Sichuan Shirataki Sesame Noodle Salad With Cucumber, Sichuan Peppercorn, Chili Oil, and Peanuts (Vegan)

Slick shirataki noodles are perfect for cold noodle salads where their slippery texture helps keep each strand separate while simultaneously picking up plenty of flavor from a sauce of Sichuan peppercorn and chile-infused oil, black vinegar, garlic, soy sauce, and peanuts.

Jicama and Pomelo Salad With Spicy Thai Dressing (Vegan)

A refreshing hot, sweet, and sour Thai-style salad with jicama and pomelo.

Spicy Thai-Style Pomelo, Green Bean, and Zucchini Salad

Thai pomelos tend to be dryer and less sweet than their American-available counterparts, but that shouldn't stop you from using them in a Thai-inspired salad nonetheless. Heck, even bitter grapefruit would make a great addition to this salad that combines fiery heat, bitterness, and sweetness in perfect balance.

Grilled Vegetable and Jasmine Rice Salad With Herbs and Cashews

Inspired by Thai grilled beef salad, this salad replaces the meat with smoky grilled vegetables and adds fragrant jasmine rice. It's loaded with fresh herbs and dressed with a bracing, fish sauce-lime vinaigrette.

Charles Phan's Green Papaya Salad with Rau Ram, Peanuts, and Crispy Shallots

Phan's version is relatively simple; crisp green papaya slivers mingle with pickled carrots, fried tofu, cucumbers, and celery. A dressing of potent fish sauce, vinegar, garlic, and chiles brings the vegetables together, and then the whole caboodle is topped with fried shallots and roasted peanuts. You will, of course, have find a good way to julienne a giant papaya, pickle carrots, fry both tofu and shallots, and mix it all together before dinner. It is no last-minute side dish, but you'll be h...

Andrea Nguyen's White Tofu, Sesame, and Vegetable Salad

Known as Shira-ae in Japan, this salad of crisp blanched green beans is dressed with a purée of firm tofu, toasted sesame seeds, umami-packed soy and dashi, and enough sugar to give it a pleasant underlying sweetness.

Skillet Rice Noodle Bowl with Shrimp and Vegetables

A Vietnamese-style noodle salad with a fish sauce-based dressing, carrots, cucumbers, and shrimp.

Vegan Tofu and Herb Salad

A bold, citrusy, garlicky, spicy salad that's fit for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

Vietnamese Rice Noodle Salad with Chicken

This Vietnamese rice noodle salad is perfect for a hot summer day, with lots of raw crunchy vegetables, seared chicken, and nuoc cham sauce.

Spicy Peanut Noodle Salad With Cucumbers, Red Peppers, and Basil

I still have a soft spot for cold peanut noodles. These days, I make them with far fewer noodles and many more vegetables. Indeed, it's now more of a vegetable salad with a few noodles added in for textural contrast. A handful of fresh herbs rounds out the flavors.