Crunchy Ramen-Broccoli Slaw
jeffraben.com/recipes · No. 606
With sterling silver platters piled high with sliders, professionally decorated pop-up tents and students wearing not hoodies or jeans, but dresses and sport coats, tailgating at the University of Mississippi looks a little different than in the rest of the country. J-Jaye Shackelford Hurley has been a regular at the pre-football game festivities in The Grove, a 10-acre lawn dotted with oak, elm and magnolia trees in the center of campus, since she was a freshman in 1992, and she’s been showing up with a big bowl of this broccoli salad almost as long. Chopped broccoli florets, along with julienned broccoli stems, carrots, purple cabbage, red onion, slivered almonds, sunflower seeds and crushed instant ramen noodles, are tossed in a tangy-sweet dressing of apple cider vinegar, sugar and soy sauce. It’s unconventional, to be sure, but a crunchy complement to all of the soft and salty dishes — pulled pork, deviled eggs, Rotel dip and pimento cheese — on the table. The slaw contains no mayo and it keeps for several hours, so it’s perfect for an all-day hang, whether you make it to the game or not.
Ingredients
Method
- Make the dressing: In a lidded jar, combine the oil, vinegar, sugar and soy sauce. Shake to combine. Set aside.
- HowToStep
- To a large bowl, add the broccoli, carrot, cabbage, red onion, almonds and sunflower seeds. Use a rolling pin to gently crush the ramen noodles in their packages. Open the packages and discard the seasoning sachets, then add the noodles to the top of the salad. If serving immediately, add the dressing, then toss well to combine until evenly coated. Taste and season with more soy sauce, if necessary, to balance the sweetness. (To make ahead, combine all salad ingredients except for the noodles and dressing, then add the noodles, dress and toss just before serving.) This salad is best the day it’s made, but it keeps overnight in the fridge in an airtight container, although the noodles will soften.
- https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/782510826-crunchy-ramen-broccoli-slaw#recipe-step-2
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