Oriental Romaine Salad Food

CRUNCHY ROMAINE SALAD

Steps:

• Combine sugar, oil, vinegar, soy sauce, salt, and pepper in a jar with a tight-fitting lid; shake until well blended. Break ramen noodles into small pieces, discarding flavor packet.
• Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir noodles and pecans until browned, about 5 minutes. Drain on paper towels and allow to cool.
• Combine noodles, pecans, broccoli, romaine lettuce, and green onions in a bowl; toss gently. Dress with 1 cup, or more, of dressing; toss to coat.

CRUNCHY ROMAINE SALAD

Steps:

• Wash romaine and cut into bite size pieces.
• Roll up in a clean dry towel and refrigerate for several hours.
• (This makes the lettuce super crisp) Slice the green onion into thin rings.
• Chop the broccoli, stems and flowers, into small pieces.
• Break the ramen noodles up into small pieces.
• (I leave it in the bag and whack it with a kitchen mallet.) Remove flavor envelope from ramen packet and throw away.
• Melt butter in a large deep skillet.
• Add ramen noodles and walnuts and stir and cook over medium heat until light brown.
• Be sure to watch carefully and stir constantly- they will burn easily.
• Turn out onto a double thickness of paper towels and cool.
• Put romaine into a LARGE bowl and add broccoli, onions, ramen noodles and walnuts.
• Toss.
• Mix dressing ingredients together and add to salad.
• You make not want to use it all- I don't but some people like"wetter" salads than I do.
• Use your own taste as a guideline.

CRUNCHY ROMAINE SALAD WITH SWEET SESAME VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• For the vinaigrette: Combine the mandarin syrup, vinegar, canola oil, sesame oil, sesame seeds, ginger and ramen seasoning in a jar. Cover tightly with a lid and shake until emulsified. Hold in the refrigerator. Shake again before using.
• For the salad: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. On a baking sheet, break up the ramen noodles into small pieces with your hands. Add the almonds and shake the pan to spread everything in an even layer. Bake until the ramen and almonds are a deep golden brown, 12 minutes. Let cool completely.
• In a large bowl combine the romaine, broccoli, carrots, oranges and scallions. Toss with enough vinaigrette to lightly coat. Top the salad with the toasted ramen and almonds. Serve immediately.

SIMPLE ROMAINE SALAD

Steps:

• Chop off the root end of the lettuce and slice leaves into thin ribbons, about 1/8 inch thick, discarding any pieces of the core. Place in a large bowl. Toss gently to separate lettuce ribbons.
• Drizzle with olive oil, lemon juice, vinegar, and pepper; toss to coat. Set aside to rest for 10 minutes.
• Sprinkle with sea salt and toss gently right before serving.

SESAME-ALMOND ROMAINE SALAD

Steps:

• In a large skillet, melt butter and sugar over medium heat. Add the noodles, sesame seeds and almonds. (Discard seasoning packets from noodles or save for another use.) Cook and stir for 6-8 minutes or until browned; set aside. In a large salad bowl, toss the romaine and onions., In a jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine the dressing ingredients; shake well. Just before serving, drizzle over romaine mixture; top with noodle mixture. Toss to coat.

KOREAN-STYLE ROMAINE

Steps:

• Cut romaine crosswise into 2-inch pieces and put in a bowl.
• Cook garlic, ginger, and red-pepper flakes in sesame oil in a small heavy skillet over medium-low heat, stirring, until garlic begins to sizzle, about 30 seconds. Stir in soy sauce and water and bring to a boil.
• Pour hot dressing over romaine and toss to coat. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Marinate, stirring occasionally, at least 30 minutes.

ROMAINE MANDARIN SALAD

Steps:

• To Caramelize Almonds: Put almonds in a small skillet or saucepan. Sprinkle with sugar. Heat, stirring constantly, until light brown. Put almonds on waxed paper to cool.
• For Dressing: Whisk all ingredients together until well mixed.
• For Salad: Mix all salad ingredients, caramelized almonds and dressing.

CHICKEN ROMAINE SALAD

Steps:

• Pour butter into a 15x10x1-in. baking pan; stir in pecans and salt. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes, stirring twice. Set aside., Place flour in a large resealable plastic bag; add chicken, a few pieces at a time, and shake to coat. In an electric skillet, heat oil to 375°. Fry chicken in batches for 2-3 minutes or until no longer pink, turning occasionally. Drain on paper towels., In a large salad bowl, combine the romaine, grapes, cranberries and cheese. Add chicken and reserved nuts; toss to combine. Serve with dressing.

MANDARIN SALAD

Steps:

• Shake first 6 dressing ingredients in a jar and refrigerate.
• Stir almonds and sugar in a small pan over medium heat until sugar melts and starts to caramelize and almonds are very lightly toasted.
• Scrape into metal bowl and cool to room temperature.
• Break up and store covered at room temperature.
• Just before serving, put chopped lettuces in a large bowl.
• Add celery, oranges, onions and almonds.
• Shake dressing well and pour over salad.
• Toss to mix and coat.

ORIENTAL CRUNCHY RAMEN SALAD

Steps:

• Crunch up ramen noodles inside unopened bag.
• Put ramen noodles into frying pan that has been sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
• Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until golden brown.
• Put lettuce and green onions in large bowl.
• Mix up dressing ingredients and toss with lettuce mixture.
• Add ramen noodles just before serving.