post contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking through my links.

    Heart of Palm Ceviche Recipe

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    When you think of ceviche, thoughts of the ocean may come to mind. But have you ever tried hearts of palm ceviche? This recipe is a fun and easy way to switch up your seafood routine. The heart of palm is a versatile ingredient that can be used in many different dishes - give it a try!

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    For all those vegan hearts around, if you missed the times when you ate fish, the good news is that most of what makes up for traditional ceviche flavor is limes and onions.

    They are the actual holders of all that flavor.

    Some people may call this vegetarian ceviche a hearts of palm avocado salad, and we are OK with that; we love salads. The magic of ceviche relies on the "cooking" method.

    hearts of palm ceviche in a table with plantain chips and guacamole
    Photo credit: Sergio Ochoa

    In a fish ceviche, the lime juice marinates the fish, and here it marinates the onions, vegetables, and palm hearts.

    One way or the other, ceviche is indisputably one of the best summer recipes; head to head with our vegan chickpea salad, our vegan chickpea burgers, and a hummus avocado dip.

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    • 🤔 Why you will love it
    • 🧾 Ingredients
    • 🔪 Instructions
    • 🍶 Substitutions
    • 📖 Variations
    • 🥢 How to serve
    • 🍽 Equipment
    • 🥡 Storage
    • 💡 Top tip
    • 🥗 Hearts of palm health benefits
    • ❓ FAQ
    • 📋 Recipe
    • 🌡️ Food safety
    • 💬 Reviews and Comments

    🤔 Why you will love it

    • The prep time is minimal. You can get the recipe ready just right before your guests arrive.
    • Ingredients are easy to get
    • It can be served as a side dish, appetizer, or snack, or salad
    • The flavor is surreal!

    🧾 Ingredients

    heart of palm ceviche ingredients
    • Canned hearts of palm is a great way to add unique flavor and texture to salads, pastas, soups, and more! It's also easy to find at most grocery stores. Plus, it's a fantastic source of healthy plant-based protein and fiber.
    • White onion is a widely cultivated type of onion that is known for its white papery skin and mild flavor. It has a round shape with multiple layers of fleshy rings.
    • Fresh lime juice and coriander (cilantro) are two ingredients that can create a delicious and healthy salad dressing.
    • Avocados are a great source of healthy fats, fiber, and many vitamins and minerals. They’re also delicious and easy to incorporate into almost any plant-based meal. I like to use them in salads, sandwiches, guacamole, smoothies, and everything in between! They are best when in season, and March is the avocado season!
    • Orange bell pepper adds sweetness to this salad, while the lettuce gives it some crunch. The combination of fresh ingredients creates a light and flavorful dish that is perfectly suited for summertime!
    • Red chili or jalapeño peppers bring to this salad a nice kick and some heat. If that’s too much, you can substitute them with red bell peppers or omit them altogether.
    • Kosher salt and black pepper round all the flavors.

    Optional: Chickpeas (garbanzo beans), radishes, and corn kernels.

    See the recipe card for quantities.

    🔪 Instructions

    What's great about making ceviche is that there is no cooking involved. You only need to prepare your ingredients and let the lime juice do its work.

    cut onions into half moons

    Cut the radishes and onions into half moons.

    cut hearts of pal into chunks and slices

    Prepare the hearts of palm cutting them into chunks and slices.

    mix all the ingredients in a bowl

    Mix all ingredients with the drained hearts of palm; finely chop the coriander and toss it into the bowl.

    add avocados dice at the end and garnish with sliced radishes, and reserve in the fridge for 15 to 30 minutes

    Reserve in the fridge for 15-30 minutes until the flavors meld.

    Right before serving, add avocado dice! Taste and adjust salt, chili, and lime juice. Feel free to add freshly ground black pepper if desired.

    Hint: I usually double the batches as I am a big fan of ceviche, so I like to use two cans, one can of whole hearts of palm cut into chunks and another one cut into slices to add more textures.

    🍶 Substitutions

    • Chickpeas - instead of garbanzo beans, you can use cannellini beans, navy beans, or black beans.
    • Bean-free - whenever we want something even lighter, we skip the chickpeas, and the ceviche turns out equally delicious. Reduce the lime by one.
    • White onions - all kinds of onions work on this avocado hearts of palm salad. Use red onions if you want to give your ceviche more color.
    • Avocados - I strongly recommend using avocados, but you can substitute them with olive oil or skip them altogether.
    • Limes - ceviche is traditionally made with limes, but this is already an adaptation; some people may say this is a palm salad, so feel free to substitute for lemon juice.

