Melon Salad With Sweet Sesame Dressing Recipes

Steps:

• *Note: if you can find yellow watermelon, substitute half yellow for red watermelon.
• In small saucepan combine sugar, vinegar, salt, and ginger. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat.
• Place dressing in a medium bowl. Slowly add both oils to sugar mixture in a thin steady stream, whisking constantly until thickened.
• Stir in sesame seeds, sesame oil, and cayenne pepper; set aside.
• In large bowl combine melon and cucumber. Add 1/2 cup of the dressing; toss to coat.
• Line salad bowls or a platter with lettuce; top with melon mixture. If desired, sprinkle with cilantro and bacon.
• Pass remaining dressing.

Steps:

• Combine the watermelon, water chestnuts, sesame seeds, salt, garlic chives, and cilantro in a large mixing bowl.
• Whisk the raspberry vinegar, white sugar, sesame oil, and fish sauce together in a small bowl; pour over the watermelon salad mixture and gently toss to coat evenly. Chill in refrigerator 1 hour to serve chilled.

Steps:

• Toast sesame seeds in frying pan over medium heat.
• Shake or stir and watch carefully- Sesame goes from toasted to burned in the blink of an eye.
• Add cooled seeds to vinegar, salt, sugar and pepper- Mix.
• Refrigerate until ready to use.