Mushroom Salad With Bacon Vinaigrette

Serves 4 #STARFineFoods Ingredients: ½ cup STAR Seasoned Rice Vinegar ½ cup STAR Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 Tbsp. soy sauce 6 slices bacon, cooked crisp, chopped, bacon fat reserved 2 large shallots, minced 4 cups Monterey White Mushrooms sliced 1 Tbsp. thyme, minced. 2 medium heads lettuce, washed and broken into pieces, placed in large salad bowl Salt and pepper to taste. 4 large pieces of crusty bread, toasted Instructions:

In a small bowl, whisk together the vinegar, olive oil and soy sauce. Set aside the vinaigrette.

In a sauté pan on high heat, coated lightly with bacon fat, add the shallots, mushrooms and thyme. Saute until soft about 4 minutes.

Add vinaigrette and the bacon and stir until hot. Add salt and pepper to taste. Pour ¾ of the vinaigrette on the salad and toss to coat. Toss with more vinaigrette if necessary. Save the remaining vinaigrette for garnish.

Place toast on 4 large plates and top with warm salad. Drizzle with remaining vinaigrette and serve immediately.

Mushroom Salad With Bacon Vinaigrette

Ingredients

  • ½ cup STAR Seasoned Rice Vinegar
  • ½ cup STAR Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1 Tbsp. soy sauce
  • 6 slices bacon, cooked crisp, chopped, bacon fat reserved
  • 2 large shallots, minced
  • 4 cups Monterey White Mushrooms sliced
  • 1 Tbsp. thyme, minced.
  • 2 medium heads lettuce, washed and broken into pieces, placed in large salad bowl
  • Salt and pepper to taste.
  • 4 large pieces of crusty bread, toasted

Instructions

1

In a small bowl, whisk together the vinegar, olive oil and soy sauce. Set aside the vinaigrette.

2

In a sauté pan on high heat, coated lightly with bacon fat, add the shallots, mushrooms and thyme. Saute until soft about 4 minutes.

3

Add vinaigrette and the bacon and stir until hot. Add salt and pepper to taste. Pour ¾ of the vinaigrette on the salad and toss to coat. Toss with more vinaigrette if necessary. Save the remaining vinaigrette for garnish.

4

Place toast on 4 large plates and top with warm salad. Drizzle with remaining vinaigrette and serve immediately.

1

In a small bowl, whisk together the vinegar, olive oil and soy sauce. Set aside the vinaigrette.

2

In a sauté pan on high heat, coated lightly with bacon fat, add the shallots, mushrooms and thyme. Saute until soft about 4 minutes.

3

Add vinaigrette and the bacon and stir until hot. Add salt and pepper to taste. Pour ¾ of the vinaigrette on the salad and toss to coat. Toss with more vinaigrette if necessary. Save the remaining vinaigrette for garnish.

4

Place toast on 4 large plates and top with warm salad. Drizzle with remaining vinaigrette and serve immediately.

Serves: 4