The Good Earth Peanut Company

Recipe #15 Contest Winner

Asian Shrimp Noodle Salad with Wasabi Peanuts and Lime Dressing

INGREDIENTS:

1 teaspoon citrus-flavored olive oil
1/2 pound medium raw shrimp, shelled
1 teaspoon citrus flavored olive oil
sprinkling of sea salt & ground black pepper
4 ounces glass (cellophane) noodles, blanched
1/2 cup fresh mint leaves
1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves
1/3 cup finely chopped green onions

DRESSING:

1 red chili pepper, seeded and minced
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger (or more to taste)
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
1 teaspoons freshly grated lime zest
1 tablespoon peanut oil
1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
sea salt & ground black pepper to taste
1/2 cup chopped Good Earth Wasabi Peanuts

DIRECTIONS:

Heat oil in a 12" skillet over medium-high heat.
Cut shrimp lengthwise, sprinkle with salt & pepper and add to oil.
Sauté for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally for even cooking.
Stir in blanched noodles, mint, cilantro and green onion.
Cook and additional minute then remove from heat, set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together all dressing ingredients until incorporated.
Season with salt & pepper if desired.
Transfer shrimp/noodles to the mixing bowl and gently toss to coat.
Divide shrimp-noodle salad between for pasta bowls and sprinkle with wasabi peanuts.
Serve immediately with chopsticks!
Serves 4.

Michaela Rosenthal

The Judges

Daniel Rogov

Daniel has been writing about food and wine for more years than he will admit in public. For the last twenty years he has been the Wine and Restaurant Critic for the Israeli Daily, Ha'Aretz. Rogov also contributes regularly on dining and wine to several European newspapers and magazines; and is an advisor to Hugh Johnson's "Pocket Wine Encyclopaedia" and contributes to Tom Stevenson’s “Wine Report”. His own book “Rogov’s Guide to Israeli Wines has just been published by Toby press and can be ordered through Amazon or Barnes and Nobles. He also maintains Rogov's Ramblings, an internet site devoted to wine, gastronomy and travel.

Jenise Stone

Jenise is a an avid foodie and accomplished cook from Los Angeles who contributes to the Food Lovers Discussion Group, an internet bulletin board devoted to food chat, recipe sharing and friendship.

Robin Garr

Robin Garr has been involved in wine appreciation online since the mid-1980s, serving as a manager of CompuServe's Wine Forum for nearly a decade before the evolution of the World Wide Web. He created the Wine Lovers' Page in 1994 as one of the first independent wine-education Websites, and has presided over its growth as the largest, most popular and most highly awarded wine destination on the Internet. He began its Wine Lovers' Discussion Group, the first Web-based interactive community for the intelligent and civil discussion of wine online, in 1996; and he launched his popular E-mail newsletter, The 30 Second Wine Advisor, at the start of 1999.