    📖 Variations

    • Spicy - add deseeded jalapeño chillis or habanero.
    • Garlicky - add minced garlic or a pinch of ground garlic.
    • More veggies - other ingredients you can include are sliced radishes, artichoke hearts, and halved cherry tomatoes, grape tomatoes, or a cored tomato. Zucchini and cucumber are great additions; in fact, they are the main ingredients on our cucumber vegan ceviche.
    • Deluxe - add one can of artichoke hearts and black olives.
    • Tangy - add more lime juice.

    See this zucchini and cucumbers version of this recipe on our website!

    🥢 How to serve

    This vegetarian ceviche can be served as a palm salad, appetizer, or side dish.

    When we serve it as an appetizer, we always serve it with something to scoop it, either our baked green plantains, cassava chips, nacho chips, plantain chips, lettuce cups, or mini edible baskets.

    serving ceviche as an appetizer
    Photo credit: Sergio Ochoa

    If you have leftover ceviche juice, you can use it as a salad dressing or drink it, as they do in Peru, and call it Leche de Tigre.

    We also love adding some crunch to the dish by tossing some corn kernels into it, which is very common in traditional Peruvian ceviche.

    fried corn kernels

    🍽 Equipment

    I am sure you have almost, if not all, the kitchen utensils you need. A large or medium bowl, knives, and so on.

    I find a lemon press (affiliate link) (affiliate) is very useful when making ceviche because you need to squeeze a lot of limes.

    🥡 Storage

    Store hearts of palm and avocado salad leftovers for 2-3 days in the fridge covered with plastic wrap.

    Remember that avocado will turn darker, add extra lemon to minimize its darkening, as you would with homemade guacamole.

    The vegan ingredients on this palm salad don't freeze well.

    💡 Top tip

    When using red or purple veggies like red onions or radishes, add them 15 minutes before serving if you want to maintain the colors of this vegetarian ceviche. Otherwise, lime juice will make these veggies' colors blend into the mix.

    🥗 Hearts of palm health benefits

    The hearts of palms are a good source of potassium, magnesium, and vitamin C. They are also a good source of dietary fiber. Additionally, the hearts of palm are a vegan source of omega-3 fatty acids.

    Omega-3 fatty acids are essential for maintaining heart health and preventing chronic diseases such as heart disease, stroke, and cancer.

    ❓ FAQ

    What to do with hearts of palm?

    Apart from making ceviche and salads, you can have them grilled. Their flavor pop even more!
    You can also slice them thin and add them to pasta dishes or use them as a base for vegetarian pâtés. Here we are using it in vegetarian ceviche, but it can also be used in vegan ”tuna salad” instead of chickpeas.

    How long should ceviche be marinated?

    Like this palm recipe, a vegetarian ceviche doesn't need more than 15-30 minutes; however, a seafood ceviche should be marinated for about two hours. This will give the seafood enough time to cook in the acidic citrus juices and allow the marinade flavors to penetrate the seafood.

    What does heart of palm taste like?

    Heart of palm tastes similar to artichokes, albeit a bit more delicate and with a slight nutsedge flavor. They're usually sold canned, so they have a slightly spongy texture that's perfect for absorbing sauces.
    If you can find the fresh heart of palm, they'll have a crisp texture closer to celery. Either way, we love hearts of palm as they make a delicious and healthy addition to your meals.

    Is hearts of palm a healthy snack?

    Hearts of palm are a healthy snack food, but they do contain quite a bit of sodium. They're also low in calories and a good source of fiber, vitamins C and B6, folate, potassium, and manganese.

    served hearts of palm ceviche in a table with tabbouleh salad and guacamole
    Photo credit: Sergio Ochoa

    ⭐ If you try this recipe, let us know! 💬 Leave a comment, rate it, and don't forget to tag us @ourplantbasedworld on Instagram. Cheers!

    📋 Recipe

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    Hearts of Palm Ceviche Recipe

    Gus
    This vegetarian ceviche recipe is made with hearts of palm, lime juice, onion, and avocado. It's perfect for a light lunch or appetizer!
    5 from 11 votes
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Resting Time 15 mins
    Total Time 25 mins
    Course Appetizer, Salad, Side Dish, Snack
    Cuisine Latin American
    Servings 6 Servings
    Calories 215 kcal

    Equipment

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    Ingredients
     
     

    • 14 oz hearts of palm can, thick slices and chunks
    • 1 onion medium, white, yellow, or red, thinly sliced (julienne)
    • 6 limes juiced
    • 14 oz chickpeas can
    • 1 avocado large, or 2 small
    • 1 handful coriander chopped
    • 1 habanero pepper or jalapeño pepper
    • salt and pepper to taste

