Oriental Noodle Salad Recipes

ORIENTAL BROCCOLI SLAW

Steps:

• Crumble the ramen noodles onto a pie plate. Stir in the almonds, sesame seeds, and melted butter. Bake at 350° until golden brown, about 8-10 minutes. Cool completely.
• Whisk together the dressing ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
• Toss together the broccoli slaw and the green onion in a large bowl.
• Add dressing and cooled noodle mixture to the slaw. Stir till well coated and serve immediately.

DANG COLD ASIAN NOODLE SALAD

Steps:

• In a medium stock pot, boil water, add salt and cook noodles. When finished, place noodles in an ice water bath to cool. Drain and set aside.
• In a medium bowl combine, sesame oil, vinegar, soy sauce, hot chili oil, hoisin and extra-virgin olive oil. Mix thoroughly and then combine prepared vegetables and noodles.
• Garnish with sesame seeds and peanuts.

ASIAN NOODLE SALAD

Steps:

• For the salad: Bring a pot of water to a boil. Cook the spaghetti to al dente according to the package directions. Drain, rinse and let cool.
• Mix together the cooked spaghetti, carrots, peppers, bean sprouts, cucumbers, scallions, cilantro, napa cabbage, purple cabbage and kale. Add the peanuts and toss together.
• For the dressing: Whisk together the olive oil, soy sauce, oyster sauce, rice wine vinegar, brown sugar, ginger, sesame oil and garlic in a medium bowl.
• Pour the dressing over the salad and mix together with tongs or your hands. If the salad seems a little dry, just mix up a little more of the wet ingredients of the dressing and throw it in. It's a very organic process.
• Transfer to a large platter and serve.

ASIAN NOODLE SALAD

Steps:

• Stir together soy sauce, vinegar, oil, red pepper flakes, garlic, and ginger.
• Cook linguine in a large pot of boiling salted water until just tender, then drain in a colander and rinse under cold water until cool.
• Toss with dressing, carrot, scallions, red pepper, green pepper and sesame seeds in a large bowl.
• Cooks' note: Toast seeds in a dry heavy skillet over moderate heat, stirring until fragrant and a shade or two darker or toast in a shallow baking pan in a oven, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Do the night before to allow the salad to marinate.
• Store in a plastic container in the fridge and shake it occasionally to coat the entire salad.
• Some of the measurements should be adjusted to taste if you double or triple it (i.e., those who don't like the salty taste of soy sauce should decrease it).
• This is awesome and it is a real party and/or BBQ hit.

THAI-INSPIRED NOODLE SALAD

Steps:

• In a large pot, cook soba noodles according to package directions. Drain, rinse noodles with cold water, and set aside.
• Pour sesame oil, rice vinegar, soy sauce, and lime juice into a large bowl. Mix in lime zest, brown sugar, garlic, and red pepper flakes; stir until sugar dissolves. Toss in carrots, cilantro, and peanuts.
• Cut noodles into 3-inch lengths. Stir into dressing mixture. Cover, and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
• Toss salad again before serving. If dry, splash with soy sauce and vinegar. Serve cold.

ORIENTAL NOODLE SALAD

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large frying pan.
• Add all vegetables and fry just until starting to get tender.
• About 3-5 minutes.
• Add soy sauce, brown sugar, and Tabasco.
• Pour mixture over noodles and mix well.
• You can serve it warm or cold.
• Best if you put it in a Tupperware container and keep shaking it up until you serve it so noodles absorb flavor.
• If it looks dry when ready to serve add a few shakes of soy sauce.

CHINESE NOODLE SALAD

Steps:

• In a microwave-safe bowl, mix together vinegar, sugar, and oil. Microwave on high until sugar dissolves, about 1 minute. Mix well, and set aside to cool.
• Crush ramen noodles in the packages. Pour into salad dressing.
• In a salad bowl, toss romaine lettuce with oranges, almonds, and salad dressing.

ORIENTAL NOODLE SALAD

Steps:

• Cook noodles, drain, and set aside.
• Dressing:.
• In a small bowl, whisk soy sauce with vinegar, sesame oil, olive oil, sugar, lime zest& juice.
• Stir in ginger well, it sometimes has a tendency to clump.
• Pour over still warm noodles, and toss.
• Blanch the peas & cut into one inch diagonal lengths.
• Julienne the carrots and cucumber, (cut the cucumber in half lengthwise and spoon out the seeds first).
• Cut the green onions into one inch diagonal lengths.
• Stir together with the still warm noodles, it can be refrigerated at this point, and kept for a day or two.
• When ready to serve, add coriander or parsley, top with chopped nuts.