Asian Ramen Salad
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Asian Ramen Salad is quick, easy and full of flavor! It’s the perfect salad to take to a potluck, holiday or summer party. It’s easy to throw together and has a delicious homemade Asian dressing. It’s packed full of cabbage, carrots and crunchy ramen noodles. You can easily make this a main dish by throwing some grilled or rotisserie chicken in it! Perfect for an easy lunch when it’s hot out!
We love pairing it with our favorite BBQ Chicken Marinade and finishing off our meal with Strawberry Pie!
Asian Ramen Salad is the Perfect Potluck Recipe!
*This post was compensated by Truvia. All opinions are my own as always.
It seems like during the summer I’m always needing a big salad to bring to a party, potluck or BBQ! This Asian Ramen Salad is one of my favorites to bring. I usually just mix the coleslaw and toasted ingredients together in a big bowl before I go somewhere. When it’s time to serve the food I just pour in the salad dressing I’ve already made and its’ ready to go!
If you aren’t going to consume the entire salad just serve up what you are going to eat and toss that with some of the dressing. This way you don’t mix all the dressing into the salad and make it soggy for the next day!
What do I need to make Asian Ramen Salad?
- Coleslaw mix
- Ramen noodles
- Sesame seeds
- Sunflower seeds
- Sliced almonds
- Green onions
- Vegetable oil
- Truvia or white sugar
- Rice wine vinegar
- Soy sauce
- Sesame oil
- Black pepper
- Garlic powder
How do I make Asian Ramen Salad?
First, let’s make our easy Asian salad dressing. You want to grab a small bowl and mix together all the ingredients for the dressing. Set that aside.
After that you will want to preheat your oven to 425 degrees F and toast your ramen noodles, sunflower seeds and sliced almonds.
While they are toasting toss you coleslaw mix in a bowl. When the toasted mixture is cooled a bit toss those in and stir.
Right before serving add the dressing and stir to combine.
Asian Ramen Salad FAQs!
Here are a few tips and tricks to make this the best Asian Ramen Salad you will ever have!
If you have any other questions leave me a comment below and I’ll try to give you an answer!
Can Asian Ramen Salad be serving as a Main Dish?
Of course! Our favorite wait to make this salad a main dish is to add leftover grilled chicken to it. Another way to make it a main dish is to grab some rotisserie chicken and add that to it! This is the perfect salad during the summer for a lunch when you add chicken because it won’t heat the house up.
You could also add shrimp or grilled salmon to it too if you have that! Another great option would be tofu!
Can I substitute the Truvia for Sugar?
You can! This recipe calls for 2 Tbsp of Truvia, but if you’d rather use white sugar you can. Just replace the Truvia with 4 Tbsp of granulated white sugar.
Great Add-Ins for Asian Ramen Salad!
- Shredded or Grilled Chciken
- Mandarin Oranges
- Edameme
- Napa Cabbage
- Thinly sliced snow peas
- Diced Red Bell Pepper
Do I need to add the packet of seasoning in the Ramen package?
NO! I get a lot of questions about this. Just throw the packet or keep it for a different use. The homemade Asian dressing is plenty of flavor for this salad. That packet has a lot of sodium in it!
More Salad Recipes for Potlucks!
- Macaroni Salad
- 7 Layer Salad
- Pepperoni Cold Pasta Salad
- Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad
- Greek Pasta Salad
- Tuna Salad
Pair this Asian Ramen Salad with these Main Dishes!
To make Asian Ramen Salad a little bit lighter I used Truvia® Spoonable. It’s one of my favorite secret ingredients because it helps me reduce the calories in delicious recipes and not sacrifice the flavor. Truvia® sweetener is natural, great-tasting sweetness that was born from the leaves of the stevia plant. Asian Ramen Salad is the ultimate potluck recipe to bring to your end of the summer parties!
