Today's recipe for Beef Satay with Peanut-Ginger Ramen features instant ramen, the signature eat of the dorm-room set. Although it's like manna from heaven for those with little time and light pockets, ramen fits into plenty of more graduated dishes that don't come in a paper cup. Read on for our test kitchen's advice for buying and using instant ramen.
Know your noodles
Ramen is based on the hand-pulled Japanese noodles of the same name. The noodles come in pre-cooked planks so they become soft and pliable in mere minutes in boiling water. They can also be broken, toasted, and used for their crunch.
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From: Laura Lou | 1/29/13 at 1:19 pm
Try this Oriental Chicken Salad receipe used at many grocery store deli counters:
4 pkgs Ramen noodles broken in small pieces-discard seasoning packets
1/2 to 1 pkg pre-made cole slaw
2-3 cups pre-made rotisserie chicken-shredded chunky
Favorite Italian dressing to taste-I use Bernstein's Restaurant Recipe Italian
You can add almonds, sunflower seeds or cashews; green onions; cranberries
Mix and serve!