This sweet bread is prepared in New Orleans for Mardi Gras. It is filled with cream cheese and drizzled simply. Whoever finds the tiny plastic baby baked into the bread will be lucky.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 15 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 (10 ounce) package frozen peas
- 1 cup shredded carrots
- 1 (8 ounce) can sliced water chestnuts, drained
- 2 green onions, sliced
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 clove garlic, smashed
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- ¼ cup mayonnaise (Optional)
Instructions
- Place frozen peas in a colander; rinse under hot water to thaw. Drain.
- Mix peas, carrots, water chestnuts, and green onions together in a bowl.
- Whisk vegetable oil, red wine vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, sugar, paprika, and dry mustard together in a separate bowl; pour over pea mixture. Marinate salad for at least 1 hour.
- Stir mayonnaise into salad just before serving.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 239 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 23 g |
| Cholesterol | 5 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 6 g |
| Protein | 5 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 408 mg |
| Sugars | 8 g |
| Fat | 15 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I liked it, but my family thought it was spicy, so if I make it again, I will leave out the paprika. Also, it makes a LOT, so I was left eating it for about 4 meals after my family didn’t want it. I could make it again, but halve the recipe, assuming I’ll be the only one to eat it.
I used a combination of lemon greek yogurt and mayo and subbed rice wine vinegar for the red. We also found the paprika and mustard strange with the other asian flavors. I would recommend rough chopping the chestnuts to a size similar to the peas just for ease of eating.
Only exception to following this recipe to the letter was using diced water chestnuts (what I had on hand) instead of sliced, and that would only impact presentation, not flavor. The veggie combination is tasty, it was just the dressing that we didn’t care for. The paprika, dry mustard, and soy sauce just didn’t complement each other IMO, but I wanted to give it a try. I will say that I thought the addition of the optional mayonnaise did help, but the dressing totally liquified in a very short period of time…definitely not pretty. I hate to give such a bad review being the first reviewer, and I do not want to discourage anybody from trying this recipe. We all have different tastes, and what tastes good to one may not taste the same to another. Sorry, but I won’t be making this one again.