Pacific Rim Summer Salad Recipes

PACIFIC RIM CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• Stir rice vinegar, sugar, and bay leaf together in a small saucepan over medium heat; bring to a boil. Whisk the boiling mixture until the sugar dissolves completely; remove from heat. Discard the bay leaf. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside to cool.
• Spread cucumber and radish slices onto a layer of paper towels. Sprinkle sea salt over the cucumber and radish slices. Set aside for 10 minutes. Rinse under cold running water and pat dry with paper towel.
• Toss cucumber, radish, sweet onion, tomatoes, chives, cilantro, garlic, and white pepper together in a large bowl. Drizzle rice vinegar dressing over the salad; toss to coat.

PACIFIC RIM GRILLED STEAK AND NOODLE SALAD

Steps:

• Combine marinade ingredients in glass measuring cup, whisking until just blended. Cover and refrigerate 2/3 cup for dressing. Place beef steak and remaining marinade in plastic bag; turn steak to coat. Close bag securely and marinate in refrigerator 6 hours or as long as overnight, turning occasionally.
• Prepare Noodle Salad.
• Meanwhile, remove steak from marinade; discard marinade. Place steak on grid over medium, ash-covered coals. Grill, covered, 11 to 16 minutes (over medium heat on preheated gas grill, 16 to 21 minutes) for medium rare (145 degrees F) to medium (160 degrees F) doneness, turning occasionally.
• Carve steak diagonally across the grain into slices; sprinkle with sesame seeds and green onions, if desired. Serve steak with noodle salad.
• Noodle Salad: Cook whole grain or wheat spaghetti according to package directions, adding broccoli florets, red bell pepper and carrot during last 3 minutes of cooking; drain. Place pasta mixture in large serving bowl. Stir in fresh basil. Heat reserved 2/3 cup dressing in microwave on HIGH 30 to 60 seconds or until hot, stirring once. Add to pasta mixture, tossing to combine. Set aside.

GRILLED PACIFIC RIM TUNA SALAD

Steps:

• Heat gas or charcoal grill. In small bowl, mix all dressing ingredients with wire whisk; reserve 2 tablespoons.
• On each of 2 (10-inch) metal skewers, thread pineapple, leaving 1/4-inch space between each piece. Brush 1 tablespoon of the reserved dressing on pineapple; brush remaining 1 tablespoon reserved dressing on tuna.
• Carefully spray grill rack with cooking spray. Place tuna on grill. Cover grill; cook over medium heat about 10 minutes, turning once and adding pineapple for last 5 minutes of grilling, until fish flakes easily with fork and is slightly pink in center.
• Among 4 plates, divide salad greens, tomatoes and onion. Top each with pineapple and tuna. Sprinkle with sesame sticks. Serve with remaining dressing.

PACIFIC RIM SUMMER SALAD

Steps:

• Chill lettuce leaves and salad plates for 15 minutes.
• Place olives, parsley, cucumbers, radishes ,chilles, hearts of palm, salt, pepper in a bowl and toss the salad.
• In a small bowl combine lemon yogurt, lemon zest, lime juice and cayenne pepper. Whisk dressing until smooth. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Fold dressing into salad, cover with plastic and chill for 15 minutes.
• Assemble the salad.
• Place Red-Leaf lettuce leaves on chilled salad plates and add salad.
• Garnish salads with fresh chopped parsley and sliced Kamata olive.

SUMMER SALAD BY THE LAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. Toss together garlic, sweet peppers, oil, salt and pepper; transfer to a parchment-lined 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake until dark golden brown, about 15 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl., Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, bring water, oil and salt to a boil. Stir in couscous and quinoa. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 15 minutes or until liquid is absorbed. Remove from heat; let stand, covered, 5 minutes., Transfer the couscous and quinoa to the bowl with roasted pepper mixture. Stir in the remaining salad ingredients. In a small bowl, whisk dressing ingredients until blended. Pour over salad; gently toss to coat.

PACIFIC-RIM CAESAR SALAD

Steps:

• Heat heavy small skillet over medium-low heat. Add sesame seeds and stir until toasted and golden, about 3 minutes. Set aside.
• Combine lime juice and next 7 ingredients in processor; process until well blended. With processor running, add vegetable oil in slow stream; process until slightly thickened. Season dressing to taste with salt and pepper.
• Place lettuce in large bowl. Add dressing and 3/4 cup Parmesan; toss to combine. Divide salad among 6 plates; sprinkle with remaining Parmesan and toasted sesame seeds.
• Available at Asian markets and in the produce section of some supermarkets.
• ** Fish sauce and chili-garlic sauce are available at Asian markets and in the Asian foods section of many supermarkets.

PACIFIC RIM LAMB SALAD

Steps:

• Remove all the fat from the lamb, and slice it into 1/8-inch-thick pieces. Combine 2 teaspoons of lemon grass, 2 teaspoons lime juice and 1/2 teaspoon fish sauce in a bowl large enough to hold the meat. Mix the meat with the marinade, and set aside for 10 minutes. Then, either grill the lamb on a stove-top grill or broil until it is browned on both sides but still pink inside, just a few minutes.
• Heat a small sauté pan; spray with nonstick spray, and sauté the garlic for 30 seconds, stirring constantly. Spoon into a bowl large enough to hold all the ingredients.
• To the bowl add the remaining lemon grass, lime juice, fish sauce, hot pepper flakes, red onion, mango, basil and chopped cilantro, and stir well.
• Dice meat finely, and add to bowl. Stir well. Stir in pasta, and mix thoroughly, using your hands if necessary.
• Chill the salad for a couple of hours or overnight, and serve, garnished with additional cilantro if desired.

PACIFIC RIM RAMEN NOODLE SALAD WITH GRAPES

Steps:

• Place all dry mix ingredients in a clean container; label, date, initial and refrigerate until needed. In a stainless bowl, whisk together dressing ingredients until sugar is dissolved. Pour dressing over salad and toss to coat. Place in a clean container; label, date, initial and refrigerate for 1 hour before serving.