Sesame Noodle Salad with Hot Honey Salmon

a 20 minute summer supper staple

Jul 13, 2025

∙ Paid

I wasn’t planning on sharing this recipe with you this week, I had something else planned but this salad has been such a great staple our house for many years and I’ve made it so many times over the past few weeks that I felt it was only right to share with you on here. It’s quick, it’s easy and it’s incredibly delicious.

There’s “barely” any cooking involved which means this is a great one for hot days. You need to cook the salmon and boil the noodles but the rest is just chopping and mixing. You don’t have to serve it with the salmon, I often just have a big bowl of the noodle salad and it’s heaven. But I love this hot honey salmon and it works so well here. Oh and did I mention it all comes together in 20 minutes?

I’m always scared to make claims like that as I know everyone cooks at a different rate. But the key to getting food on the table quickly is you have to multi task. And work backwards. So whatever will take the longest - get that on first. In this instance, it’s the salmon. Then the noodles. Once those are both cooking, you us the time to chop the veg and make the dressing. That’s it! Really this is a breeze.

This noodle salad is also the kind of salad that can hold its own. It’s not going to wilt and go soggy if you leave it to sit in the fridge which means it’s a great one to make for a prepable lunch the next day. I almost always make double what I need so I can also have it for lunch. Or if I’m feeling generous I pack it up for my husband to take to work. Cook once, eat twice. It just makes sense!

Also just a note to say that I know I shared a salmon recipe just a few weeks ago and I know that salmon recipe also had avocado in it! One of the most important things to me when deciding what recipes to share with you on Dinner Tonight is that the recipes are varied. But as mentioned previously, this recipe wasn’t meant to go out this week but I felt it was too good not to share. And secondly, the recipes are very different indeed. Promise. Oh and if you don’t like avocado, don’t worry at all, you can easily leave out of both! Lots more ideas for swaps and substitutions in The Notes.

The full recipe is below for paid subscribers (along with a handy PDF version). You also get access to helpful notes on the recipe in case you want to make it vegetarian friendly, or you’re feeding more people and want to scale up easily. Perhaps you’re feeding the whole family? It’s all covered in the Notes.