Asian Citrus Ramen Salad
I love the combination of flavors and textures in this salad. It’s fresh, flavorful, and serves a crowd like a champ. As with so many of my recipes, I also love that various ingredients can be swapped out to create different flavor profiles depending on the mood of the cook. Have fun with the nuts, fruit and other components, and make yourself a “life-inspired” salad!
Servings Prep Time
8people 20minutes
Servings Prep Time
8people 20minutes
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Peel mandarin oranges, removing as much of the white pith as possible. Dice oranges into 1/2″ slices.
  2. Add cabbage to large bowl. Top with green onions, pea pods and mandarin orange slices.
  3. Add crumbled Ramen noodles and almonds to top of salad.
  4. Whisk together the honey, rice wine vinegar, honey & sesame oil. Slowly drizzle olive oil into mixture and whisk to fully incorporate. Pour dressing over salad and toss to incorporate all of the ingredients. Serve immediately.
Recipe Notes

A few notes for this super simple recipe:

  1. I was fortunate to find fresh mandarin oranges for this recipe.  If you can’t find the fresh oranges in your local store or at a favorite farmer’s market, you can either use naval oranges or canned/drained mandarin oranges.  I prefer the mandarin over the naval oranges for salads as they are sweeter and provide more flavor contrast to the dressing and other ingredients.
  2. To toast the Ramen, preheat the oven to 400 degrees.  Remove the provided spice packet and either discard or set aside for a later use.  Break noodles up into small pieces and place on baking sheet in single layer.  Toast in oven for 5 minutes or until they begin to brown slightly.  Allow to cool prior to adding to the salad.
  3. In this case, I had pre-sliced and flavored almonds in my pantry.  I used the salt & peppered almonds here, but you can use whatever nuts you may have on hand.

What would be in YOUR life-inspired salad?