Dang Cold Asian Noodle Salad

We made this for dinner a few weeks ago with some teriyaki chicken breasts and pineapple. Dave wanted an Asian-y salad for dinner and, as usual, we guessed we couldn't go wrong with a Guy Fieri recipe. :) "The Neighbors" came over for dinner, as well, and my father (of course) added some of the Sauce for Spring Roll to the salad. We all decided that it was actually a good addition, and if I make it again, I would probably add it to the recipe! Overall, I pretty good salad. :)

Besides adding some Sauce for Spring Roll, I made these changes:

- Spaghetti noodles (1 box) instead of soba (couldn't find the soba noodles at the store, but the pic looks just like spaghetti anyway!)

- Sriracha sauce instead of hot chili oil (apparently we were out of chili oil!)

- We added TONS more cabbage and bok choy. Seemed like a waste to use only a tiny bit and there were a lot of noodles

- We skipped the cilantro and bean sprouts

- Forgot to add the sesame seeds and peanuts, but I would try them next time, if I remember!

Ingredients
1 package soba noodles
1 teaspoon sesame oil
2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon hot chili oil
1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 carrot, thinly sliced or julienned
2 celery stalks, thinly sliced or julienned
5 green onions, bottom 4 inches, thinly sliced
1/2 cup thinly sliced napa cabbage
1/2 red bell pepper, thinly sliced or julienned
1/2 cup julienned bok choy
1 cup bean sprouts, optional
3 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro leaves
3 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted, for garnish
4 tablespoons unsalted peanuts, for garnish
Directions
In a medium stock pot, boil water, add salt and cook noodles. When finished, place noodles in an ice water bath to cool. Drain and set aside.

In a medium bowl combine, sesame oil, vinegar, soy sauce, hot chili oil, hoisin and extra-virgin olive oil. Mix thoroughly and then combine prepared vegetables and noodles.

Garnish with sesame seeds and peanuts.

Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/guy-fieri/dang-cold-asian-noodle-salad-recipe/index.html?oc=linkback