Japanese Somen Salad

This is a very good salad and I have been making it for years.  Its good for potluck dinners as it makes a good size platterful.  This salad calls for 3 Japanese items that can be found in the oriental section of the grocery store.  These items are the somen noodles, nori, and char su. Below is a picture of the nori (seaweed) that is also used to make sushi.  Char Su is actually a Chinese item( Chinese roast pork) not Japanese sorry about that~

On the left is the NORI and on the right is the Char Su Pork

Somen salad



Ingredients

1 pkg	somen noodles
1 c	char su pork, diced
1 md	cucumber, diced
4	stalks of green leaf onion,diced (green part)
1 sm	head of lettuce, thinly sliced
3	eggs, beaten
1/2	sheet nori or more if you prefer

Directions

1

Cook somen noodles as directed in package when cooked place in a colender and run cold water over the noodles and let drain.

2

Then dice the char su, cucumbers, leaf onions.

3

thinly slice the lettuce.

4

place the 3 eggs that have been slightly beaten in a medium heated skillet with oil and cook one side then flip over to the other side to cook.

5

take the cooked eggs out when done and cut into strips.

6

If you want the nori in it. cut the nori into small pieces.

7

NOW YOU ARE READY TO PUT TOGETHER YOUR SALAD!

8

Take out your platter and add the cooked somen noodles to cover the platter.

9

add in layers the lettuce, cucumbers, char su pork, nori, egg strips and leaf onion.

10

When ready to serve pour the dressing over it.
Dressing recipe is listed below.

11

DRESSING:
This needs to be made the night before you are going to use so the flavors blend.

12

1/2 cup Japanese rice vinegar
1/2 cup shoyu sauce (soyu)
1/2 cup sugar ( I used brown sugar)
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
3/4 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds

13

Place all in a small jar and shake up to mix well.
Store in the refregerator untill ready to use.