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Ingredients
- ½ cup fresh tangerine or orange juice
- 1 jalapeño
- 1 small shallot (peeled and minced)
- 2 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 1 pinch Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper (or more to taste)
- ½ cup vegetable oil (or other mild flavored oil)
- 2 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 ripe avocados (peeled and cut into ½-inch chunks)
- 4 tangerines (sliced into ½-inch thick rounds, see notes)
- 6 cup arugula (loosely packed)
- ½ cup fresh mint leaves (loosely packed)
- 2 ounce feta cheese (crumbled)
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