Sweet Onion Salad Food

SWEET ONION SALAD

Steps:

• Put onions into a large bowl of cold water. Swish onions with your hands until water becomes cloudy. Transfer onions to a clean bowl of cold water, and let soak 15 minutes. Repeat twice. Drain, and pat dry. Transfer to a large bowl.
• Whisk together vinegar, honey, lemon juice, mustard, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Add oil in a slow, steady stream, whisking until emulsified.
• Add radicchio, lettuce, tomatoes, and parsley to bowl with onions. Drizzle with dressing to taste, and toss. Serve with remaining dressing on the side.

SWEET ONION SALAD

Steps:

• In boiling salted water cook onions till tender about 20 minutes, drain and cool.
• Thickly slice the onions and place on a large platter. place olives and pasley over onons.
• Mix remaining ingredients and pour over the onions.
• Serve at room temperature.

GRILLED CORN-SWEET ONION SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat grill. Brush the blanched corn with oil and season with salt and pepper to taste. Grill until slightly charred on all sides, about 2 minutes. Remove from the grill and with a sharp knife, scrape the kernels into a medium bowl.
• Combine the vinegar, mustard, and garlic in a large bowl and slowly whisk in the remaining 1/2 cup of olive oil until emulsified. Add the corn kernels, bell peppers, onion, tomatoes, jalapeno, and chives, and toss to coat with the dressing. Season with salt and pepper.

WARM OCTOPUS AND SWEET ONION SALAD WITH FRESH SAGE AND LEMON VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Lemon-Sage Vinaigrette: Place lemon juice, shallot, garlic and honey in a medium saucepan and reduce to 1/2 cup. Place reduced syrup into a blender, add olive oil, salt and pepper and blend until smooth. Pour into a bowl and fold into the sage.
• Sweet Onion Salad: Heat olive oil in a large saute pan with sugar over medium heat. Add the onions and cook until soft and caramelized. Add the vinegar and cook until reduced. Season with salt and pepper.
• Octopus: Place the octopus, water, vinegar, corks, garlic, bay leaf and peppercorns in a medium saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium heat and cook until tender, about 1 1/2 hrs. Remove the octopus from the water and place on a platter lined with paper towels. Heat the grill or grill pan. Cut the octopus into pieces, brush with olive oil, season with salt and pepper and grill for 1 to 2 minutes on each side.
• Assembly: Place the octopus on a platter, drizzle with the vinaigrette, top with the onion slices and sprinkle with the fresh herbs.

AVOCADO AND SWEET ONION SALAD

Steps:

• Make dressing:
• Squeeze enough juice from limes to measure 1/4 cup. Wearing protective gloves, coarsely chop chiles. In a blender purée chiles with lime juice, oil, sugar, and salt and pepper to taste. Dressing may be made 2 days ahead and chilled in an airtight container.
• Cut onion in half through stem end and thinly slice crosswise. Quarter avocados lengthwise. Peel avocados and cut lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
• Arrange avocado, onion, and cilantro sprigs on a platter and season with salt and pepper. Drizzle dressing over salad.

SWEET BELL PEPPER AND ONION SALAD

Steps:

• Toss bell peppers, onion, and vinegar in a large bowl; season with salt and black pepper.
• Let sit until bell peppers are slightly softened, 10-20 minutes. Just before serving, toss herbs and oil with bell pepper mixture.

CORN, SWEET ONION, AND TOMATO SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the corn, tomatoes, sweet onion, green onion, and cilantro. Squeeze lime juice over mixture, and mix in. Stir in rice vinegar to taste; the amount you use will depend on the sweetness of the corn, and the acidity of the lime. Season with kosher salt.
• Cover, and chill for 45 minutes to an hour. Stir before serving.

TOMATO AND SWEET ONION SALAD

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, toss the onion slices with the sugar and cover with cold water. Let soak for 10 minutes.
• Drain and rinse the onion, then pat dry.
• Layer the tomato and onion slices on a large platter or in a bowl; season generously with salt and drizzle with the olive oil.
• Sprinkle with the jalapeños and cilantro and serve.

CUCUMBER AND SWEET-ONION SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, toss together cucumbers, onion, dill, oil, lemon juice, and vinegar; season with salt and pepper.
• In a large bowl, toss together cucumbers, onion, dill, oil, lemon juice, and vinegar; season with salt and pepper.

BLT SALAD WITH SWEET ONION VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Dressing: In a small bowl combine apple cider vinegar, honey, onion, mustard, salt and pepper. Slowly whisk in oil. Set aside.
• Salad: Finely grate or chop 2 eggs; slice remaining 2 eggs. In a large salad bowl, combine greens, tomatoes, bacon and grated eggs. Toss with dressing to coat and garnish with remaining egg slices. Serve immediately.

MARINATED ONION SALAD

Steps:

• Separate onions into rings and place in a large bowl; pour water over onions. Let stand 1 minute; drain. Add cucumbers. , In a small bowl, combine the yogurt, lemon juice, salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar and dill if desired; mix well. Pour over onion mixture; toss to coat. Chill until ready to serve. Sprinkle with parsley. Serve with a slotted spoon.