Ginger-peanut Pasta Salad

Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 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

Recipe

• 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.