Manderin Almond Salad

Name: Manderin Almond Salad
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: almonds; sugar; salt; vinegar; sugar; vegetable oil; parsley leaves; black pepper; red hot pepper sauce; butter lettuce; celery; scallions, spring or green onions; mandarin oranges

Submitted by LisaAnna

Add a new salad to your meals with this recipe that includes almonds and mandarin oranges.

YIELD

6 servings

PREP

20 min

COOK

10 min

READY

30 min

Ingredients

CUP ALMONDS
slivered *

TABLESPOON SUGAR

1 ½

TEASPOON SALT

TABLESPOONS VINEGAR

TABLESPOONS SUGAR

CUP VEGETABLE OIL

TABLESPOON PARSLEY LEAVES

DASH BLACK PEPPER *

DASH RED HOT PEPPER SAUCE *

EACH BUTTER LETTUCE *

CUP CELERY
diced fine

EACH SCALLIONS, SPRING OR GREEN ONIONS
with tops, finely chopped

OUNCES MANDARIN ORANGES
canned, drained

Directions

Carmelize almonds by mixing with sugar and stirring constantly over low heat until lightly browned. Cool on waxed paper and break into small pieces and set aside.

Combine dressing ingredients and mix wll. Refrigerate for a few hours to marry the flavors. Just before serving, tear lettuce into bite-size pieces and combine with celery, onions and mandarin oranges. Toss with dressing and nuts and place on one larger piece of butter lettuce to cradle the salad.

Serves 6.