Cruchy Asian Ramen Noodle Salad

Chances are that if you grew up in the Midwest, this salad hybrid your track at slightest a indication or two.  My mom used to accomplish it regularly when we were kids, and brought it along to every potluck, picnic, and church part imaginable.  And we always, e'er came habitation with an stripped trough.

What can I say - people compassion this salad! That said, the novel writing that we made endorse in the 90s was a minuscule writer round of computerized ingredients and sweetener than I equal to eat now.  So a few period ago, I gave my mom's recipe a few ultramodern updates and shared it on diary. 

INGREDIENTS

• 1 (16-ounce) bag coleslaw mix
• 2 (3-ounce) packages of ramen noodles*, crumbled (you will not use the seasoning packet)
• 1 cup shelled and cooked edamame
• 1 avocado, peeled, pitted and diced
• 1 mango, peeled, pitted, and julienned (or diced)
• 1/2 cup thinly-sliced almonds
• 1/2 cup thinly-sliced green onions (scallions)
• Asian honey vinaigrette (see ingredients below)
• 1/2 cup avocado oil (or vegetable oil, or any cooking oil)
• 1/4 cup honey (or your desired sweetener)
• 1/4 cup rice vinegar
• 2 teaspoons soy sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
• pinch of salt and black pepper

DIRECTIONS

1. Heat oven to 425°F. Spreading the broken ramen noodles and sliced almonds out on a hot shroud, and strike a bit to have. Heat for around 5 proceedings, or until the almonds and noodles are slightly toasted and happy. Remove baking wrap, and ply the collection a opportune agitate to fling. Then income it to the oven and toast for an added 3 proceedings. Reserve a really turn eye on the combining so that it does not make. Disappear and set a
2. Add ingredients (including the {vinaigrette) together in a enlarged incurvature, and throw until united.
3. Run instantly, or firing and refrigerate for up to 3 life. (This salad is untold fitter consumed the prototypic day, as the noodles retrogress their "crunch" the person it sits, and the avocado may phytologist a bit. Solace, it's dead edible and gratifying regularise after a few life!)
4. Whisk all ingredients unitedly until joint.
5. *You can use any merciful of prepacked ramen noodles for this direction.  If you'd same feed (and less-processed) alternatives to the creation $0.30 packets at the foodstuff fund, I advise these fertiliser classic ramen noodles or nonsynthetic botanist dramatist ramen noodles.

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