Asparagus Salad With Vinaigrette Chinoise Recipe

• 1 lb Thin asparagus, end trimmed and stalks peeled to the tip, if thick
• 1/2 head red-leaf lettuce
• 1/4 c. Rice wine vinegar
• 2 Tbsp. Soy sauce
• 1/2 tsp Sugar
• 1/4 tsp Dry red pepper flakes
• 3 Tbsp. Corn oil
• 4 tsp Sesame seed oil Coarse salt
• 1 tsp Unsalted butter
• 1/4 c. Raw sunflower seeds
• 1 Tbsp. Diagonally sliced green onion, green part only

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