Sandia Loca
The Sandia Loca recipe is a watermelon half stuffed with fresh fruits, Mexican candy, and drenched in Mexican flavors! This easy-to-make recipe is the ultimate and most fun way to eat watermelon.
Servings: 6
Calories: 347kcal
Ingredients
- 1 watermelon
- 1/2 jicama peeled and cut into bite-size pieces
- 1 mango peeled and cut into bite-size pieces
- 1 fresh pineapple cut into bite-size pieces
- 1/2 cup chamoy
- 1 tablespoon tajin
- 1/2 lime juice only
- 12 small strawberries whole with tops cut off
- hot sauce optional, couple dashes
Instructions
- With a sharp knife cut the watermelon in half. Then cut a small slice off of the side of the watermelon you plan on resting it on to stabilize it.
- Slice the watermelon flesh diagonally in both directions then use a large spoon to scoop out the watermelon chunks, will only need about 1/2 - 3/4 of the watermelon from one half. Cut them down to bite-sized pieces and set them aside. Save the other half of the watermelon and the 1/4 taken from the first half, for another use.
- Pour any extra watermelon juice out of the empty watermelon.
- In a large bowl, add in the cut up watermelon, jicama, mango, and most of the pineapple (set aside 8 chunks to use on skewers). Pour in the chamoy, lime juice, hot sauce, and tajin. Gently mix.
- Add the fruit mixture into the cavity of the empty watermelon.
- To make the fruit skewers, alternate threading the pineapple and strawberries onto 6-inch wooden skewers. Stick the fruit skewers into the rind of the watermelon.
- Decorate with candy and enjoy!
Notes
- The calculated nutrition information does not account for Tajin or Chamoy.
- Fresh fruit is best. Use fresh fruit for the best tasting sandia loca.
- Ripe fruit. Using ripe fruit will give you the sweetest and juiciest fruit dish.
- Use a sharp knife. It is important to use a sharp knife because you are cutting a lot of fruit.
- Small watermelons. Make personal sized sandia locas by using mini watermelons.
- Fruit shapes. Cut your fruits into shapes like hearts or stars either by hand or use cookie cutters.
- Canned pineapple. Use canned pineapple chunks if you cannot locate fresh pineapple.
- More seasoning. Add more Tajin and Chamoy to taste.
- Leftovers. Leftover watermelon with candy removed should last 3-5 days tightly wrapped in the refrigerator.
Nutrition
Calories: 347kcal | Carbohydrates: 87g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 0.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Sodium: 12mg | Potassium: 1166mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 68g | Vitamin A: 4741IU | Vitamin C: 165mg | Calcium: 85mg | Iron: 3mg