    Optional:

    • 1 orange bell pepper small, thinly sliced lengthwise
    • 5 cherry tomatoes
    • 1 cup pineapple fresh chunks
    • 1 cup artichokes hearts

    To Garnish (optional):

    • 1 radishes sliced
    • 1 handful corn toasted kernels
    • avocado chunks

    To serve:

    • baked green plantains
    • plantain strips or casava chips, tortilla chips
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    Directions
     

    • Thinly slice the white onion.
    • Cube the avocado and juice the limes on top.
    • Thinly slice the bell peppers and chili. Slice the palm hearts in thick slices.
    • Place the veggies in a glass bowl and mix. Sprinkle with a little bit of salt and pepper. To minimize the acidity of the limes, you can add a couple of ice cubes.
    • Refrigerate the ceviche for at least 30 minutes, but you can also serve it immediately.
    • If garnishing with sweet potato, cut it in half put them to boil, or steam.
    • Top with the remaining freshly chopped cilantro and extra avocado dice.

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    Notes

    If you add more vegetables, keep in mind you might have to adjust the amount of lime juice, chili, salt and pepper.

    Nutrition Facts

    Calories: 215kcalCarbohydrates: 37gProtein: 6gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gSodium: 198mgPotassium: 1547mgFiber: 8gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 138IUVitamin C: 30mgCalcium: 65mgIron: 3mg
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    Nutrition Facts
    Hearts of Palm Ceviche Recipe
    Amount per Serving
    Calories
    215
    % Daily Value*
    Fat
     
    6
    g
    9
    %
    Saturated Fat
     
    1
    g
    6
    %
    Polyunsaturated Fat
     
    1
    g
    Monounsaturated Fat
     
    4
    g
    Sodium
     
    198
    mg
    9
    %
    Potassium
     
    1547
    mg
    44
    %
    Carbohydrates
     
    37
    g
    12
    %
    Fiber
     
    8
    g
    33
    %
    Sugar
     
    13
    g
    14
    %
    Protein
     
    6
    g
    12
    %
    Vitamin A
     
    138
    IU
    3
    %
    Vitamin C
     
    30
    mg
    36
    %
    Calcium
     
    65
    mg
    7
    %
    Iron
     
    3
    mg
    17
    %
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
     
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    🌡️ Food safety

    • Cook to a minimum temperature of 165 °F (74 °C)
    • Do not use the same utensils on cooked food, that previously touched raw meat
    • Wash hands after touching raw meat
    • Don't leave food sitting out at room temperature for extended periods
    • Never leave cooking food unattended
    • Use oils with a high smoking point to avoid harmful compounds
    • Always have good ventilation when using a gas stove

    See more guidelines at USDA.gov.

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    1. Anjali says

      July 28, 2022 at 6:26 pm

      5 stars
      What a cool idea for a vegetarian friendly ceviche!! I can't wait to try this soon!

      Reply
    2. Aimee Mars says

      July 28, 2022 at 8:34 pm

      5 stars
      Y'all have done it again! You've yet again found another way to take a classic and turn it into a vegan delight.

      Reply
      • Gus says

        July 29, 2022 at 8:26 am

        Hey Aimee, we are thrilled that you are enjoying our traditional veganized recipes!

        Reply
    3. Cam says

      July 28, 2022 at 8:55 pm

      5 stars
      I had never tried hearts of palm until I tried this recipe and it was delicious! So easy to make and everyone loved it.

      Reply
    4. Chris Gipson says

      July 28, 2022 at 10:41 pm

      5 stars
      Was a perfect appetizer for our seafood night when we had a few guest that don't like fish. Tasted great.

      Reply
    5. Tracy says

      July 29, 2022 at 12:05 am

      5 stars
      I added some fresh jalapeno to this and it was soooooo so good. Thanks so much for a great recipe. My whole family loved it!

      Reply
      • Gus says

        July 29, 2022 at 8:24 am

        Jalapeno works excellent on this veggie ceviche, I am glad you guys loved it!

        Reply
    6. Melanie says

      August 01, 2022 at 9:34 pm

      5 stars
      A fresh recipe with deliciously bold flavors perfect for summer! Yum!

      Reply
    7. Katie says

      August 02, 2022 at 8:38 am

      5 stars
      Oh this recipe is soooo good! Perfect easy and healthy recipe for summer!

      Reply
    8. Cindy says

      August 02, 2022 at 10:55 am

      5 stars
      What a great vegan alternative! I added pineapple to mine and it was so yummy!

      Reply

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