Recipe - Asian Black Bean-Asparagus Salad

1 cup Cooked black beans
One fourth small Red onion minced
One fourth cup Minced cilantro
1 tablespoon Rice wine vinegar
1 teaspoon Soy sauce
1 teaspoon Asian hot oil
1/8 teaspoon Asian sesame oil
1 pound Asparagus
4 Lettuce leaves

1. Place cooked beans in a small bowl. Stir red onion, cilantro, vinegar,
soy sauce, hot oil, and sesame oil into beans. Marinate 20 to 30 minutes at
room temperature.

2. Bring 2 quarts of water to a boil. Trim dried, tough ends from asparagus
stalks. Slice asparagus on the diagonal. Blanch in boiling water for 3
minutes. Remove from water, drain, and toss with marinated beans.

3. To serve, place each lettuce leaf on a chilled salad plate. Divide salad
evenly among lettuce leaves.

Serves 4.

Recipe By : the California Culinary Academy

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