Shrimp Cold Somen Salad - Got this salad recipe from my friend’s wife a couple years ago. She’s a very amazing Japanese cook. She taught me a lot how to cook Japanese food 👍🏻😋 IG @jenscookingdiary @jenscookdineandravel
Easy Shrimp Salad Recipe | How to make Shrimp Salad by Smokin' & Grillin' wit AB
Ingredients
For the salad:
- 250 gr shrimps, peeled and deveined
- 150 gr broccoli florets, boil in boiling water for 1 minute, remove from the heat, drain
- 8 lettuce leaves, cut to taste
- 2 bundles somen noodles, boil in boiling water for 3-4 minutes, remove from the heat, drain in fine-mesh strainer, rinse under very cold water to stop cooking
- 2 julienned carrots
- 1 seeded and julienned cucumber
For the dressing:
- 60 ml rice vinegar
- 50 ml vegetable oil
- 60 ml Japanese soy sauce
- 3 tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- some toasted sesame
Steps / How to Make
In a small pot, mix together all the ingredients for the dressing. Boil the dressing over small-high heat until the sugar dissolved. Remove from the heat. Let it cool.
Boil shrimps in the boiling water for 5-8 minutes. Remove from the heat. Drain. Set aside.
Layer lettuce, cooked somen noodles, carrots, cucumber, broccoli, and shrimps. Pour the dressing evenly on the salad. Sprinkle soma toasted sesame on top. Serve immediately.
Enjoy! 😊
Note : I used buckwheat somen noodles. That’s why the color is a little bit dark. According to what I read, buckwheat somen noodles are healthier than flour somen noodles, but you are free to use any kind of somen noodles as you like 😊
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