Chinese pasta salad with creamy ginger dressing
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients:
- 1 lb Precooked shanghai noodles 1 ea Dash sesame oil for noodles
- 1/2 lb Snow peas 1/2 lb Shrimp shelled deveined
- 2 tb Coriander chopped 2 tb Scallions minced
- 1 tb Oil 1 x ------shrimp marinade-------
- 1 ts Salt 1/4 ts White pepper
- 1/2 ts Chinese cooking wine 1 x ----------dressing----------
- 3 tb Fresh ginger grated 1 ea Small garlic clove crushed
- 1 ea Egg yolk 1 ts Egg white
- 2 ts Lemon juice 2/3 c Vegetable oil (not olive)
- 1 1/2 ts Soy sauce 2 1/2 tb Sesame oil
- 1 tb Cream
Instructions:
Mix the marinade ingredients in a small bowl and add shrimp. Blanch the noodles rinse under cool water and sprinkle with sesame seed oil toss and set aside. (You may want to trim noodles with scissors to about 4 inches in length to make serving easier.) Blanch whole snow peas and set aside. Heat wok add 1 tablespoon oil when oil is hot add shrimp and stir-fry until pink. Set aside. DRESSING: In a blender or food processor mix ginger garlic egg yolk egg white and lemon. Slowly drizzle in oil. Mix in soy and cream. Set aside. Toss noodles shrimps and snow peas. Mix in dressing to tastee. Garnish with scallions and coriander. Serve at room temperature.