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Asian Ramen Salad
Ingredients
Salad
- 16 oz bag coleslaw mix
- 2 bags ramen noodles 3 oz each, crumbled (flavor does not matter as you won't be using the seasoning packets)
- 2 Tbsp sesame seeds
- 1 cup sunflower seeds
- ½ cup sliced almonds
- ½ cup sliced green onions
Dressing
- ⅔ cup vegetable oil
- 4 Tbsp white sugar
- ⅓ cup rice wine vinegar
- 1 ½ Tbsp soy sauce
- ¼ tsp sesame oil
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- ½ tsp garlic powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Spread crumbled ramen noodles, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds and sliced almonds on a baking sheet. Bake for five minutes, stir and bake for 3-5 more minutes, until mixture is slightly toasted and golden. Set aside.
- In a large bowl whisk together all the ingredients for the salad dressing.
- Add coleslaw mix and ramen noodle mixture to the salad dressing and toss until combined.
- Serve immediately.
Tips
Video
Nutrition Information
Cassandra says
Great recipe! To be a little bit healthier, I bought a package of Japanese Buckwheat Soba noodles, crunched them up, and boiled for 6 minutes, in place of the Ramen noodles.
Julie says
Glad you enjoyed it!
JENNIFER LEADER says
what is the serving size of the cal count
Julie Evink says
It’s 1/12 of the recipe.
AShley says
This is the perfect side dish or dinner! I love that it’s packed with flavor. So good!
Julie Evink says
It’s one of my favorite salads for gatherings!
Diane says
Had Asian Ramen Salad before – LOVE IT.
In fact, have the ingredients in house as we speak.
Plan on having this salad in next day or two.
Other salad that we like is the Broccoli Salad – wonderful.
Lady Di
Julie Evink says
Love that broccoli salad too!
Tisha says
I have not had an Asian ramen salad before. This looks extremely appetizing and definitely something I need to put on my menu.
Julie Evink says
It’s the best!
Diane says
Love Love Love this salad as much as i Love the broccoli salad.
Julie Evink says
Me too! One of my favorites!
Julie says
I didnt love the dressing. Felt like it was missing something. But everyone’s taste is different. I’m sure others will enjoy.
Diane says
Have not made yet, but going to take to church next week
Julie Evink says
Hope you love it!
Gerald says
It would be a lot better if you left the onions out
Julie Evink says
That’s a personal preference but you sure can do that!
Lynda Buchholz says
I can’t find the ingredients in the recipe.
Julie Evink says
Sorry should be fixed!
Traci says
Might try leaving the noodles out nad add them as needed so they don’t get soggy. This looks yummy!
Julie Evink says
Yes I do this often if I’m not feeding a large group!
Sophia Clinite says
Hi what is the serving size that the calories are based off of?
Julie says
There are 12 servings in the dish so 1/12 of the entire dish.
Clyde Gorsuch says
The recipe says this is a single serving. That looks like a huge amount of salad for one serving. It looks to me like it should be more like 6-8.
John Bales says
The Asian Ramen Salad turned out SO GOOD! The dressing would be versatile to use in other salads. I made the recipe as per the recipe (only had seasoned rice vinegar which really tasted good in the dressing. Used four individual packets of Truvia which I thought was sweet enough though not quite 2 Tablespoons (taste and adjust to your own preferences). The salad was very filling and might back off a bit on sunflower seeds. Would be good with roasted chicken chicken breasts and some mandarin orange slices for an entree salad. This is definitely a keeper I’ll be making frequently!
John Bales says
Update: I meant roasted chicken breast cut or torn into bite sized pieces.
Julie Evink says
So glad you enjoyed it! Chicken would be a great addition for a main dish salad!
K. J. Gillenwater says
I have made a similar salad, but with cubed chicken added for a meal. Also can use peanuts instead of the almonds. Very good!
Julie Evink says
Great options K.J.!!
Camille says
Are the sunflower seeds salted?
Julie Evink says
No they are not.
Danielle | The Creative Bite says
I’ve never seen this salad at any potluck I’ve been to? If I had, I would gobble it up because it looks amazing!