SPICY JAPANESE CRAB NOODLE SALAD

Spicy Japanese Crab Noodle Salad image

This is a cold noodle salad with crab, bean sprouts, red bell pepper, and cucumber in a spicy chile dressing. If you want to make it more substantial, you can add some squid rings.

Provided by Runira

Categories Salad Seafood Salad Recipes Crab Salad Recipes

Time 33m

Yield 2

Number Of Ingredients 16

Ingredients

1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon soy sauce, or more to taste
1 tablespoon sugar
1 ½ teaspoons mirin (Japanese rice wine)
1 ½ teaspoons sesame oil
1 teaspoon Chinese chili bean sauce (doubanjiang), or more to taste
1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
salt to taste
4 ounces instant ramen noodles (without flavor packet)
4 ounces cooked octopus, cut into bite-sized pieces
½ cucumber, thinly sliced
½ red bell pepper, sliced into rings
2 ounces cooked crab meat, broken up
2 ounces bean sprouts
2 scallions, sliced
1 tablespoon toasted nori (seaweed), crumbled, or more to taste

Steps:

Mix red wine vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, mirin, sesame oil, chili bean sauce, and balsamic vinegar in a small bowl to make dressing. Season with salt.
Bring a small pot of water to a boil. Cook instant noodles until tender, about 3 minutes. Drain and transfer to a large bowl.
Mix octopus, cucumber, red bell pepper, crab meat, bean sprouts, and scallions with noodles. Add dressing and mix to combine. Divide among serving plates and top with crumbled nori.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 464.7 calories, Carbohydrate 52.2 g, Cholesterol 73.5 mg, Fat 14.6 g, Fiber 1.9 g, Protein 31 g, SaturatedFat 5.4 g, Sodium 1302.7 mg, Sugar 12.3 g