Somen Salad

Ingredients
1 9oz pkg. somen noodles
1/2 head of lettuce, shredded
1 C (8oz) Char siu pork or ham, julienne
2 eggs + 1-2 tsp sugar, cooked into thin sheets, julienne
1 pkg of kamaboko, julienne
3 stalks green onions, chopped
1 small cucumber, julienned
1/2 carrot, julienned

Dressing
1/4 C Sugar
1/4 C Shoyu
1/4 C Rice vingar
1 C Chicken broth
2 tbsp sesame oil

Alternate Dressing: http://kapalama.ksbe.edu/foodservices/recipes/somen_salad.html
3/4 cup Japanese vinegar
3/4 cup soy sauce
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp sesame oil
1 tst toasted sesame seeds

 Alternate dressing (source: https://youtu.be/J2fGFoWE31E)
1/2 C shoyu
2 Tbsp rice vinegar
1/3 C sugar
1 Tbsp sesame oil
2 Tbsp water
1 Tbsp sesame seeds


Directions
  1. Dressing: Blend all ingredients and refrigerate.
  2. Cook the noodles.  Put cooked noodles on a serving platter, in small bundles.(grab a bunch of long noodles and arrange each bunch in a round bundle) until you use all the noodles. 
  3. Arrange rest of ingredients over noodles in order given.(at this point you can refrigerate for no more than 24 hours.)
  4. Pour dressing on noodles just before serving.

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