Mandarin Orange Green Salad Recipes

MANDARIN ALMOND SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the romaine lettuce, oranges and green onions.
• Heat 2 tablespoons sugar with the almonds in saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir while sugar starts to melt and coat almonds. Stir constantly until almonds are light brown. Turn onto a plate, and cool for 10 minutes.
• Combine red wine vinegar, olive oil, one tablespoon sugar, red pepper flakes and black pepper in a jar with a tight fitting lid. Shake vigorously until sugar is dissolved.
• Before serving, toss lettuce with salad dressing until coated. Transfer to a decorative serving bowl, and sprinkle with sugared almonds.

MANDARIN MIXED GREENS SALAD

Steps:

• In 1-quart saucepan, cook almonds and 4 teaspoons sugar over low heat about 10 minutes, stirring constantly, until sugar is melted and almonds are coated; cool and break apart.
• In tightly covered container, shake all dressing ingredients. Refrigerate until serving time.
• In large bowl, toss salad ingredients, dressing and almonds. Serve immediately.

ALMOND & MANDARIN ORANGE SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients. In a small bowl, whisk the remaining ingredients; pour over salad and toss to coat.

MANDARIN MIXED GREEN SALAD

Steps:

• Place greens on two serving plates; top with oranges and walnuts. In a blender, combine the vinaigrette ingredients; cover and process until blended. Drizzle over salads.

MIXED BABY GREENS SALAD WITH MANDARIN ORANGES

Steps:

• Combine greens, oranges and cucumber in a salad bowl. In a small bowl, combine vinegar and sugar. Whisk in vegetable oil and sesame oil. Pour dressing over salad. Add sesame seeds, salt and pepper and toss.

MANDARIN ORANGE VINAIGRETTE SALAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Place the cider vinegar , mandarin orange juice, red wine vinegar (or balsamic vinegar), brown sugar, shallots, and kosher salt in a blender. Pulse to combine the ingredients.
• While the blender is running, very slowly add olive oil in a steady stream through the top opening of the blender.
• Transfer to a salad cruet or jar with a lid.
• Refrigerate any leftover vinaigrette for up to one week. After that, throw out any unused portion of this salad dressing.
• Enjoy.

MANDARIN ORANGE AND GREEN SALAD

Steps:

• In small pan over medium-low heat, cook almonds and sugar, stirring constantly until almonds are coated and sugar is dissolved. Watch carefully as they burn easily.
• Cool and stir in airtight container.
• Mix dressing ingredients and chill.
• Mix lettuces, celery and green onion in large salad bowl.
• Just before serving, add almonds and oranges, and toss with dressing.

MIXED GREENS WITH MANDARIN ORANGES AND WALNUTS

Steps:

• Measure 1/4 cup of reserved mandarin juice. In a small bowl, whisk together juice and vinaigrette; set aside.
• In large bowl, toss together salad mix, hearts of palm, and mandarin segments with mandarin dressing. Transfer salad to serving platter and top with remaining ingredients.

MANDARIN SALAD INGREDIENTS

Steps:

• In a small pan over medium heat, heat almonds and sugar, stirring constantly until almonds are coated and sugar is dissolved. Watch carefully!! They will burn easily!
• Set almonds aside to cool on a piece of parchment paper and then store in an airtight container until ready to mix with salad.
• Mix the dressing ingredients together. I use a jar so that I can shake it all together and store in the refrigerator.
• Dice the celery and green onions and chop the romaine and iceberg lettuces.
• Throw everything except the oranges, almonds and dressing into a bowl and mix together. Just before serving, add almonds and oranges and drizzle with dressing. Toss to coat and serve!

MIXED GREEN AND MANDARIN ORANGE SALAD

Steps:

• Drain mandarin oranges, reserving oranges in a large bowl and juice in a medium bowl.
• To the mandarin juice, add olive oil, vinegar, dijon mustard and pepper. Whisk until blended.
• In the large bowl, add lettuce, spinach and cabbage to the reserved oranges.
• Pour dressing over all and toss well to combine.
• Serve immediately.

MANDARIN MIXED GREEN SALAD

Steps:

• To prepare the vinaigrette, combine the sherry vinegar through salt in a small bowl or jar; stir with a whisk or screw on the lid and shake well. Set aside. Storage: The vinaigrette will keep for a week or more in the refrigerator and may be doubled. To prepare the salad, combine the lettuces, orange sections, avocado, onions, and feta in a large bowl. Add the nuts or seeds, if using. Pour about half of the vinaigrette over salad mixture－just enough to lightly but evenly coat－and toss gently to coat.

BETSY'S MANDARIN ORANGE SALAD

Steps:

• In a jar with a tight fitting lid, combine the oil, vinegar, sugar, parsley, salt and pepper. Cover and shake well. Refrigerate until use.
• In a medium saucepan over medium low heat, cook and stir the almonds and sugar until the sugar is melted and the almonds are coated. Remove from heat, cool, and break apart. Store at room temperature until ready to serve salad.
• In a large bowl, toss together the lettuce, celery, oranges, almonds and dressing until evenly coated.