“Number One” Salad
 
 
Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup brown rice vinegar
  • 1 tbsp mirin (sweet rice wine)
  • 3 tbsp low-sodium soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp canola oil
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp grated fresh ginger
  • 2-3 cups red leaf lettuce
  • 1 cup red cabbage
  • 1/2 cup cilantro, chopped
  • 2 green onions, thinly sliced
  • 1 pear, chopped
  • black sesame seeds
  • 1/2 cup roasted mixed nuts
  • 1 package dry asian noodle soup (such as Ichiban)
Instructions
  1. Many of the ingredients in this recipe are found in local grocers. I shopped at a local natural food store (Blush Lane) to pick up the Brown Rice Vinegar, Mirin and black sesame seeds.
  2. In a glass mason jar mix together all ingredients from the brown rice wine to the fresh ginger.
  3. Wash, pat dry then slice red leaf lettuce and cabbage with a knife to make long, rectangular pieces. Add cilantro, onions. Sprinkle generous pinches of black sesame seeds. Stir or mix salad together with your hands.
  4. Just before serving, arrange salad on plates, then top with pear, extra black sesame seeds, a sprinkling of nuts. Then crunch a few pieces of uncooked noodles on top.
  5. Shake your dressing then, with a teaspoon, drizzle dressing over top.
  6. Serve immediately.
Recipe by Just a Smidgen at https://justasmidgen.com/2011/10/27/number-one-salad-and-the-first-of-many/