Do You Even Know How Big And Delicious A Pomelo Is??

It’s fucking big. See? That’s \/ a lemon and that’s \/ a pomelo. Awesome, right?

A pomelo is the best cause it’s huge but really light in weight. And then when you open it, its a beautifully pink (although, I found out that not all of them are, but what the hell do I know).  The one I ate for this salad wasn’t very citrusey or very sweet. But still bright, and a perfect addition to the spicey dressing.

I adapted this recipe from a cook book about salads. The book is only aaaight, but here is my version of the salad.

Bright and Spicy Pomelo Salad

dressing:
2 tbl rice wine
juice of 1 juicy lime
1 pinch of brown sugar
1 tsp siracha
1 small red onion, finely diced
2 finely diced jalapenos, finely diced and go ahead, leave them seeds
3 tablespoons of canola oil

Mix everything but the oil together. Taste and make sure its salty or spicy enough for ya. When youre ready to toss your salad (hehe), whisk the oil in and dress your veg.

the rest:
1 pomelo, sectioned (if you are really ambition, do it right, see here, otherwise, you know, peel and section it.)
1 small nappa cabbage or iceberg, if ya feel it
1 carrot, shredded
chopped fresh mint, basil and/or cilantro (or maybe 2 out of the 3)
chopped mixed roasted salted nuts

Put your salad in your eatin bowls, with the pomelo beautifully on top. Add the oil to your dressing as noted above and generously dress yo shit. Eat yo shit. Mmm mmm good as a mo.

(PS. this original recipe called for fish sauce, shallots and not red onion, and less siracha in the dressing,. Do what you will.)

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