Image by adactio via FlickrTo love Oriental Salads is to live life to it's fullest. Here's a recipe that will allow you to do just that. Oriental Shrimp Salad to die for.INGREDIENTS:
4 cups of chicken broth or canned broth if you must
1 8-ounce package of buckwheat (soba) noodles
3 cups of fresh spinach leaves
3 cups of Bibb lettuce
2/3 pound of medium prawsn, cooked, shelled and deveined
1/2 pound of snow peas steamed 2 to 3 minutes or until crisp-tender
1/2 pound fresh asparagus, steamed 3-4 minutes or until barely tender
3 carrots, sliced diagonally into 4 or 5 pieces and steamed 3-4 minutes or until crisp-tender
1/2 English cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced
1 small bunch of radishes, trimmed and thinly sliced
1/2 cup canned water chestnuts, drained
Wasabi Vinaigrette
PREPARATION:
In a medium saucepan, bring chicken broth to a boil. Add noodles and boil 5-7 minutes or until noodles are tender.
Drain
Arrange spinach and lettuce leaves over chilled salad plates. Mound noodles to one side of each plate. Arrange prawns next to noodles. Surround with snow peas, asparagus, carrots and cucumber. Garnish with radishes and water chestnuts. Serve hot or cold with Wasabi Vinaigrette.
Now wasn't that simple? And just wait until you taste it... oh so good.
Steve and Kim
