Mandarin Lettuce Salad

Name: Mandarin Lettuce Salad
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1 salad, 12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 dash black pepper, to taste; 2 tablespoons sugar; 2 tablespoons cider vinegar; 1/4 cup oil; Tabasco sauce, to taste; 1/4 cup slivered almonds; 1 tablespoon sugar, plus; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1/4 head iceberg lettuce, broken; 1/4 head romaine lettuce, broken; 1 cup chopped celery; 2 green onions, chopped; 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges

Submitted by Keolani

"This is one of my favorite salads to make for a gathering. It can be assembled early and just add the almonds and vinegrette at the last minute and toss. I got the recipie from my sister. It is one of her most recommended recipies. I can even get my carnivourous son to eat this because it's a little sweet :) Honestly, the number of servings is just a guess. Sorry."

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Ready In:: 20mins
Ingredients:: 14
Yields:: 1 salad
Serves:: 12

ingredients

¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
1 dash black pepper, to taste
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
¹⁄₄ cup oil
Tabasco sauce, to taste
¹⁄₄ cup slivered almonds
1 tablespoon sugar, plus
1 teaspoon sugar
¹⁄₄ head iceberg lettuce, broken
¹⁄₄ head romaine lettuce, broken
1 cup chopped celery
2 green onions, chopped
1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges

directions

For vinegrette:
Combine salt, pepper, 2T.
sugar, vinegar, oil, and tobasco.
Shake or whisk to combine.
For candies almonds:
Combine 1 T.
plus 1 teaspoons sugar in a small non-stick pan.
Stir over low hear until carmalized and brown.
Remove from pan onto waxed paper and separate as much as possible.
Allow to cool completely.
For Salad:
Combine remaining ingredients.
Toss in vinegrette, then almonds.
Serve immediately.

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Reviews

I ate 3/4 of this entire salad all at once! It's delicious and I wouldn't change a thing.

Petunia
I've made this several times, and I keep forgetting to tell you how much we love it! With Spring coming, and Easter get togethers, I'll be making this for sure. Thanks!

Hazeleyes
I made this for company and we all loved it! Served it with an Asian marinated flank steak, and it was great. I left out the celery (husband doesn't like it) but left the rest the same. I will make this often. By the way, the 4 of us ate all of the salad. Thanks!

Judy in WA
This recipe is definitely on the top of our list now. It's light and refreshing. I left out the chopped celery and green onions because didn't have them on hand. Awesome flavour!

DeeDee
We loved this recipe! The candied almonds were a great touch. I loved learning how to candy the almonds; saves a lot of money vs. buying them already done. Loved the dressing.

Nurnal

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Keolani

United States

I live in Southeastern Washington with my husband and 3 kids (2 girls, 1 boy) and spend most of my time taking care of them. After 8 years as a SAHM I've found a part time job in a law office that I really enjoy. I love Recipezaar and whenever people talk about me being a great cook I make sure to tell them that I'm a good cook that knows a great web site.

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