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avocado + noodle salad

This week, I’m carrying on with my recent preference for Asian-influenced flavours, with a simple noodle salad dressed with soy sauce, ginger and lime.

Avocado Noodle Salad

Serves 2

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 5 minutes 

Ingredients

Noodles

3 tablespoons of soy sauce

1 tablespoon of toasted sesame oil

1 teaspoon grated ginger

1 clove of garlic grated

Juice of half a lime

1 avocado

Red chilli

Spring onions

Fresh coriander

Black sesame seeds (optional)

Method

  1. Make the noodles according to the packet’s instructions. Drain and allow to cool completely.
  1. For the dressing, mix together the soy sauce, toasted sesame oil, grated ginger, grated garlic, and the juice of half a lime. Pour the dressing into the noodles and mix well.
  1. Slice the avocado. De-seed and slice the chilli. Slice spring onions.
  1. Serve the noodles topped with avocado, chilli and spring onions. Serve with a fresh lime wedge, fresh coriander and black sesame seeds (if you have them).

This recipe first appeared in The Irish Independent on 26th November

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