Chinese Salad With Crunchy Peanut Ginger Dressing

Ingredients:

• Salad
• 1/2 small head Napa cabbage, chopped
• 1/2 small head romaine lettuce, chopped
• 1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
• 2 carrots, shredded
• 1 heaping cup snow peas, ends cut off and julienned
• 1/4 cup cilantro, coarsely chopped
• 1/4 cup green onion, chopped
• 
  Garnish
• 1 cup roasted peanuts, chopped
• 1 package Top Ramen noodles, toasted and broken into pieces*
• 1/4 cup fresh mint leaves, chopped
• Limes
• 
  Optional
• chopped pineapple
• chopped mango
• 
  Crunchy Peanut Ginger Dressing
• 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
• ¼ cup water
• ¼ cup canola oil
• 3 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger or 2 teaspoons freshly grated ginger**
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon sriracha, more or less

Directions:

1. Whisk together dressing ingredients in a medium bowl. Taste and season with additional salt, pepper and sriracha as desired.
2. Add salad ingredients to a large bowl and toss to combine.
3. Transfer to a serving platter/bowl and top with peanuts, Top Roman noodles and mint. Garnish with lime halves.
4. Drizzle individual servings with dressing.

Notes:

 

*** To toast my Ramen noodles, I heat about one tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium heat and then brown the noodles until golden, stirring occassionally. It can be difficult to get an even color, so don't worry too much about it!
**Even though fresh ginger is usually preferred, I actually prefer ground ginger in the dressing because you don't notice the texture

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