Ingredients

  • 1 pink grapefruit
  • 1/4 small red onion, thinly sliced lengthwise to make 1/2 cup
  • 1/2 each red and yellow bell pepper; parrellel cut and shredded
  • 1 piece english cucumber (3 inch) halved lengthwise and seeded, then parallel cut and shredded
  • 1 small carrott, thinly sliced on a diagonal and shredded
  • 2 1/2 qts loosely packed mixed baby greens
  • Dressing
  • 1 garlic clove, sliced paper thin
  • 4 cilantro sprigs, stems thinly sliced and sprigs chopped
  • 3 thai chiles, sliced paper thin
  • 3 tbsp ponzu sauce
  • 1 tbsp each sugar, soy sauce, and fish sauce
  • 1 tsp lime zest
  • 1/2 tsp srirarcha chili sauce
  • 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
  • 6 each large thai basil and mint leaves.stacked rolled and thinly sliced crosswise
  • shredded chicken

Method

  • 1) Make salad; cut peel and membrane from grapefruit, following curve of the fruit. working over a small bowl, cut between inner membranes to release segments. squeeze juice from membrane into bowl. put remaining salad ingrediants in large bowl.
  • 2) make dressing; in a medium bowl, whisk garlic, cilantro, chile, ponzu, sugar, soy sauce, fish sauce, lime zest, lime juice, and sriracha until sugar dissolves. gradually wisk in oil. Stir in basil, mint, and 2 tbsp grapefruit juice from bowl of segments
  • 3) pour 3/4 of dressing over salad, toss gently. add more dressing if you like. life grapefruit from remaining juice and set on salad.