Cooking Light's Eggplant and Onion Noodle Salad With Warm Soy-Rice Vinaigrette
An Asian Inspired Salad
"Rice vinegar is mild and slightly sweet, so it's a good choice to pair with salty soy sauce in this Asian-style vinaigrette. Eggplant easily absorbs large quantities of oil. Salt it before cooking, and use a ridged grill pan to reduce the oil. Serve this salad warm or at room temperature with fish or chicken."
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Ingredients
Cooking Directions
Place the eggplant halves in a colander, and sprinkle with salt. Toss well; drain 1 hour. Rinse well, and pat dry.
Place beans in a large saucepan of boiling water; cook 4 minutes. Drain and plunge into ice water; drain. Place beans in a large bowl.
Combine vinegar and next 6 ingredients (vinegar through chile pepper) in a microwave-safe dish, stirring with a whisk. Microwave at HIGH 1 minute.
Heat a large nonstick or cast-iron grill pan coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add eggplant halves to pan; cook 3 minutes on each side or until just tender. Remove from pan. Add onion to pan; cook 3 minutes on each side or until tender. Remove from pan. Cut eggplant halves diagonally into 1 1/2-inch-wide pieces. Coarsely chop onion. Add eggplant pieces, chopped onion, bok choy, and noodles to green beans; toss to combine. Add vinegar mixture, green onion, sesame seeds, and cilantro; toss well to coat.
Recipe courtesy Cooking Light.
Recipe Summary
Main Ingredients: eggplant, salt, chile pepper, soy sauce, onion
Course: Dinner
More Info: Kids Friendly
