Really?!?

Yup. Another recipe from my past, that I haven’t made in decades.

Easy to make. The only painful part is the 2 C. finely shredded cabbage.

Ingredients:

• 1 x 3 oz. chicken flavor ramen noodles
• 1/4 C. vegetable oil
• 3 Tbsp. wine vinegar
• 1 Tbsp. sugar
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• Dash of pepper
• 2 C. finely shredded cabbage
• 1 C. cooked cubed chicken
• 1/4 C. sliced scallion (or 2 Tbsp. finely minced onion)
• (optional) 3 Tbsp. sesame seeds
• (for garnish, optional) toasted sliced almond and chopped green pepper (or whatever you want.)

Method:

Break up the noodles:

Slice the cabbage. A benriner or mandolin is definitely your friend here!

In a mixing bowl, combine the oil, vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper and the ramen seasoning packet, and stir to dissolve:

In a separate bowl, combine the broken noodles, cabbage, chicken, scallions/onion, and sesame seeds:

Stir it all together:

and refrigerate for a few hours.

Garnish as desired:

But, you ask, how did it taste?

Kinda bland. I was surprised that the noodles hadn’t turned into mush, but maybe that’s because their isn’t much dressing. In the end I stirred up some wine vinegar and mayo and added it in, so then it was better.

Kinda yum!

-R