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Soba Noodle Salad

2017, cooking

Cold, light and refreshing.  A great mayo-free alternative to pasta salad.  The noodles drink up a lot of dressing and needs lots of seasoning.

  • 12 ounces soba noodles, cooked and rinsed thoroughly under cold water to stop the cooking process
  • sesame oil
  • soy sauce
  • honey
  • rice wine vinegar
  • grated ginger
  • grated garlic
  • chili sauce, optional
  • chopped green onion
  • salt, pepper
  • red bell pepper, thinly sliced
  • carrot, julienned
  • sugar snaps thinly sliced
  • sesame seeds

Make dressing (oil, vinegar, honey, garlic, ginger, chili sauce, salt, pepper) and make overly salty to ensure adequate seasoning of the noodles

Pour over the noodles and mix to ensure that the noodles are well-coated

Add veggies and mix

Top with more green onions and sprinkle sesame seeds

 

Overnight Oven Roasted Pulled Pork with Broccoli Slaw

2017, cooking, entertaining, friends, holidays

Pulled Pork

  • 6-7 pound pork boneless or bone-in shoulder
  • 3 TBSP salt
  • 3 TBSP paprika
  • 1 TBSP garlic powder
  • 1 TBSP DRIED oregano
  • 2 TBSP brown sugar
  • 2-3 bottles of BBQ sauce.
  • Rub spice mix over the pork and bake in deep dish at 275 degrees overnight until internal temperature registers 190 degrees.  Temperature may be increased to 300 degrees to speed up cooking process.Let rest for 1 hour to ensure juices redistribute, then shred with a fork.  Mix in favorite BBQ sauce.

Broccoli Slaw

  • 12 ounces shredded broccoli
  • mayo
  • lemon juice
  • jalapeño
  • red onion
  • green apple, julienne (optional)
  • salt and pepper

Slaw variation

  • shredded broccoli
  • shredded carrot
  • lime juice
  • sour cream
  • mayo
  • cilantro