Ramen Noodle Salad or Pai Mai
This Ramen Noodle Salad (or as we call it, “Pai Mai”) is a staple salad in my husbands family. It is a great side dish or appetizer with Chinese food but it’s also a recipe we reach for often when we want a lighter meal. This is definitely one of the best ways to eat noodles. The ramen noodle salad has a lot of crisp to it between the crisp greens and the crunchy ramen noodles. If you haven’t tried ramen noodle salad, you’ll be pleasantly surprised!
What are Ramen Noodles?
Fresh ramen noodles are made up of four ingredients: wheat flour, salt, water, and an alkaline mineral. You can get fresh ramen at speciality grocery stores, and also at many Asian restaurants. This ramen noodle salad recipe, however, uses the instant variety, as in the favorite of starved college students everywhere. 🙂 Of course, instant ramen noodle soup is easy to find in the grocery store so you can grab everything you need for this ramen noodle salad whenever you do your weekly grocery shopping.
Ramen Noodle Salad Flavor
If you haven’t had them in a while, ramen noodles come in a wide variety of flavors. There are a few that work particularly well with this recipe in my opinion.
Chicken. Chicken flavored ramen is probably the most popular soup flavor. Because this ramen noodle salad has chicken and so many competing flavors from the dressing, I like this basic staple with it the best.Roast chicken. This flavor is also really good with it. It’s similar to the chicken one, but has even more seasoning and flavor. It’s a bit harder to find this one, but if you do – try it!Lime chili shrimp. If you want your ramen noodle salad to have a kick to it, this is the ramen to choose. Plus, the shrimp flavor adds something new to the mix!
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