Spicy Chinese Noodles

Tish's Note:

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

• Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 1 hrs
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 6 ounces whole wheat pasta or 6 ounces buckwheat noodles
• 1⁄3; cup sweet red pepper , diced
• ¼ cup scallion , chopped
• ¼ cup low sodium soy sauce or ¼ 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
• ½ 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

[yogi]

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.

[c@teberry]

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 Quick and Easy Grilled Pork Chops (Or Chicken)(3 Ingredients).