Description
The combo of pork & a variety of fruits & veggies has long been a cuisine classic. With abundant colour, flavour & crunch, this salad has a bit of an asian flair, but is primarily designed to convince your meat-loving dh & even picky kids that an inexpensive salad can be a welcome dinner meal on occasions when you have precious little time to cook. The sweet-savoury salad dressing & crispy pork slices are prepared 1 dy ahead & the crispy pork slices can be reheated (if desired) while you quickly assemble the salads to get dinner on the table in a flash the next evening! *enjoy*
Ingredients
- Boneless Pork Chops
- Soy Sauce
- Cornstarch
- Ground Ginger
- Oil
- Olive Oil
- Maple Syrup
- Chili Sauce
- Red Onions
- Dijon Mustard
- Golden Raisins
- Mayonnaise
- Mixed Salad Greens
- Cherry Tomatoes
- Carrot
- Snow Peas
- Red Apple
- Button Mushrooms
Instructions
- For crispy pork slices: prepare 1 dy in advance by first dividing the chop into its 2 butter-flied pieces & pounding each w / a meat mallet or the flat of a meat cleaver
- Slice the halved chops across the short side of the pounded pieces in 1 / 2 in strips
- Put the slices in a bowl w / the soy sauce, mix well w / your hand to get good coverage of the meat surfaces & refrigerate for 1 / 2 hour
- Spread pork slices on work surface or cutting board & pat dry w / paper towels
- Place cornstarch & ground ginger in a plastic bag, add pork slices & shake well
- In a non-stick skillet over mod-high heat, fry all pork slices in oil till well-browned & crisp, then refrigerate for use the next dy
- For salad dressing: prepare 1 dy in advance by combining all ingredients in a pint-sized jar
- Shake well & refrigerate overnite for flavours to blend
- To assemble salads: first decide if you want the crispy pork slices hot on your salads
- If you do, quickly reheat them in hot oil
- Then assemble the salads by placing approx 1 cup of salad greens on ea of 4 dinner plates
- Top w / equal amounts of the tomatoes, carrot strips, sliced apple wedges, snow peas, mushrooms & crisped pork slices
- Shake dressing well, taste & consider your options
- Adjust for taste pref by adding more olive oil, maple syrup, chili sauce or dijon mustard
- If your family prefers a lightly creamed dressing, add 2 oz mayo
- Shake well again if you added anything
- The dressing will have an almost chutney-like texture & flavour
- Top salads w / dressing in desired amt or serve separately to be individually added per pers pref