Sesame Lime Noodle Salad

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I’m an expert in whipping up a meal using what I have in my cabinets.  I originally made this simple noodle salad one night with a grilled chicken breast.  I found the noodles hiding in the back of the cabinet and had leftover peppers, onions and limes from the fajitas that I had made the night before.  You could add just about any vegetable in this recipe and it would taste great. Peanuts or almonds would also make a nice addition.  Don’t have basil, substitute cilantro.  Don’t have rice noodles, use wheat pasta.  

Best part of this salad, it tastes great either warm or cold.  The first time I made this salad, I tossed some chicken into the noodles for leftovers and ate it cold at work the next day. It was some of the finest desktop dinning I have ever had.  

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Sesame Lime Noodle Salad

Prep Time 11 minutes

Cook Time 11 minutes

Ingredients

Salad:

• 1 package thin rice noodles
• 2 large carrots cut into matchsticks
• 6 green onions thinly sliced
• 2 bell peppers thinly sliced

Dressing:

• 2 tbs lime juice
• 1/3 cup sesame oil
• 1/4 cup thai basil leaves thinly sliced in ribbons (Chiffonade)
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp ground white pepper
• Additional basil leaves for garnish

Instructions

1. Cook noodles until al dente.
2. While noodles are cooking, in a small bowl whisk together lime juice, sesame oil, salt and pepper.
3. Drain noodles and add vegetables and basil. Toss noodles with dressing until throughly combined.

Enjoy!