This Rainbow Asian Noodle Salad really does pack every color of the rainbow. Delicious veggies like red and green peppers, carrots, pea pods, red onion and cucumbers tossed with an asian sesame dressing and linguine noodles make for the freshest of the fresh salads. Enjoy!
Eat the rainbow! This asian noodle salad is as pretty as it is delicious. And is PACKED with healthy veggies, including:
- Sliced red pepper
- Sliced green pepper
- Sliced red onion
- Thinly sliced cucumber
- Grated carrots
- Sliced sugar snap peas
Does it get any better? Especially with all that great crunch of fresh veggies. Plus, there’s a fun little secret ingredient in this salad: EVERYTHING BAGEL SEASONING. Nope, not kidding. When we were pulling together the spices and seasonings we wanted to include in this asian noodle salad, we found Trader Joe’s Everything But the Bagel Seasoning in the pantry and turned it around to read the ingredient list. To our surprise, it included everything we wanted to season this salad with, including:
- White and black sesame seeds
- Sea salt flakes
- Dried minced garlic
- Dried minced onion
- Poppyseeds
Hot or Cold Noodle Salads?
Are you team hot noodles or team cold noodles?! When it comes to noodle salads, I’m a big cold noodle fan. There’s something about the al dente texture of cold noodles combined with fresh veggies and a delicious dressing that I just love. How about you? Let us know in the comments!
How to Make Asian Noodle Salad
Step 1
Begin by bringing a large pot of water to a boil. Add linguine noodles to the boiling water and stir periodically. Cook noodles for 5-7 minutes or until noodles are al dente (you’ll want your noodles a little less cooked than if you were preparing a hot pasta dish). Strain the water and rinse noodles under cold water and set aside.
Step 2
Slice all the fresh veggies and set aside. Feel free to get creative here! If you have other fresh veggies on hand that you’d like to throw into the mix, go for it!
Step 3
Next, add all of the ingredients for the sesame dressing into a mason jar. Close the lid tightly and shake until ingredients are combined. I’ve been loving this dressing lately, so if you’re looking to whip up a dressing for the week’s dinner salads, this is a great dressing recipe to double or triple and have on hand for the week.
Step 4
Place noodles and the rest of the noodle salad ingredients into a large bowl. Pour dressing all over the noodle salad ingredients and stir until the dressing has coated all of the ingredients.
Step 5
Place in the refrigerator to chill for at least 30 minutes. Remove from the refrigerator and stir before serving. ENJOY!
More Asian Salads
Rainbow Asian Noodle Salad
This Rainbow Asian Noodle Salad really does pack every color of the rainbow. Delicious veggies like red and green peppers, carrots, pea pods, red onion and cucumbers tossed with an Asian sesame dressing and linguine noodles make for the freshest of the fresh salads. Enjoy!
Ingredients
Asian Noodle Salad
- 4 oz. linguini
- 1 cup sliced sugar snap peas
- 1 medium green pepper, sliced
- 1 medium red pepper, sliced
- 1/2 medium red onion, sliced
- 1/2 medium cucumber, thinly sliced
- 1 large carrot, grated
- 1 tablespoon everything bagel seasoning
Sesame Dressing
- 1/4 cup sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/2 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1/2 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground ginger
- 1/2 tablespoon white sesame seeds
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup
Instructions
- Begin by bringing a large pot of water to a boil. Add noodles to the boiling water and stir periodically.
- Cook noodles for 5-7 minutes or until noodles are al dente. Strain water and rinse noodles under cold water and set aside.
- Then, slice all vegetables and place in a large bowl.
- Next, add all of the ingredients for the sesame dressing into a mason jar. Close the lid tightly and shake until ingredients are combined. Set aside.
- Place noodles, bagel seasoning, and the rest of the noodle salad ingredients into a large bowl. Pour dressing all over the noodle salad ingredients and stir until the dressing has coated all of the ingredients.
- Place in the refrigerator to chill for at least 30 minutes.
- Remove from the refrigerator and stir before serving and season with more salt and pepper, to taste.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1/6 recipe Calories: 200 Sugar: 4 Sodium: 355 Fat: 11 Carbohydrates: 22 Fiber: 2 Protein: 5Keywords: asian noodle salad
Dear Lee!
What a faboulos meal! I have to try it! It looks so tasty. During the summer, I don’t love heat food so much.
Thank you for your recipe!
Hey Lee,
I’d love to try making the Summer Vegetable Quinoa Fried Rice. I love love Asian food, but sometimes it’s hard to find a good vegetarian option on the menu. This would be perfect!
Caroline
This looks delicious, girl! Pinned and will be making this week 🙂
Great summer recipe, Lee! I’d love to try it in addition to the Korean BBQ Chicken Stir-Fry on P.F. Chang’s new summer menu.
