Chinese New Year Salad
Ingredients
Salad
- 1/2 medium Jicama, peeled
- 1 small Daikon, peeled
- 3 carrots, peeled and turning sliced
- 3 piece green onions, sliced
- 1 medium cucumber
- 1 medium Asian pear
- 1 medium Granny smith apple
- 1 medium red pepper
- 1/4 bunch cilantro
- 1/4 bunch medium red cabbage, sliced finely
- 3 pickles
- 1 cup pickled ginger
- ½ cup Peanuts (optional), toasted & ground
- ¼ cup toasted sesame seeds
- Rice flour
- Taro, sliced finely
- Shallots, sliced finely
- Wonton skins cut in squares
- Fried sweet potatoes turning slicer
- Canola oil, for frying
- Key lime wedges
- Sashimi
Dressing
- 3 tablespoons Yuzu juice
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 3 tablespoons mirin
- 3 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons apricot preserves
- 1 cup grapeseed Oil
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- Salt and pepper
Directions
- Arrange crispy chips onto the salad mound, building as much height as possible, sprinkle nuts and pickles around the platter
- Pour the dressing while throwing the salad high in the air, the higher you toss, the more luck you'll have!
- Lotus chips sliced finely (slice all chips thinly on mandoline, drain very well and dust with: rice flour, taro, shallots, wonton skins, fried sweet potatoes, rice flour, canola oil
For the dressing:
- Whisk all dressing ingredients together
