Napa mint slaw

Yield: 6 Servings

Ingredients:

5 sl Bacon; chopped Salad oil (opt'l.)
1 md Head napa cabbage*
1 c Lightly packed fresh mint
1/3 c Roasted salted chopped -peanuts
1/3 c Orange juice
3 tb White wine vinegar
1 1/2 ts Sugar

Instructions:

*About 1 1/2 lbs. washed and crisped. In 8 to 10" frying pan cook bacon over medium heat until crisp (about 8 minutes). Lift out and drain; set aside. Discard all but 3 tb. of the drippings from the pan (add oil if necessary to make 3 tb.); set pan aside. Remove 6 large outer leaves from cabbage and set aside. Cut head of cabbage crosswise into 1/4" slices. Setting aside 6 fresh mint sprigs for garnish finely chop remaining mint. Combine with cabbage peanuts and bacon in a large bowl. Place pan with drippings over high heat and stir in orange juice vinegar and sugar. Cook just until drippings are melted and dressing is hot. Immediately pour hot dressing over salad and mix quickly until well coated. Place a whole cabbage leaf on each of 6 salad plates; mound salad on each leaf. Garnish with reserved mint. Per serving: 154 cal.; 5 g protein; 8 g carbohydrates; 12 g total fat; 9 mg cholesterol; and 163 mg sodium. From _Sunset Fresh Ways with Salads_ by the editors of Sunset Books and Sunset Magazine. Menlo Park CA: Lane Publishing Company 1987. Pg. 16. ISBN 0-376-02608-1. Electronic format by Cathy Harned.