Mandarin Orange & Poppyseed Salad

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 bunches green leaf lettuce, rinsed, dried and ripped into pieces
• 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
• 1 (3 ounce) can rice noodles (like la choy)
• 3 green onions, chopped
• 3/4 cup slivered almonds
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1/4 cup vinegar
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 1/2 teaspoons poppy seeds
• 1 tablespoon aunt jane's krazy mixed up salt

Recipe

• 1 make or buy candied almonds.
• 2 to make candied almonds, melt butter in a small frying pan over medium-low heat.
• 3 add almonds and sugar, cooking until golden brown.
• 4 remove from heat, transfer to a different dish to cool. as almonds are cooling, continuously separate using a fork or another utensil (if you don't, the almonds will be stuck together and will be hard to separate once cool).
• 5 to make dressing, mix/shake all dressing ingredients together in a salad dressing cruet, or another tightly sealed container.
• 6 rinse and dry lettuce leaves. rip into bite-sized pieces.
• 7 mix together lettuce, green onions, rice noodles, cooled candied almonds, and mandarin oranges.
• 8 before serving, pour dressing over lettuce and mix using salad tongs.