pear ginger soy salad

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 red onion, chopped
• 1 orange bell pepper, chopped
• cooking spray
• 1/4 cup olive oil, divided
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic, or to taste
• 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger, or to taste
• 2 pears, cut into bite-size chunks
• 1/4 cup ponzu sauce (citrus soy-based sauce), divided
• 1 (12 ounce) bag mixed salad greens, or to taste
• 1 cucumber, chopped

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins Ready Time: 40 mins


• preheat an oven to 450 degrees f (230 degrees c). grease a baking sheet.
• spread onion and bell pepper in the prepared baking sheet and spray with cooking spray.
• bake in the preheated oven until golden, about 15 minutes.
• heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir garlic and ginger in the hot oil until garlic begins to brown slightly, 2 to 3 minutes. add pears to garlic mixture and cook until pears are evenly coated in oil, about 1 minute. reduce heat to medium-low and pour 1 tablespoon ponzu over pears; cook until pears begin to brown, 5 to 10 minutes. add more garlic and ginger if desired.
• mix remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil and 3 tablespoons ponzu in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. add garlic and ginger if desired. remove saucepan from heat and cool.
• combine greens, cucumber, onion, bell pepper, and pears in a bowl; drizzle with ponzu-olive oil mixture. toss salad to evenly coat.