Asian Noodle Salad

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup seasoned rice vinegar
• 4 tablespoons sesame oil
• 2 teaspoons hot red pepper flakes (to taste for your spicy level)
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 teaspoons grated peeled fresh ginger
• 3/4 lb thin linguine
• 1 cup coarsely shredded carrot
• 1 red pepper, sliced
• 1 green pepper, sliced
• 3 scallions or 3 green onions, cut crosswise into thirds and thinly sliced lengthwise
• 1/4 cup sesame seeds, toasted

Recipe

• 1 stir together soy sauce, vinegar, oil, red pepper flakes, garlic, and ginger.
• 2 cook linguine in a large pot of boiling salted water until just tender, then drain in a colander and rinse under cold water until cool.
• 3 toss with dressing, carrot, scallions, red pepper, green pepper and sesame seeds in a large bowl.
• 4 cooks' note: toast seeds in a dry heavy skillet over moderate heat, stirring until fragrant and a shade or two darker or toast in a shallow baking pan in a oven, 5 to 10 minutes.
• 5 do the night before to allow the salad to marinate.
• 6 store in a plastic container in the fridge and shake it occasionally to coat the entire salad.
• 7 some of the measurements should be adjusted to taste if you double or triple it (i.e., those who don't like the salty taste of soy sauce should decrease it).
• 8 this is awesome and it is a real party and/or bbq hit.