When it’s this hot every single day, I am not so motivated to spend any more time in the kitchen than I have to. This Summer Ramen Salad with spicy Peanut dressing is going to blow your mind and hopefully having you craving this delicious bowl for yourself this week. Adapted from an idea seen in Bon Appetit’s Healthyish blog.
Summer Ramen salad with Spicy Peanut Dressing
Think the best of your favorite ramen noodle soup meets a cool crisp summer salad. The ramen noodles are cooked and cooled to become the “lettuce base” of your salad. Pile on your favorite raw veggies. I have used different shapes and textures to give a little more excitement to this bowl. Not that it needs any because I am in love with this Summer Ramen Salad. I know you will be too.
What are the ingredients?
It is so easy to customize this Ramen Salad to your tastes by switching up the veggies and proteins. I have used thinly sliced cucumbers, bell pepper strips, slivered carrots, and red cabbage. I then added in some edamame and hard-boiled eggs for protein. Finally, finish it off with some fresh bean sprouts. Then it’s time for that spicy peanut dressing.
Tell me about the spicy peanut dressing
About that Spicy Peanut Dressing. I could seriously drink it because it’s so good. I’ve used peanut butter as the base but it could easily be subbed out with another nut butter if desired. The dressing ingredients are whisked together in seconds and ready to drizzle on. Throw some fresh peanuts right on top and dig in! Find more summer salads here.
Trust me when I tell you this Summer Ramen Salad with spicy peanut dressing is going to be a crowd favorite. That is if you share it! I know I will be whipping this bowl up often this season. No one wants to spend extra time in the kitchen and now you don’t have to.
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Summer Ramen Salad with Spicy Peanut Dressing
Everything you love about Ramen soup in A raw vegan summer ramen salad.Add in some spicy peanut dressing and you are set!
Ingredients
- 6-8 ounces of Ramen noodles (cooked & cooled)
- 1/2 cup shredded carrots
- 1/2 cup broccoli
- 1 Cup of bell peppers slivered
- 1 zucchini shredded
- 1 Cup of edamame
- 1 Cup cucumbers
- handful of bean sprouts
- hard boiled eggs
- 1/2 c peanuts
- spicy peanut dressing:
- 3 Tbl peanut butter
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 1/2 C warm water
- Tsp of soy sauce
- 1-2 Tbl of Sambal chili sauce
Instructions
- cook ramen according to package and cool
- Assemble bowl with ramen as base
- Pile on veggies
- whisk together all dressing ingredients
- garnish with peanuts and bean sprouts
I eat a lot of salads during the summer. It’s just too hot to cook! This salad looks so fresh and delicious. And I love peanut dressing!
It is so fresh and filling with minimal prep. My fave kind of recipe! Vegan too 🙂
Drinking an acai smoothie with PB as I read this! I think PB makes everything better. This salad sounds yum!
PB does make everything taste better!
Looks so good! I’m definitely pinning this one for later – thanks 🙂
thanks so much hope you enjoy
I love salads, especially for lunch. Thanks for giving me a new one to try!
Thanks it’s super easy and very filling with the ramen
Oh my. This looks amazeballs.
Thanks so much I am enjoying eating it right now actually 🙂
So you make yourself lunch and the rest of us hungry
<3 Meanie
If only you lived close enough to pop over for lunch!
if we organize a meetup when I’m there for work I might have to buy you some ingredients to make this 😀
Salads are the best food when the weather is hot.
My doc said that in this season my diet MUST include salads and fruit.
This is the best time of the year for fruits and veggies!
I love ramen noodles. This looks so good. And I love the addition of the edamame!
Thanks it’s a yummy one and so easy to customize to your likes
Yum! This sounds so easy and refreshing for a Summer meal. I’ll have to add it to my list to try 🙂
This looks SO good – I need to see if we can try out this recipe at home! I hear you about wanting to avoid being in a hot kitchen, this summer has been brutal! Oh, and I love your cutting board!
This summer has been challenging all around. Hope you all give this salad a try
Noodles, salad, and pb dressing….sounds like a winner!
The name had me laughing because my husband said on our next trip to BWCA he was making me PbPad Thai with ramen.
Well your husband is a smart man 🙂
Oh my gosh! I need to try this ASAP! I’m not sure why I haven’t made a peanut butter dressing yet.
I use it on all kinds of things so good you will love it
Oh, I love all that edamame! And the peanut dressing sounds delicious.
I love edamame in salads too. Maybe you can make it for your daughter when she visits next
Mm I love a good peanut dressing! This is a perfect no cook recipe to beat the heat! Looks so good
Exactly! Thanks so much
Spicy peanut dressing sounds delicious on its own! I love cold summer salad options to have on hand.
I do too! Easy, refreshing and filling
That dressing has me intrigued!!! I’d never think of peanut butter as a base for a dressing…I guess that’s why YOU’RE the cuisine expert 😉
too kind! I use peanut butter in recipes often it’s a great flavor enhancer and extra protein too
I want that dressing on everything. Looks finger lickin good!
I may have licked my fingers a few times 🙂
Yum! I love Meatless Monday’s, and this spicy peanut dressing could go on anything in my book!
It is quite versatile indeed! I use variations of it in stir fry as well
I can tell this will be a crowd favorite just by looking at the pictures and reading the recipe. YUM!!!
Thanks hope you and your crowd give it a try sometime
This sounds so amazing! I can’t wait to give it a try…and that spicy peanut dressing? YUM!!!
The dressing is one of my faves!
This looks crazy good and I would definitely love to order it. Thanks for sharing this great recipe.
You don’t have to order it bc it’s so easy to make!
I will be at the grocery store tomorrow. My son’s favorite food is ramen, and this looks amazing. Might have to throw in a hard boiled egg, though!
You can throw in anything that you like that is the beauty of this bowl!
That looks so yummy and I love that everyone can then just customize their own salad based on their individual tastes!
Yes exactly!
I want to add more meatless meals to our list. We eat salads just about every night now in the heat of summer. The least amount of cooking possible, please! This sounds like a deliciously different salad to try!
Oh good I hope you enjoy it! It is one of my faves
I’m always looking for new salad recipes. I can’t wait to try this one. It looks delicious.
Thanks so much!
I really am liking this idea with ramen noodles. Saving your recipe to give it a try !!
The noodles are a fun summer twist. Hope you enjoy
Yum this looks great for a lite cool lunch idea packed with protein and veggies.
Yes, exactly. Hope you enjoy it
YUM! I love eating ramen but have never thought of making a salad with it. Great idea!
It’s really fun I hope you love it