Best Nonies Mandarin Salad Recipes

SPINACH MANDARIN SALAD WITH HONEY BALSAMIC DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Place almonds on a baking sheet and toast for 7-9 minutes. Chop or pound almonds into small pieces. (Place in a plastic bag and use a wood spoon to pound.)
• Combine all salad ingredients in a medium bowl. Place ingredients for dressing into a high powered blender and blend on high until smooth. If dressing is too thick, add a small amount of water to thin out.
• Add desired amount of dressing to salad and toss just before serving. Enjoy!

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.

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 SALAD

Steps:

• Drain oranges, reserving 2 tablespoons juice (discard remaining juice or refrigerate for another use). In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise and reserved juice until smooth. In a large bowl, toss the greens, oranges and onions. Drizzle with dressing and toss to coat. Serve immediately.

NONIE'S MANDARIN SALAD

Steps:

• tear lettuce into bite size pieces and toss in a bowl.
• drain mandarin oranges (i usually save a little juice).
• add mandarin oranges to lettuce.
• add pine nuts.
• toss salad.
• pour desired amount of dressing on salad.
• serve.

BABY SPINACH SALAD WITH MANDARIN ORANGE AND RED ONIONS

Steps:

• Arrange spinach leaves on a large platter or individual salad plates. Top with mandarin sections and chopped red onion. Whisk together marmalade and vinegar. Stream oil into dressing while continuing to whisk.
• When you are ready to serve, pour the dressing over salad and season with salt and pepper.

DELICIOUS ASIAN CHICKEN SALAD WITH CHOW MEIN NOODLES

Steps:

• Mix all dressing ingredients until well combined; refrigerate for a minimum of 1 hour.
• In a large bowl combine the lettuce with chicken, green onions, dry noodles, carrot and slivered almonds or chopped peanuts; mix to combine.
• Pour on the dressing; toss to combine.
• Top with mandarin orange segments.
• Serve immediately.

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.

ASIAN NOODLE SALAD WITH PEANUTS AND MINT

Steps:

• In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook noodles until tender according to package instructions. Drain, then rinse under cold water to stop the cooking. Drain well.
• In a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, lime juice, and oil. In a large bowl combine noodles, scallions, cucumber, peanuts, and mint. Toss noodle mixture with sauce, garnish with additional mint, and serve.

MINTY ASIAN CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Soak the noodles for 5 mins in boiling water or according to pack instructions, until softened. Drain, then cool under a running tap. Drain again well, then tip into a large bowl along with the chicken, cucumber, spring onions and chilli.
• Mix together the soy or fish sauce, lime zest and juice and sugar, then pour over the noodles. Toss through the mint leaves and serve.