Mandarin Orange Jicama Salad With Poppy Seed Dressing Recipes

MANDARIN ORANGE JICAMA SALAD WITH POPPY SEED DRESSING

Steps:

• Add jicama chunks and mandarin orange sections in glass bowl.
• Lightly toss.
• Sprinkle lime zest over the tossed fruit.
• Drizzle the dressing over the top. Do not stir.
• Cover with plastic wrap.
• Chill at least 2 hours.
• Note: Finish zesting the lime and freeze in a little packet. Roll the zested lime around on the countertop with slight pressure as you roll. Cut open and squeeze the juice and pulp. Freeze for later use.

ROMAINE AND MANDARIN ORANGE SALAD WITH POPPY SEED DRESSING

Steps:

• Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.
• Place vinegar, sugar, red onion, mustard powder, and salt into the bowl of a blender. Cover, and puree on high until smooth. Reduce blender speed to medium-low; slowly pour in the vegetable oil and blend until incorporated and the dressing is creamy. Stir in the poppy seeds and set aside.
• To serve, toss the romaine in a large bowl with the crumbled bacon, Mandarin oranges, and enough dressing to moisten. Place onto salad plates and sprinkle with toasted almonds.

MANDARIN ORANGE SALAD WITH WARM POPPY SEED DRESSING

Steps:

• In a salad bowl, toss together the salad ingredients.
• In a small microwave-safe bowl, whisk together the dressing ingredients.
• Warm in the microwave for 1 minute.
• Pour desired amount of dressing over the salad.
• Toss to combine well and serve at once.

NUTTY MANDARIN SALAD WITH POPPY SEED DRESSING

Steps:

• For the salad: Chop lettuce into bite-sized pieces.
• Top lettuce with drained mandarin oranges and toasted slivered almonds.
• Slice red onion and add to salad.
• Toss everything together.
• For dressing: Mix together sugar, red wine vinegar, mustard, poppy seeds, and salt. Once all other ingredients are mixed together, add the oil and mix well.
• Serve salad and dressing separately to avoid a soggy, wilted result.

ORANGE JICAMA SALAD

Steps:

• Whisk together the orange and lime juices in a nonreactive bowl, and taste to make sure you like the mixture of the juices.
• If you feel it needs more lime, or more orange, adjust as necessary, and add salt and pepper to taste; set aside.
• Take your baby greens (or mesclun) and divide it among individual plates (recipe serves 6), and set aside.
• In a large bowl, gently toss the jicama, orange segments, and cilantro.
• Drizzle with the citrus juice mixture and toss gently to combine.
• Arrange the jicama mixture on top of the greens you have arranged on plates, and garnish your salad with red onion slices.
• Sprinkle very lightly with chili powder.
• ENJOY!

JICAMA-ORANGE SALAD

Steps:

• Peel and segment the oranges with a paring knife (see page 52). Squeeze the empty membranes over a large bowl to release the juices.
• Whisk the chili powder, salt and pepper to taste, the olive oil and lime juice into the orange juice. Toss in the orange segments and jicama. Before serving, add the scallions, cilantro and pomegranate seeds.

MANDARIN ORANGE & POPPYSEED SALAD

Steps:

• Make or buy candied almonds.
• To make candied almonds, melt butter in a small frying pan over medium-low heat.
• Add almonds and sugar, cooking until golden brown.
• Remove from heat, transfer to a different dish to cool. As almonds are cooling, continuously separate using a fork or another utensil (if you don't, the almonds will be stuck together and will be hard to separate once cool).
• To make dressing, mix/shake all dressing ingredients together in a salad dressing cruet, or another tightly sealed container.
• Rinse and dry lettuce leaves. Rip into bite-sized pieces.
• Mix together lettuce, green onions, rice noodles, cooled candied almonds, and mandarin oranges.
• Before serving, pour dressing over lettuce and mix using salad tongs.