Oriental Salad

Ashleigh12's Note:

A wonderful salad that's great for pot lucks or as a side dish to your favorite make at home Chinese dinner. Whenever I make this for pot lucks, I come home with a clean bowl and requests for the recipe.

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• 2 (3 ounce) packages chicken-flavored ramen noodles
• ½ cup sliced almonds
• 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
• ½ cup butter
• 4 green onions , chopped
• 1 green cabbage , chopped into bite size pieces
• ½ cup sugar
• ¼ cup cider vinegar
• ¾ cup vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce

Directions:

1. Chop cabbage and onions. Place into a large bowl and set aside.
2. Remove ramen noodles and set set aside seasoning packets.
3. Place ramen noodles into a zip lock bag and crush with rolling pin.
4. In a large frying pan, melt butter over medium high heat.
5. Add crushed ramen noodles, almonds and sesame seeds, frying until they are golden brown in color. Remove from heat.
6. Add seasoning packets to the ramen noodles. Stir well and set aside.
7. In a small bowl combine sugar, vinegar,oil and soy sauce. Dressing does not incorporate well.
8. Add ramen mix to cabbage and top with dressing.
9. Toss to coat.
10. If you are using this for a pot luck, keep cabbage, dressing and ramen noodles seperate until just before serving.