crunchy satay salad

[riv_mum]

Im sure there is a similar one to this posted somewhere or in one of the cookbooks but anyway......

250g cabbage (wombok or white), roughly chopped
1/4 red onion OR 3 spring onions
1 carrot roughly chopped
80g beansprouts
100g packet Changs fried noodles


Satay dressing
150g crunchy peanut butter
4 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoon brown sugar
2 garlic cloves, crushed
2 teaspoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon peanut oil


Chop cabbage, onion and carrot for 3-4 seconds on speed 4. Tip into seperate bowl and set aside.
Add all dressing ingredients to the TM bowl and cook at temp 100 for 1 1/2 min, speed 2.
Return cabbage mixture, noodles and bean sprouts to TM bowl with dressing mix on reverse speed 2 until combined.
Serve with chopped coriander and a squeeze of lemon.

Members' comments

JD - I love this salad & I do one similar to this from Symply Too Good To Be True 3 by Annette Sym which has a low fat dressing. As the fried noodles go soft in the salad if not eaten on the day, I keep the dressing, noodles and the cabbage mixture in separate containers and just mix up the quantity I need for a meal.  This way your salad stays fresh for days at a time. If anyone wants the low fat dressing, I will post it.

Riv_mum, hope you don't mind me putting this one with yours. Our forum members will have 2 to choose from, especially those looking to cut calories over summer.

LOW FAT DRESSING FOR ASIAN SALAD ABOVE

In a small container combine 1 tblspn soy sauce, 1/2 cup (125g) no oil fat free French dressing (Kraft), 1/3 cup (70g) brown sugar. Place lid on securely and shake until sugar has dissolved.  Add to the salad just before serving.

Annette Syms salad recipe is :- Haven't converted it for the TMX, you can use riv_mum's times etc as a guide.

1 chinese cabbage, shredded
1/2 cup chopped shallots
1/3 cup slivered almonds
1/2 cup sliced celery
2 Tblspns toasted sesame seeds.
Mix all of the above together along with 1 cup Changs fried noodles and the dressing or do as I do and take out as much salad as you want, a little of the noodles and some of the dressing and keep the rest in separate containers for later. If taking this salad along to a BBQ or party, don't dress it until you are ready to serve it.

[Thermomixer]

A golden oldie that I always forget about - thanks 

[cookie1]

I love things with peanuts in. This sounds interesting.

[judydawn]

I love this salad & I do one similar to this from Symply Too Good To Be True 3 by Annette Sym which has a low fat dressing. As the fried noodles go soft in the salad if not eaten on the day, I keep the dressing, noodles and the cabbage mixture in separate containers and just mix up the quantity I need for a meal.  This way your salad stays fresh for days at a time. If anyone wants the low fat dressing, I will post it.

[Thermomixer]

Good tips JD 

[cookie1]

Yes please Judy. I have had this at a friends place. I love the idea of making up as much as you need as we couldn't eat it all in one sitting.

[Very Happy Jan]

I love this salad & I do one similar to this from Symply Too Good To Be True 3 by Annette Sym which has a low fat dressing. As the fried noodles go soft in the salad if not eaten on the day, I keep the dressing, noodles and the cabbage mixture in separate containers and just mix up the quantity I need for a meal.  This way your salad stays fresh for days at a time. If anyone wants the low fat dressing, I will post it.

I have those Symply Too Good To Be True books as well JD and I really like them. Even though the recipes are low fat they are "real" food that the whole family will eat. Wish I didn't have to worry about cooking "low fat" but the ever expanding girth needs to be reined it somewhat.   

[judydawn]

Riv_mum, hope you don't mind me putting this one with yours. Our forum members will have 2 to choose from, especially those looking to cut calories over summer.

LOW FAT DRESSING FOR ASIAN SALAD ABOVE

In a small container combine 1 tblspn soy sauce, 1/2 cup (125g) no oil fat free French dressing (Kraft), 1/3 cup (70g) brown sugar. Place lid on securely and shake until sugar has dissolved.  Add to the salad just before serving.

Annette Syms salad recipe is :- Haven't converted it for the TMX, you can use riv_mum's times etc as a guide.

1 chinese cabbage, shredded
1/2 cup chopped shallots
1/3 cup slivered almonds
1/2 cup sliced celery
2 Tblspns toasted sesame seeds.
Mix all of the above together along with 1 cup Changs fried noodles and the dressing or do as I do and take out as much salad as you want, a little of the noodles and some of the dressing and keep the rest in separate containers for later. If taking this salad along to a BBQ or party, don't dress it until you are ready to serve it.

[CreamPuff63]

Have made this salad on a number of occasions JD. Mum and I used to get in quick before the other one if we needed to bring a salad for something  The Changs noodles were a bit hard to source for a while, and so haven't made it for a long time, but am sure they are still around somewhere.

[judydawn]

Never had a problem getting the noodles CP63. Perhaps ask at your supermarket in case they have placed them in a not so obvious spot. At our Foodland, if I can't get anything, I just fill out one of their forms and ask them if they can get it in.

VHJ - have you converted any of Annettes recipes for the TMX.  I haven't as yet, not enough hours in a day to do everything I want to. Used to use these books all the time - you should see the state of the first 3, some of the pages are even stuck together, me being the messy cook that I am. Haven't used them since I got the TMX and my diet just flew out the door then.

[Thermomixer]

Thanks JD - my pants will thank you.

CP63  -  saw them in our local supermarket yesterday - but there are lots of others around them so harder to find.

[Very Happy Jan]

VHJ - have you converted any of Annettes recipes for the TMX.  I haven't as yet, not enough hours in a day to do everything I want to. Used to use these books all the time - you should see the state of the first 3, some of the pages are even stuck together, me being the messy cook that I am. Haven't used them since I got the TMX and my diet just flew out the door then.

i haven't really converted anything but sometimes use ingredients and quantities from them. Eg for lasagne and the chicken laksa. I am going to try some of the cakes although she says "don't beat as it will make them tough" so will see how we go. The pages of mine are pretty yukky as well as I am also a messy cook but some of it is from the "help" I've had over the years. 

[Thermomixer]

....... The pages of mine are pretty yukky as well as I am also a messy cook but some of it is from the "help" I've had over the years. 

Darlings - you've gotta luv 'em.

[meganjane]

I love Annette Sym's books! Must convert some of those recipes.

[wapred]

Can the dressing for this salad be made earlier and combined into the salad at a later time or is it served warm?  Just that I am looking for a different salad for a picnic and thought this would be nice.

Thanks