Orange, Avocado, and Watercress Salad with Ginger-Lime Vinaigrette

Name: Orange, Avocado, and Watercress Salad with Ginger-Lime Vinaigrette
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 3 , medium oranges, prepared as illustrated below to make 1 1/2 cups; 1 teaspoon, grated fresh ginger; 1/4 teaspoon, Dijon mustard; 1 tablespoon, lime juice from 1 lime; pinch, cayenne pepper; 1 tablespoon, finely chopped fresh mint leaves; , table salt; 3 tablespoons, vegetable oil; 1/4 , small red onion, sliced very thin (about 1/4 cup); 1 , medium avocado, ripe but firm; 1 small bunch, watercress, stemmed and cut into 2-inch pieces (about 2 1/2 cups)

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2004

Slice the oranges into small pieces and use lime juice to make a bold dressing.

SERVES4

TIME25 minutes

Orange, Avocado, and Watercress Salad with Ginger-Lime Vinaigrette

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For a better orange salad recipe, we came up with these rules: for bold flavor, include lime juice in the dressing; allow the oranges to drain before tossing them with the other ingredients to eliminate excess juice; use just a small amount...

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