Spicy Chinese Noodles

Submitted by TishT

"This salad get its kick from ground red pepper. You can go hotter or milder by adjusting the amount of red pepper"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 6 ounces whole wheat pasta or 6 ounces buckwheat noodles
• 1⁄3 cup sweet red pepper, diced
• 1⁄4 cup scallion, chopped
• 1⁄4 cup low sodium soy sauce or 1/4 cup tamari
• 2 tablespoons dark sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
• 1 tablespoon macadamia nuts, chopped
• 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro, minced
• 1 teaspoon ground red pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon honey

directions

1. In a large pot of boiling water over medium high heat cook the pasta for 8 minutes or until tender.
2. Drain well and place in a large bowl Add the red peppers, scallions, soy sauce or tamari, oil, ginger, nuts, garlic, cilantro, ground red pepper and honey.
3. Toss well.
4. Let the salad marinate for 1 hour before serving.

Reviews

[Yogi8]

Fantastic!!! This pasta salad is so full of wonderful flavors, I could hardly wait for it to marinate! Easy to put together, with just a bit of chopping to do. If you're not sure about loving the sesame oil flavor, I would suggest using less to start and adding the rest after you taste. I didn't have any macadamia nuts so left it out. Hope you don't mind Tish, but this was just great without them.

 

[cteberry]

I'll give this 5 stars since I made a lot of horrible substitutions since I didn't have certain ingredients and it still came out good (i.e. teriyaki for soy sauce, canola for sesame oil...). I'll definitely make this according to plan next time!

 

[Pamela]

Great flavours, but my husband and I actually prefered this as a warm side dish, instead of a cold salad. I made this with dark soy sauce and served this as a side side to Easy Pork chops recipe#97695.