Ginger-Peanut Pasta Salad

Prep Time: 10 Minutes

Cook Time: 120 Minutes

Ready In: 130 Minutes

Servings: 6

I found this recipe in one of church cookbooks.

Ingredients:

1/4 cup salad oil

3 tablespoons rice vinegar

2 tablespoons sugar

2 tablespoons soy sauce

1 teaspoon grated gingerroot

3 dashes tabasco sauce or 3 dashes hot pepper sauce

8 ounces corkscrew macaroni

20 fresh pea pods, trimmed

1 small cucumber, quartered lengthwise and sliced

2 medium carrots, cut into long strips

1 medium yellow peppers or 1 medium green pepper, cut into strips

3/4 cup thin sliced radish

1/2 cup green onion, sliced

3 tablespoons fresh parsley

1/3 cup chopped peanuts

Directions:

1. Dressing:.
2. Mix all ingredients in jar and shake to combine. if desired, chill up to 3 days. Salad:.
3. cook macaromi according to package. During last 30 seconds of cooking add pea pods. Rinse with cold water and drain well. Combine macaroni & peas with all other ingredients, except peanuts in large bowl. Add ginger dressing, toss lightly. Cover and chill 2-8 hours Toss and serve. Sprinkle peanuts on top.
4. This will serve 6, or 12 side dish servings.

By RecipeOfHealth.com