Asian Salmon Pasta Salad

Yummy cold Asian salmon pasta salad! This easy to make, nutritious and colourful recipe is a win for a busy workday.

A great dish for meal prep and a perfect recipe to make last minute if you want something easy and nutritious.

We love to eat this pasta salad with soba noodles too, but this time I used fusilli pasta because I wanted to use up our pasta leftovers first. It turned out to be really good and easy to eat!

Asian Pasta Salad with Salmon

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Voorbereidingstijd 20 minuten min

Bereidingstijd 10 minuten min

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Ingrediënten  

For the pasta salad

• 200 gram pasta (wholewheat fusilli) Soba noodles will be a great option too!
• ≈ 250 gram salmon filet
• 1 cup edamame beans
• 1 handful peanuts
• 1 red bell pepper
• 1 cup red cabbage
• 1 cup green cabbage

Dressing

• 1 tbsp sesame oil
• 1 tbsp honey
• 2 tbsp rice vinegar
• 2 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
• sesame seeds
• chili flakes optional

Salmon Marinate

• 2 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
• 1 tbsp sesame oil
• 1/2 tbsp honey

Instructies 

Marinade the salmon

• Put the salmon in an oven plate or air fryer basket and rub each piece with soy sauce, sesame oil and honey. Sprinkle with black pepper.
• Preheat the air fryer to 180 C.
• Place the salmon in the air fryer for 8-10 minutes depending on the thickness. Be careful not to overcook the salmon, otherwise it will be dry.

Cook the pasta

• Cook the fusilli according to the package instructions. For this recipe I recommend to cook the fusilli Al Dente, with a nice bite to it. Al Dente fusilli should take 8 minutes.
• If the pasta is done, drain and run it under cold water. Then put it in a big bowl and set aside.

Prepare the toppings/vegetables

• Cut the red bell peper and the cabbages in thin slices.
• Cook the edamame beans according to the package instructions. I use frozen ones, which take around 2 minutes to bowl in hot water.
• Roughly chop the peanuts.
• Add all vegetables into the bowl of pasta.
  

Pasta dressing

• Mix all the dressing ingredients together in a small bowl and adjust according to your preference.
• Pour the dressing into the pasta bowl and mix well until all pasta and vegetables are coated with the dressing.
• Sprinkle the pasta salad with sesame seeds.
• Optional: after plating, you can finish it with some Kewpie Mayo or Spicy Mayo.

Notities

1. Feel free to use your leftover veggies! Carrots? Green Onion? Use it all!

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