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Sesame Peanut Noodle Salad

Sesame Peanut Noodle Salad

Try this refreshing and tangy Asian-inspired salad with cooked noodles, veggies and chopped peanuts.
Course Salad
Servings 5 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 bag Fresh Express Double Carrots lettuce mix
  • 2 cups leftover cooked noodles or 1/4 pound thin noodles (rice noodles, whole wheat or regular spaghetti, or soba noodles)
  • 3/4 cup edamame shelled
  • 3 scallions green part sliced thinly
  • 1/2 red bell pepper cut into thin strips
  • 1/3 cup unsalted roasted peanuts shelled and chopped (sunflower kernels may be substituted)

Dressing Ingredients:

  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1 Tablespoon canola oil
  • 1/4 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Instructions
 

  • Cook noodles (if not cooked already) according to package directions.
  • Drain, rinse and cool.
  • Toss noodles, edamame, scallions and red pepper with half the dressing in a large salad bowl.
  • Add lettuce bag to noodle mixture, and toss with additional dressing as needed.
  • Garnish with peanuts before serving.

Dressing Instructions:

  • Whisk all ingredients for together in a small bowl.