Ramen Salad with Sesame Dressing at Home
- 1 1/2 servings Ramen noodles (uncooked or steamed)
- 1 A variety of salad vegetables that you have in the fridge
- 1 Boiled egg, if you have one
- 1 Ham or other seasoned meat
- 1 dash Aromatic vegetables
- 1 it's up to you Any other ingredients that may fit
- 1 tbsp Soy sauce
- 1 tbsp Vinegar
- 1 tbsp Sugar
- 1 tbsp White sesame seeds (or ground sesame seeds)
- 1 tbsp Sesame oil
- 1 tbsp Mayonnaise
- Mix all the dressing ingredients together, in the order listed: white sesame seeds sugar mayonnaise sesame oil soy sauce vinegar.
- (The texture will change from granular to gel-like to oily to liquid.
- The thing to watch out for is the thickness of the sauce.)
- Cut the vegetables up into easy to eat pieces.
- Just whatever you have left over in the refrigerator is fine: tomatoes, cucumber, lettuce, green peppers, bean sprouts... anything goes!
- Chop the aromatic herbs too.
- Shiso leaves, myoga ginger, or ginger; choose any.
- Cut the ham into strips.
- Slice the imitation crab diagonally.
- Boil the shrimp briefly and sprinkle salt.
- Add any of these ingredients if you have on hand.
- I added leftover tatsuta-age fried chicken.
- Boil the noodles until they are a little bit softer than usual, and cool in ice water.
- Drain well, and toss with sesame oil (not listed).
- If you are using steamed noodles, blanch briefly in boiling water and untangle, then cool in ice water.
- Drain well, and mix in sesame oil (not listed).
- Mount the noodles in the middle of a large plate.
- Surround the noodles with leafy greens and yellow vegetables.
- Put the protein ingredients on top of the noodles.
- Or just arrange the plate any way you like.
- Drizzle sauce onto the noodles, and it's done.
- Serve!
- Here's another example.
- 1 serving uses 3/4 a portion of noodles.
- I used less sugar and doubanjiang spicy bean paste in the dressing.
- I used lettuce, mizuna greens, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, imitation crab and fake Peking duck.
ramen noodles, salad vegetables, egg, ham, vegetables, soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, white sesame seeds, sesame oil, mayonnaise
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/169886-ramen-salad-with-sesame-dressing-at-home (may not work)