Vietnamese Noodle Salad with Shrimp (Prawn) Recipe

One among my favorite summer time salads! This Vietnamese Noodle Salad with Shrimp/Prawns is every part you recognize and love about Vietnamese meals. Contemporary, wholesome, nice textures and stuffed with flavour!

A fantastic, recent Vietnamese noodle recipe

Winter in Sydney swings from being heat sufficient to run round in shorts and play along with your canine on the seaside, and chilly sufficient to put on ugg boots and possibly, simply possibly, activate the heater.

So the meals I make ranges from hearty winter stews to recent summer time salads. I grill outside all yr spherical, I make soups in summer time and salads in winter.

I adore it! It retains me on my toes! 🙂

I truly made this as a result of my mom requested me for a recipe. She hardly ever does, usually it’s the opposite manner round, with me continuously asking her how you can make all of the scrumptious Japanese dishes she cooked for us after we had been rising up.

So when she requested me for my Vietnamese noodle salad recipe, I hopped proper to it. In spite of everything, even whenever you’re 30-something, you continue to do as you’re informed, proper?

I’ve a chicken model however she was particularly after a prawn (shrimp) model in order that’s the one I’m sharing with you immediately. If you happen to choose to make use of chicken, be at liberty to take action.

This salad is a mash up of traditional Vietnamese salads like Goi Ga (Vietnamese Chicken Salad with Cabbage) and Vietnamese Noodle Bowls (severely, for those who haven’t tried this earlier than, it’s a should!). I take advantage of a salad dressing recipe by Invoice Granger who is a superb Australian chef. It’s the one he makes use of for his Vietnamese Chicken Salad which is on the menu of certainly one of his eating places.

I actually like serving up salads like this laid out with every of the parts individually so folks will help themselves and with the dressing on the aspect. However you may toss all of it collectively if you’d like. Could be safer you probably have a shrimp-pig on the desk. 😉

Vietnamese Noodle Salad with Shrimp (Prawn) Recipe

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Serves: 2 Prep Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time: 5 minutes 5 minutes

Nutrition facts: 273 calories 20 grams fat

Rating: 5.0/5

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Ingredients

• 12 - 15 medium shrimp (prawns), shelled and deveined (about 5 - 7 oz / 150 - 200g, excluding shells)
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves , minced
• Pinch of salt and pepper
• 1/4 cup lime juice
• 1/4 cup fish sauce
• 2 tbsp rice vinegar
• 1 tbsp caster sugar
• 1 large garlic clove , very finely chopped
• 1 tsp very finely chopped red chili , adjust to taste (I use birds eye which is spicy)
• 2.5 oz / 75g dried rice vermicelli noodles (Note 1)
• 3 cups iceberg lettuce , shredded
• 1 cup carrot , cut into fine matchsticks
• 1 1/2 cups cucumber , cut into matchsticks
• 1 1/2 cups beansprouts
• 1/4 cup coriander leaves , lightly packed
• 1/4 cup mint leaves (ordinary or Vietnamese), lightly packed

Instructions

1. Combine the Garlic Shrimp ingredients in a small bowl and set aside for 10 minutes.
2. Combine the Dressing ingredients in a small jar, give it a shake then set aside for 10 minutes.
3. Heat a skillet / fry pan over high heat. Add the shrimp, scraping in the olive oil and garlic from the sides of the bowl. Cook for 2 minutes, or until browned and the shrimp is just cooked through. (Note 2)
4. Remove the prawns from the skillet onto a plate.
5. Prepare the vermicelli noodles according to the packet directions. I like to just soak them in hot tap water for a few minutes, this ensures they don't overcook. Then drain the noodles.
6. Arrange the noodles and remaining Salad ingredients on a large plate (like the photo) or toss together in a bowl. Top with prawns (warm or at room temperature). Drizzle over the Dressing (or toss through), or you can serve the Dressing on the side.
7. Serve immediately.

Notes

1. You can use any type of vermicelli noodles in this, rice or bean. The bean ones are slightly more see through. You can also increase the quantity if you want, to fill it out more.
2. How to tell if prawns are cooked: raw prawns hang almost straight, perfectly cooked prawns curl into a "C" shape and overcooked prawns form a tight "O" shape.
3. This salad is also fantastic with chicken. Just omit the Garlic Shrimp completely and replace with cooked, diced or shredded chicken.
4. Nutrition per serving assuming this serves 3 people. The sodium looks very high because of the amount of dressing made. You need that much dressing to pour it all over the salad, but I'd guess around 1/4 ends up pooled at the bottom of the plate at the end.