This salad is a crispy Chinese egg roll turned inside-out: the cabbage, carrot, and pork filling is the salad, and the wrappers (baked until crispy and broken into pieces) are the croutons. It’s zippy and fresh and all kinds of fun, with the contrasting flavors and textures of a good crispy egg roll. The hot bacon vinaigrette (punched up with star anise, garlic, ginger, chile sauce soy sauce, and rice vinegar) is one that'll you want to use on everything. Best of all, the whole salad takes less time to prepare than waiting for Chinese take-out or delivery. <br /> <br />The salad is best when served right away (for the crispiest bacon) but it's good leftover too, gently reheated or at room temperature. <br />

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