Best Recipe for Thai-Vietnamese Salad Bar Supreme
Ingredients
- 3 hearts Romaine lettuce, chopped
- 1 sack (10 ounces) mixed baby greens
- 2 cups fresh bean sprouts, any variety
- 1 cup thinly sliced daikon or red radishes
- 2 cups shredded carrots, available prepped in plastic bags in produce case
- 8 scallions, sliced on the bias
- 1/2 seedless cucumber, sliced in 1/2 lengthwise, thinly sliced
- 1 pint yellow or red grape tomatoes
- 1 red onion, quartered and thinly sliced
- 1 bunch fresh mint leaves, trimmed
- 1 bunch fresh basil leaves, trimmed
- 2 (2-ounce) packages chopped nuts, found on baking aisle
- 8 slices almond toast or anisette toast, (recommended: Stella D'Oro) cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1/4 cup tamari dark soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, eyeball it
- 4 to 8 thin cut chicken cutlets, depending on size
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 pound mahi mahi
- 1 ripe lime
- 3 tablespoons white vinegar or rice wine vinegar
- 1/2 cup white grape juice concentrate or apple juice concentrate
- 3 tablespoons peanut butter
- 2 inches fresh ginger root, grated
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon chopped nuts (from salad bar)
- 3 tablespoons white vinegar or rice wine vinegar
- 1/3 cup pepper jelly, available on condiment aisle
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoons hot chili oil
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
Instructions
- Arrange salad bar ingredients in serving dishes and bowls as you prep them: romaine, baby mixed greens, bean sprouts, daikon radishes, carrots, scallions, cucumbers, tomatoes, red onions, mint leaves, basil leaves, nuts and sweet almond or anise "croutons".
- Heat a grill pan over medium high heat.
- Combine soy and oil in a shallow dish. Add chicken and turn to coat. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Drizzle fish with oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill chicken 3 minutes on each side. Cut chicken into strips on an angle and pile onto a serving plate. Grill fish 4 to 5 minutes on each side, until opaque. Squeeze lime over the fish and break into chunks as you transfer it to a serving plate.
- Combine all ingredients, except oil, for peanut dressing in a blender. Blend for 30 seconds, then open lid and continue dressing by streaming in oil. Transfer dressing to a serving dish and sprinkle the dressing with a spoonful of nuts from your salad bar to garnish the dish.
- For garlic dressing, whisk vinegar, jelly, garlic, black pepper and chili oil together. Stream in vegetable oil while continuing to whisk. When the oil is incorporated, transfer dressing to a small dish to serve.
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