Chinese Cabbage Salad with Wantons and Mandarin Oranges

Chinese Cabbage Salad with Wantons and Mandarin Oranges

This dish you can find at most church potlucks - If it's missing at yours it's really easy to make and you never have left overs. Best part....You can make everything the day night before you take it to a party.  Bill and Hannah love this dish and request it at any gathering or we make it a meal and add chicken.  

Recipe 

1 package cabbage ( angle hair or coleslaw mix) 

1 package ramen noodles 

1 Tbls butter

Raman Seasoning package

1 can mandarin orange drained 

1 bunch green onions thinly sliced 

1/3 cup vinegar ( white or rice seasoned) 

1/3 oil ( do not use olive oil) 

1 Tbls Chili Oil ( Optional) 

3 tbls white sugar or honey 

Sliced almonds

Optional Add Ins: 

Broccoli bit size pieces

Red bell pepper chopped 

Crispy wantons

Chicken 

Tofu 

Tutorial: 

1.  I save all my mixed green salad containers for occasions to make this salad - its less clean up and easy to travel. 

Dump cabbage in bowl or container. 

Add chopped veggies - red bell peppers and green onions is what I had. 

Add in oranges and broccoli and sliced nuts 

Put lid on and store in fridge until ready to use. 

2.  Make the dressing:  Mixing cup add in Ramen season package with oil. vinegar, chili oil. 

Dressing should look like this.

Set aside until ready to use.  

3.  Crisp noodles in oven ( about 450 for 10 mins) I usually use a pie pan with the Tbls of melted butter on bottom.  Should like like this when out of the oven.

(Optional 4) Crisp wantons in salad.  I used crip wantons in this salad and this is how you make them...it's easy. 

Warm about 2 Tbls oil in fry pan on med-high heat.  Slice fresh wantons. and fry for 2 mins tossing once in awhile.  Total takes 4 mins. 

Slice

Fry and let cook

Use slotted spoon to remove: 

Cool and ready to use in salad 

Toss dressing and place in serving dish - put crisp noodles and wantons in right before serving.