Would love to try the Korean BBQ Chicken stir fry, but honestly they all look super YUMMY! Love PF Changs! Can’t wait to make the Asian salad….thanks for the recipe!
I would try the duck summer rolls!! And I KNOW my hubby would get the Korean BBQ dish. He is half Korean afterall 🙂
LOVE the photos and the noodle bowl you created…looks DELISH!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LAUGHED OUT LOUD LAST WEEK when my child said:
MAMA I MISS TEXAS
(you do? I do too. what do you miss?)
PF CHANGS.
classic….
I think the Grilled Pineapple-Citrus Swordfish with Summer Rice sounds amazing and I would love to try it! As well as this Summer Asian Noodle recipe! Yum!
Peking Duck Summer Rolls please!! Sounds delish! I like to go to P.F. Changs for lunch because its a little more affordable. I’d love to win so I can splurge on a dinner there!
I think the Korean BBQ sounds delicious! (:
I’d love to try the peking duck summer rolls mmmmmmmm
I love P.F. Changs! Everything sounds so good, but I would definitely order the Korean BBQ Chicken Stir-Fry!
YUM! one just opened near me, but i’ve never been! i’d love to try the quinoa fried rice bowl!
The Peking Duck Summer Rolls look amazing! I want to try it all though…
Your noodle dish looks delicious! As for PF Chang’s new summer menu, I would have to go with the Duck Summer Rolls!
I think the Korean BBQ looks amazing…LOVE sweet and spicy! Plus the wine pairing caught my eye! 😉
Yum! This looks awesome and easy! The grilled prawns with chilled peanut noodle salad sounds really good!
Your Summer Asian Noodle Salad looks delicious! If I had to pick just one I would definitely go with the Grilled Prawns With Chilled Peanut Noodle Salad. The red curry-peanut sauce sounds divine!
The Summer Vegetable Quinoa fried rice looks amazing!! I love your salad too..will have to try since I have a few packages of soy noodles that I need to use…if you haven’t tried them you should!! 🙂 TY!!
Hi Lee!
I would totally go for the swordfish steak! I hardly ever spend much of my grocery budget on fish options like this. It would be a real treat!
Rachel
I only get to try one?! j/k. All of them sound super yummy. I think I’d go with the GRILLED PINEAPPLE-CITRUS SWORDFISH WITH SUMMER RICE. It sound delicious!
Definitely the Grilled Pineapple-Citrus Swordfish with Summer Rice! Thank you so much for offering yet another awesome giveaway.
Summer vegetable quinoa “fried rice” – YUM.
I love tomatoes so I would like to try the Heirloom Tomato & Thai Basil Salad!
I’d like to try the BBQ chicken. Thanks 🙂
The summer vegetable quinoa fried rice looks amazing! The mix of those flavors with the mango sound delicious… And to top it off- a fried egg!!! Yum!!! Thanks for the recipes!
I would love to try the ALL!!! But the veggie quinoa fried rice would be first on my list! 🙂
I would LOVE to try the Summer Vegetable Quinoa “Fried Rice”!!!!
the quinoa “fried rice” you never see quinoa at a chain!
TOugh choice between the quinoa fried rice or the chicken stir fry. I love BBQ stuff but the quinoa dish sounds so great and summery.
Thanks for a fantastic giveaway and fabulous recipe…yum!
Your recipe looks sooo yummy! I have a BBQ I’m going to in a couple weeks and I think I’ll be taking that with me as my dish!
I want to try P.F. Chang’s veggie quinoa “fried rice”! MMMM! I love quinoa!
The Grilled Pineapple-Citrus Swordfish sounds divine! Thanks for the giveaway, I haven’t eaten here in forever!
Ooooh, I would tried the Grilled Pineapple-Citrus Swordfish with Summer Rice. Yum! It sounds light, healthy, and refreshing.
Fun giveaway! I think the quinoa “fried rice” sounds best!
I think the duck summer rolls sound best. Duck is so delicious!
Your recipe looks amazing! I would love to try the prawn summer salad. Yum!
xx Kait Welch
The summer quinoa “fried rice” caught my eye! mmm mmm mmm!
I would definitely want to try the tomato salad. Sounds amazing!
Mmmmm..definitely the heirloom tomato and Thai basil salad. I need that in my life! Ha 🙂
Looks so yummy! I love anything Asian inspired when it comes to food! Mostly for the fact that I’ve been to Asia twice and am addicted to their cuisine.. I could eat pad thai for life lol
ME TOO. Seriously. I have a recipe in the queue for next week! SO PUMPED FOR IT.
Yum yum yum, I love eating a vegetable-rich dish! My favorite noodles to use are bean-based or buckwheat soba. But OMG the sauce. THE SAUCE of this salad. Sounds to die for. It sounds perfect for a greens-based salad or a dip for spring rolls!
SAME! The sauce of this dish is definitely our fav!! What brand of buckwheat soba is your fav? I must try!!!!