Vietnamese Rice Noodle Salad recipe

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Ingredients

5 cloves garlic
1 cup loosely packed chopped cilantro
½ jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
3 tablespoons white sugar
¼ cup fresh lime juice
3 tablespoons vegetarian fish sauce
1 (12 ounce) package dried rice noodles
2 carrots, julienned
1 cucumber, halved lengthwise and chopped
¼ cup chopped fresh mint
4 leaves napa cabbage
¼ cup unsalted peanuts
4 sprigs fresh mint

Nutrition Info

431.7 calories
carbohydrate: 89.5 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 5.3 g
fiber: 4.1 g
protein: 6.6 g
saturatedFat: 0.8 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 187.5 mg
sugar: 12 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

Recipe Yield

4 servings

Recipe Note

This is a good salad for a hot day.

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