Vietnamese Spicy Noodle Salad
An easy and spicy recipe you can't miss if you like Asian food: how to prepare Vietnamese noodle salad, made with vegetables and served with Nuoc Cham sauce.
29 December, 2014
serves for
4
total time
0
HR
25
MIN
ingredients
rice noodles
200 g
cucumber
1, cut into thin strips
carrot
1, cut into thin sticks
Shallot
2, thinly sliced
bean sprouts
55 g
Chilli
3 red, seeds removed and cut into rings
Nuoc Cham sauce
6 tbsp
Coriander
leaves, shredded
Mint
leaves, shredded
Garlic
5 cloves, chopped very finely
Chilli
5 red, seeds removed and chopped very finely
Vietnamese fish sauce
50 ml
water
100 ml
Rice vinegar
50 ml
sugar
55 g
Lemon juice
1 large lemon
Preparation
Step
01
- Cook the noodles in boiling, salted water for 2 minutes. Drain, refresh in cold water and drain thoroughly. Set aside.
- Put the noodles, cucumber, carrots, Nuoc Cham sauce, shallots and chillies (reserve a few for the garnish) into a large bowl and mix.
- Serve on plates sprinkled with coriander and mint and the reserved chilli rings.
Step
02
For the sauce
- Put all the ingredients except the lemon juice into a pan and heat until very hot, but do not boil.
- Remove from the heat and leave to cool completely.
- Stir in the lemon juice when the sauce is cold.
