Vietnamese Noodle Salad Recipes

Steps:

• Mince the garlic with the cilantro and the hot pepper. Transfer the mixture to a bowl, add the lime juice, fish sauce or salt and sugar; stir well. Let the sauce sit for 5 minutes.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the rice noodles; boil them for 2 minutes. Drain well. Rinse the noodles with cold water until they have cooled. Let them drain again.
• Combine the sauce, noodles, carrots, cucumber, mint and Napa cabbage in a large serving bowl. Toss well and serve the salad garnished with the peanuts and mint sprigs.

Steps:

• Place the garlic, cilantro, jalapeno, honey, lime juice, fish sauce and salt in the bowl of a food processor and process until almost smooth. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil, add the noodles and cook for 2 minutes. Drain, rinse well with cold water and drain again. In a large bowl, combine the sauce, noodles, carrots, cucumber, mint and napa cabbage. Toss well and garnish with peanuts.

Steps:

• Place the peanut butter, 1 tablespoon rice-wine vinegar, soy sauce, honey, 1 tablespoon lime juice, garlic, and ginger in the bowl of a food processor or the jar of a blender. Process until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Set the peanut sauce aside until ready to use.
• Whisk together the remaining 2 tablespoons rice-wine vinegar, the remaining tablespoon lime juice, peanut oil, and mint in a small bowl, and set the vinaigrette aside.
• Place the chicken stock in a large saucepan, and bring to a boil. Add the chicken, and simmer 12 to 15 minutes, until chicken is completely cooked. Remove the chicken from the pan, and set aside to cool, reserving stock. Shred the chicken into bite-size pieces, and toss with the reserved peanut sauce.
• Add 3 cups water to stock, and return to a boil. Add the vermicelli, and cook until al dente, about 4 minutes. Drain, and toss with reserved vinaigrette.
• Divide noodles, cucumber, red pepper, carrots, red onion, and chicken among six large bowls, and garnish with mint sprigs and lime wedges. Serve.

Steps:

• Bring a large covered pot of salted water to a boil. Add the noodles and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Drain the noodles, rinse with cold water, and drain again.
• Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk together all of the dressing ingredients. (For a smoother dressing, purée in a blender.) Prepare the vegetables and tofu and add them to the bowl with the dressing: Peel, halve, and seed the cucumber, and then cut the halves into 1/4 inch-thick crescents. Peel the carrot and cut it into matchsticks. Slice the scallions on the diagonal. Cut the tofu into matchsticks. Add the noodles to the bowl and toss well. Serve at room temperature, sprinkled with peanuts.
• Serving & menu ideas
• Change the menu with the seasons: Serve with cool, crunchy Pan-Asian Slaw (page 212) in the summer and with savory Indonesian Sweet Potato & Cabbage Soup (page 122) when it's cold outside.

Steps:

• Mix all the ingredients for the dressing together in a bowl with 1 tbsp water until the sugar has dissolved.
• Cook the noodles following pack instructions, then plunge into a bowl of cold water to cool completely. Drain the noodles, then add the carrot, cabbage, spring onion and dressing, and toss to combine.
• Heat the oil in a frying pan over a high heat. Season the steak, then cook to your liking; 2-3 mins on each side for medium rare. Leave to rest for 5 mins, then slice. Divide the salad and steak slices between bowls and scatter over some coriander to serve.

Steps:

• Bring a large pan of water to the boil and immerse the noodles, stirring to break apart the strands.
• Turn off the heat, cover and leave for no less than four minutes.
• Meanwhile, mix the fish sauce and lime juice in a large, deep bowl.
• Stir in the sugar until dissolved.
• Keeping separate piles, slice the chicken into strips and run a sharp knife down the back of the prawns to slice them in half.
• Split the cucumber lengthways.
• Use a spoon to scrape out the seeds and then slice thinly to make half moons.
• Use a potato peeler to slice the carrot into thin curls.
• Drain the noodles then add them to the dressing, along with the beans, cucumber, carrot and spring onions.
• Heat two tablespoons of the oil in a frying pan, then add the chicken and cook until it browns.
• Tip into the salad along with any juices.
• Add the remaining oil into the pan and stir fry the prawns for a couple minutes until they turn orange.
• Add to the salad.
• Add the mint and coriander and toss.