Chilled Seafood Somen

Name: Chilled Seafood Somen
Yield: serves 4
Ingredients: 12 large shrimp, peeled and deveined, with tails on; 4 pieces squid, cleaned; 1 1/4 cups Tomato Dipping Sauce (page 86); 14 ounces dried somen noodles; 1 1/3 cups arugula; 1/2 cup crabmeat, picked over; 12 cherry tomatoes, halved; 2 1/2 tablespoons chopped toasted pine nuts

December 9, 2011

Here is an elegant summertime recipe that you can pull together quickly, with minimum time at the stove. You can use fresh or canned crabmeat, and fresh or frozen shrimp and squid. My local supermarket sells frozen squid that has already been cleaned, which is what I use when I cook this dish at home. The sweetness of the seafood in this recipe pairs nicely with the tomato dipping sauce, while the arugula adds a nice contrasting zing.

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