A delicious salad with a bit of a Japanese flare.
| Yield | |
|---|---|
| Source | Kathleen Ekama, Canton OH |
| Prep time | 45 minutes |
| 1⁄3 | Cup | sugar |
| 1⁄4 | Cup | rice vinegar |
| 1⁄2 | Cup | soy sauce |
| 1 | Tablespoon | olive oil |
| 2 | Tablespoon | sesame oil |
| 1 | Package | somen noodles (or 8 oz. angel-hair pasta) |
| 1 | egg | |
| 1 | head of lettuce (shredded) | |
| 1 | carrot (shredded) | |
| 1 | cucumbers (seeded and sliced thinly) | |
| 4 | Ounce | cold cuts (julienned or shredded chicken) |
| 1 | sheet nori (slivered) |
Mix in a pint jar: sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, olive oil, and sesane oil. Set aside. Cook noodles per directions, rinse, drain, and cool. Beat egg, fry like a crepe, and cut into julienne strips. Shake sauce in pint jar and chill Arrange salad in 13x9 baking dish. Sprinkle 2 handfuls of shredded lettuce on bottom followed by somen noodles. Use your hands to make noodle balls and place these balls in a row for east serving. Top with remaining lettuce, carrot, cucumbers, cold cuts, egg strips, and nori. Chill. To serve, scoop out a somen noodle ball with its toppings. Sprinkle with sauce. Try eating with chopsticks. Sauce can also be used over shredded cabbage or as a meat marinade.
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