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Asian Vegetable and Pasta Salad
Ingredients
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8
ounces packaged dried pasta (such as vermicelli, angel hair, rotini, or bow tie)
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8
ounces fresh asparagus spears, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces (1 cup)
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1/3
cup bottled plum sauce
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2
tablespoons water
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1
- 2
tablespoons soy sauce
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1/2
teaspoon toasted sesame oil
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1/8
teaspoon crushed red pepper
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1
medium red or green sweet pepper, cut into bite-size strips
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1
11 ounce can mandarin orange sections, drained
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1
cup fresh or frozen sugar snap peas, halved crosswise
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1/3
cup sliced green onions
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1/3
cup slivered almonds, toasted
Directions
1. Cook pasta according to package directions, adding asparagus the last 5 minutes of cooking. Rinse well under cold running water; drain thoroughly. Cover and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled.
2. For dressing, in a small mixing bowl stir together plum sauce, water, soy sauce, sesame oil, and crushed red pepper.
3. In a large bowl combine pasta mixture, sweet pepper, oranges, sugar snap peas, green onions, and almonds. Add dressing; toss to coat. Serve immediately. Makes 8 to 10 side-dish servings.
Nutrition Facts
(Asian Vegetable and Pasta Salad)
- Calories 187,
- Protein (gm) 7,
- Carbohydrate (gm) 34,
- Fat, total (gm) 3,
- Dietary Fiber, total (gm) 2,
- Sodium (mg) 123,
- Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Top Brands
I used angel hair pasta. Next time will put in more asparagus. Wonderful flavor. Think it would be easier to eat if the pasta was broken in half. A definite repeat.
8/30/2011 09:59:06 PM Report Abuseread all ingredients. Delete hot or spicy. Cut recipe in-half.
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