Napa Salad Chinese Cabbage No Ramen Noodles Recipes

Steps:

• Wash all produce as necessary.
• Divide your half-head of napa lengthwise into 3 or 4 sections and knife-shred crosswise to yield strips about 1.5 inches long by 1/4 inch wide.
• Divide your bok choy stalks lengthwise into 1in sections if necessary and slice thinly. Knife shred the green leaves to match the napa.
• Mix dressing ingredients and let rest for 5 minutes to blend the flavors.
• Toss together all salad ingredients with the dressing.
• Garnish with pecan halves and thin rings of apple if desired.
• Note -- Other artificial sweeteners, honey, sugar, etc. may be substituted for the Splenda if you prefer.
• Note -- Can add chunks of cooked ham or other cooked meat to make into a main-dish salad.

Steps:

• Crush noodles, place them in a medium skillet and brown in butter over medium heat. Add almonds and sesame seeds. Stir often to prevent burning. Add seasoning mix from noodles and cool. Toss in a large bowl with cabbage and onions.
• Prepare the dressing by whisking together the vegetable oil, rice vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil and sugar. Pour over salad, toss and serve.

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degreesPlace the broken noodles and peanuts on a baking sheet and toast until golden brown; cool to room temperature.
• In a bowl place the coleslaw, green onions, red bell pepper, toasted ramen noodles and peanuts; toss to combine.
• In a bowl mix the dressing ingredients together until well combined; pour over the salad, then toss to combine.
• Top salad with mandarin orange segments.
• **NOTE** do not add in the dressing until ready to serve the salad or the toasted ramen noodles will loose their crunch.

Steps:

• Finely shred the head of cabbage; do not chop. Combine the green onions and cabbage in a large bowl, cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Make the crunchies: Melt the butter in a pot. Mix the ramen noodles, sesame seeds and almonds into the pot with the melted butter. Spoon the mixture onto a baking sheet and bake the crunchies in the preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven, turning often to make sure they do not burn. When they are browned remove them from the oven.
• Make the dressing: In a small saucepan, heat vinegar, oil, sugar, and soy sauce. Bring the mixture to a boil, let boil for 1 minute. Remove the pan from heat and let cool.
• Combine dressing, crunchies, and cabbage immediately before serving. Serve right away or the crunchies will get soggy.