Vietnamese Rice Noodle Salad
This salad is great with Thai Grilled Pork. It is a family favorite - healthy and delicious.
Dressing:
1/4 c. fish sauce
1/4 c. rice wine vinegar
2 tbsp lime juice
3 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp crushed red pepper
3 garlic cloves
2 tsp fresh ginger
water, to taste
Salad:
1 pkg Thai rice sticks
lettuce
cabbage
carrots
cucumbers
cilantro, chopped
basil or mint, chopped
peanuts, chopped
bean sprouts
To make dressing: Combine all ingredients and mix. Add water to taste, as needed.
To make salad: Cook rice noodles, drain, and place in a large salad bowl. Cut vegetables into thin slices (julienne, matchstick, etc.) and put on top of noodles. When ready to serve, pour dressing over vegetables and noodles and mix.
Combined ingredient list:
5 cloves garlic (2 + 3)
1 bunch cilantro
4 tsp brown sugar (1 + 3)
1 tbsp soy
1/4 c. lemon grass
1/4 c. fish sauce
1/4 c. rice wine vingar
2 tbsp lime juice
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
2 tsp fresh ginger
Dressing:
1/4 c. fish sauce
1/4 c. rice wine vinegar
2 tbsp lime juice
3 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp crushed red pepper
3 garlic cloves
2 tsp fresh ginger
water, to taste
Salad:
1 pkg Thai rice sticks
lettuce
cabbage
carrots
cucumbers
cilantro, chopped
basil or mint, chopped
peanuts, chopped
bean sprouts
To make dressing: Combine all ingredients and mix. Add water to taste, as needed.
To make salad: Cook rice noodles, drain, and place in a large salad bowl. Cut vegetables into thin slices (julienne, matchstick, etc.) and put on top of noodles. When ready to serve, pour dressing over vegetables and noodles and mix.
Combined ingredient list:
5 cloves garlic (2 + 3)
1 bunch cilantro
4 tsp brown sugar (1 + 3)
1 tbsp soy
1/4 c. lemon grass
1/4 c. fish sauce
1/4 c. rice wine vingar
2 tbsp lime juice
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
2 tsp fresh ginger
