Oriental Main Dish Salad

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup hazelnut butter
• 1/3 cup water, hot
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons oriental sesame oil
• 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 teaspoon hot red pepper, crushed
• 1 (5 ounce) can turkey meat or 1 (5 ounce) can chicken meat
• 1/2 lb pasta (linguine, fettuccine, seashells, etc.)
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 3/4 cup hazelnuts, roasted & chopped
• 1/2 cup green onion
• 1 bunch broccoli, cut into 1" florets
• 6 small carrots, cut in half lengthwise

Recipe

• 1 combine hazelnut butter and hot water in blender or processor, mix until smooth.
• 2 add soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, sugar, garlic and red pepper, blend.
• 3 place meat (shredded slightly) in a medium bowl.
• 4 add hazelnut sesame sauce and stir.
• 5 cover and marinate in the refrigerator 2 hours.
• 6 in a large pot of boiling water, cook pasta until tender but firm, about 10 minutes.
• 7 drain and rinse under cool water.
• 8 drain well.
• 9 in a large saucepan of boiling water, cook carrots about 3 minutes, then add broccoli and cook 3 more minutes, until broccoli is bright green and crisp-tender.
• 10 drain and rinse until cool; drain well.
• 11 in a large bowl, toss pasta with vegetable oil.
• 12 add meat and sauce, vegetables, hazelnuts and onions.
• 13 toss and serve slightly chilled or at room temperature.