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- From: Mary Ruhl <ruhl@dsys.ncsl.nist.gov>
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- Subject: Ginger Peanut Pasta Salad
- Message-ID: <bt^28t=m@ms.uky.edu>
- Date: Thu, 26 May 1994 14:18:04 -0400 (EDT)
- Reply-To: Mary Ruhl <ruhl@dsys.ncsl.nist.gov>
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- Here's a recipe for a very different pasta salad. Enjoy!
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- 8 oz. corkscrew macaroni or fine noodles
- 20 fresh pea pods (tips and stems removed)
- 1 small cucumber (quartered lengthwise and sliced)
- 2 medium carrots (cut into long thin strips)
- 1 medium yellow and/or green sweet pepper (cut into thin strips)
- 3/4 cup thinly sliced radishes (optional)
- 1/2 cup bias-sliced green onions
- 3 Tbsp. snipped fresh cilantro
- 1 recipe Ginger Salad dressing (below)
- 1/3 cup chopped peanuts
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- Cook pasta according to package directions. During last 30 seconds, add
- pea pods. Rinse with cold water and drain. Combine pasta and veggies.
- Add Ginger Salad dressing and toss gently to coat. Cover and chill for
- 2-8 hours. To serve, toss salad and sprinkle w/ peanuts.
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- Ginger Salad Dressing
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- In jar combine:
- 1/4 cup salad oil
- 3 Tbsp rice vinegar
- 2 Tbsp sugar
- 2 Tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp grated ginger root
- several dashes hot pepper sauce (I used Durkee's)
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- Cover and shake. Can chill up to 3 days.
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