Preparation
15 minutes
Cooking
10 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Fresh and crispy vegetarian salad mixed with sweet and sour sauce brings a dish that is both delicious and nutritious. Today, let’s join TasteVN in the kitchen to check out the salad recipe to make it!
Ingredients for Vegetarian Mixed Salad Serves 2
Lettuce 2 heads Tomato 1 piece Onion 1/2 piece Green onion 2 stalks Soy sauce 1 tablespoon Vegetarian oyster sauce 1 tablespoon Chili sauce 1 tablespoon Tomato sauce 1 tablespoon Cooking oil 1 tablespoon Common seasoning a little (sugar/ monosodium glutamate/ vegetarian seasoning)
How to Choose Fresh Ingredients
How to choose fresh lettuce
- You can use any type of lettuce you like: Carol, butter lettuce, or romaine,… to make this dish.
- When buying lettuce, you should choose heads that have bright green leaves, when tightly rolled will have a light fragrance, with long and thick stems.
- Additionally, clean lettuce (not treated with pesticides) usually has dark green leaves on the outside, with the inner layers being light green or white, gradually fading.
- Do not choose lettuce with wilted leaves, stems starting to turn yellow and emitting a slight odor as these are heads of lettuce that have been stored for too long or may have been treated with chemicals, are decaying.
How to choose fresh and delicious tomatoes
- Naturally ripe tomatoes have a shiny, plump skin and a bright red color. If you look closely, you will see specks of juice in the flesh through the skin. When cut open, you will find bright red flesh with golden seeds.
- Choose tomatoes that feel firm in your hand, with fresh green stems that are tightly attached to the body, as these are usually naturally ripe tomatoes.
- Avoid choosing tomatoes that are overripe; if you gently press on them and they feel soft, they are likely to be bruised easily.
- Compared to naturally ripe tomatoes, chemically treated tomatoes usually lack aroma, are not red, and are quite hard. When cooked, they take a long time to soften, have little pulp, and a pale red color.
How to prepare Vegetarian Salad
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Prepare the ingredients
First, wash the lettuce thoroughly, drain, and cut it into bite-sized pieces.
Next, wash the tomatoes, remove the seeds, and chop them finely.
For the onion, peel, wash, and dice it.
Wash the green onions and chop them finely.
How to cut onions without making your eyes sting:
- To cut onions without stinging your eyes, you should cut them in a well-ventilated area, such as under a range hood or by a window.
- Chill the onions in the freezer for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Additionally, you can cut a thin slice of potato and rub it on both sides of the knife. Then, use this knife to cut the onion. The starch in the potato helps inhibit the release of the onion’s enzymes.
See details: 10 Tips for cutting onions without stinging eyes
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Make the dressing
Put a pan on the stove, add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil and heat it up. When the oil is hot, add the onion and sauté it for about 10 seconds over medium heat.
Next, add: minced tomatoes, 1.5 tablespoons of sugar, 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of vegetarian oyster sauce, 1/2 teaspoon of vegetarian seasoning, 1/2 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, 1 tablespoon of chili sauce, and 1 tablespoon of ketchup. Stir the mixture well to combine the seasonings, taste to adjust, then turn off the heat and sprinkle the chopped green onions on top.
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Final Product
Finally, place the vegetables on a plate, you can add other types of vegetables, then drizzle the dressing on top, mix well, and enjoy.
This colorful vegetarian salad is appealing with its fresh green color, and when eaten, it is crunchy and juicy, perfectly blended with the sweet and sour dressing, slightly salty, delicious and also good for health.
The vegetarian salad is indeed simple, quick, and looks appealing, doesn’t it? Let’s get into the kitchen and make it right away to treat your family. Wishing you success!
