This grilled vegetable recipe goes wonderfully with steak, pork chops or other grilled proteins.
Yield: Serves 8.
July 02, 2019
Cook Time:
10 mins
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Recipe
Difficulty: Medium
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Cooking for a Crowd
GRILLED PEPPER AND ONION SALAD
Ingredients
2 sweet onions, cut into 8 wedges
1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
6 roasted bell peppers (2 each of orange, red and yellow)
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp freshly ground pepper
1/4 cup olive oil
1 tbsp slivered fresh basil
Directions
Toss onions with 1 tbsp oil. Cook onions in a grill wok over medium heat on natural gas barbecue, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
Cut roasted peppers into wide strips. Combine peppers and onions in a bowl.
To prepare dressing, whisk together vinegar, mustard, sugar, salt and pepper until blended. Gradually whisk in 1/4 cup oil. Stir in basil.
Toss peppers and onions with dressing until coated. Serve at room temperature.
Nutritional analysis per serving:170 calories, 11.7 g fat, 2.1 g protein, 15.1 g carbohydrate, 3.4 g fibre, 222 mg sodium
Tip:
Walla Walla, Vidalia or Maui onions are sweet varieties of onions.
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