Mung Bean Sprout Salad
Mung Bean Sprout Salad One of the joys of cooking, for me, is discovering a new way to satisfactorily prepare an item. Such is the case with this mung bean sprout salad. I wanted to serve the sprouts with a meal of kalua pig and cabbage. So, I needed a dressing for the sprouts that would stand up to the smoked pork. I also wanted it to counter the natural wateriness of the sprouts. As I thought about the sprout salad and the dressing, I remembered we had a meal of poke a couple of days earlier. The sprouts that were a part of the meal went pretty well with the poke. This made me wonder: Will the poke dressing work as a dressing on the sprouts? I am glad to report it worked very well! The sprouts in this salad marinated for approximately 30 minutes in the refrigerator. This corresponded with the time I needed for the other components of the meal. You will need to play with the timing to suit your tastes. The sprouts I had were not the best. The perils of
