Guatemalan Chojin with Chicharrones: A Refreshing Radish Salad

Name: Guatemalan Chojin with Chicharrones: A Refreshing Radish Salad
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: American, Latin American
Ingredients: 1 cup of chicharrones or pork rinds; 8 large radishes, diced finely; 1 Roma tomato, pulp and seeds removed, finely chopped; 1/2 white onion, minced; 1 jalapeño pepper, seeded and stemmed, finely minced; ¼ cup chopped fresh mint; 2 tablespoons of orange juice or sour orange juice (naranja agria); 2 tablespoons of lime juice; Salt and pepper to taste; 4 tortillas, toasted

Instructions

Prep:25min

Paula moved from her native Guatemala to SW Florida with her husband and two children and together they are discovering what it means to live life between two languages. Paula studied architecture and now makes a living as a freelance writer,traveler and amateur photographer.She started her writing & publishing career as the editor of Bebé y Mamá, the first parenting magazine in Guatemala.She is the founder of www.GrowingUpBilingual.com and www.365thingsswfl.com and writes articles in Spanish and English for both magazines and the web on travel,food and bicultural and bilingual parenting . When she is not on a plane or road trip she likes to create recipes inspired in the flavors of her native Guatemala.

Updated at: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 21:20:38 GMT