Candied Walnut Orange Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    Candied Walnuts
    vegetable oil cooking spray
    3 tablespoons sugar, for top
    3 tablespoons orange juice, from can
    2 cups walnuts, chopped large
    1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    Salad
    2 heads butter lettuce, washed and dried
    16 ounces mandarin orange segments, 2 cans
    1/2 red onion, very thinly sliced
    2 avocados, chopped
    2 tomatoes, chopped large
    1 cup asian-style dressing (such as miso dressing or ginger dressing)
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
    Line a large cookie sheet with foil and spray with nonstick spray. In a 10-inch skillet over medium heat, add 6 tablespoons sugar and mandarine orange juice. Bring to a simmer, and then add walnuts. Cook until sugar is absorbed and mixture starts to caramelize around walnuts, stirring constantly, about 2 minutes.
    In a small bowl, mix cinnamon and remaining 3 tablespoons sugar. Toss walnuts in cinnamon-sugar. Place walnuts in single layer on prepared cookie sheet. Bake until walnuts appear crystallized and toasted, about 8 minutes. Set aside
    Chop lettace. Mix all ingredients together.
    Drizzle 2 tablespoons of dressing on top of each salad and serve.

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