Canton Salad
From: Jany, St-Lazare de Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
Comments: Just looking at the plate makes you hungry!
  • 20 mushrooms, cut into thick slices
  • 1 bag spinach, washed and torn
  • 4 cups [1 L] bean sprouts
  • 32 medium shrimp, cooked, deveined and shelled
  • 1 Chinese lettuce
Vinaigrette
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 4 tablespoons [60 mL] peanut oil
  • 1 tablespoon [15 mL] peanut butter
  • 2 teaspoons [10 mL] lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons [10 mL] honey or corn syrup
  • 2 tablespoons [30 mL] soya sauce
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Mix together mushrooms, spinach, bean sprouts and shrimp in a large bowl.
  • Mix together vinaigrette ingredients and pour over vegetable and shrimp mixture.
  • In large plates, arrange Chinese lettuce leaves in a nest.
  • Place mixture over lettuce.