Pacific Sizzle Salad Recipes

Steps:

• Stir rice vinegar, sugar, and bay leaf together in a small saucepan over medium heat; bring to a boil. Whisk the boiling mixture until the sugar dissolves completely; remove from heat. Discard the bay leaf. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside to cool.
• Spread cucumber and radish slices onto a layer of paper towels. Sprinkle sea salt over the cucumber and radish slices. Set aside for 10 minutes. Rinse under cold running water and pat dry with paper towel.
• Toss cucumber, radish, sweet onion, tomatoes, chives, cilantro, garlic, and white pepper together in a large bowl. Drizzle rice vinegar dressing over the salad; toss to coat.

Steps:

• If using pasta, cook al dente and set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine onion, celery and imitation crab meat.
• In a separate bowl, mix all dressing ingredients (beginning with mayonnaise.
• Pour dressing over crab mixture.
• Gently fold in cooked, cooled pasta.
• Toss lightly to combine.
• Cover and chill 2 hours to overnight before serving.
• Serve on Romaine or red lettuce leaf.
• Without pasta, may serve with crackers or inside of a sandwich. Garnish with radishes and mandarin orange slices.

Steps:

• In large bowl, toss together mandarin oranges, mangoes, avocado, cucumber and bell pepper with lime juice.
• Combine remaining ingredients for dressing small bowl; blend well and toss gently with mandarin orange mixture.
• Stir in cilantro and serve immediately.