Cold noodle salad

This salad tastes great both cold and at room temperature. Top the salad with some crunchy peanuts, cilantro and some fresh chill for a little added heat.

Another great noodle recipe to try is this Vegan curry noodle soup or make these fresh Vegan Summer Rolls with Peanut Sauce.

Ingredients

Peanut Sauce

• Creamy peanut butter, preferable natural
• Soy sauce
• Sweet chili sauce
• Fresh lime juice, freshly squeezed is the way to go. It will add a lot of freshness to this creamy peanut sauce.
• Sesame oli
• Ginger, peeled and grated
• Garlic, chopped
• Hot water, to thin out the sauce to desired consistency

Salad

• Noodles of your choice (rice noodles, udon noodles, ramen or linguini)
• Red bell pepper, finely sliced 
• Carrots, finely sliced using a vegetable peeler 
• Red cabbage, finely sliced or shredded
• Scallions, thinly sliced 

Topping

• Peanuts, chili, coriander, sesame seeds and lime wedges

See recipe card for quantities.

Instructions

1. Cook the noodles according to the directions on the package. Drain and rinse in cold water. Place in a large serving bowl.
2. Meanwhile the noodles are cooking, make the peanut sace.Add all the ingredients for the peanut sauce in a blender or food processor, and blend until smooth and creamy, adding a little water at a time.
3. Chop the veggie and place them in the bowl with the cold noodles. Pour over the peanut sauce, and toss well to combine.
4. Garnish with chopped peanuts, sesame seeds, chili, cilantro and a lime wedge.

Substitutions and variations

• Gluten-free – Make this cold nuudle salad gluten free by using rice noodles or gluten free noodles. Also use a gluten free soy sauce for the peanut sauce.
• Noodles – Use your favorite noodles for this recipe, udon noodles, rice noodles, ramen or even lingerie will work.
• Spicy – to make this a spice noodle salad, add some chili flakes or sriracha to the peanut sauce. The salad can also be topped with hot chili flakes or fresh chili to taste.
• Sweet chili sauce – Instead of using sweet chili sauce, eqaual amount of hot honey will work. Or any liquid sweetener with the addition of chili flaked to taste.
• Veggies – Add more veggies to taste. Some great options are edamame or been sprouts.

Also see this Cucumber Salad or these delicious Veggie Lettuce Wraps.

Storage

Store this noodle salad in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days. If possible, store the dressing separate in making this ahead of time.

This salad does not freeze well so I don’t recommend it.