Pickled Vegetable Salad With Nori Vinaigrette
- 6 radishes, trimmed, thinly sliced
- 2 large carrots, peeled, julienned
- 1/2 medium red onion, thinly sliced
- 1/2 English hothouse cucumber, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 1 1/4 cups unseasoned rice vinegar, divided
- 2 toasted nori sheets
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon mirin (sweet Japanese rice wine)
- 5 ounces tender lettuces (such as Bibb, butter, and mache; about 6 cups)
- Place radishes, carrots, onion, and cucumber in 4 separate bowls or jars. Bring sugar, salt, 1 cup vinegar, and 2 cups water to a boil in a medium saucepan, stirring to dissolve sugar. Pour pickling liquid over vegetables to cover; let cool. Cover and chill.
- Grind nori in a blender, scraping down sides as needed, until finely ground. Add oil, soy sauce, mirin, and remaining 1/4 cup vinegar and blend until smooth. Toss lettuces and dressing in a large bowl to coat. Drain pickled vegetables and arrange on top of salad.
- DO AHEAD:
radishes, carrots, red onion, hothouse cucumber, sugar, kosher salt, rice vinegar, sheets, vegetable oil, soy sauce, mirin, tender
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/pickled-vegetable-salad-with-nori-vinaigrette-51214460 (may not work)