Nộm miến tôm - Salad with Glass Noodles and Shrimp

2 SERVINGS

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INGREDIENTS

150 g glass noodles
1/2 carrot into strips
1/3 cucumber into strips
A handful of mung bean sprouts
A handful of chopped coriander
A handful of chopped spring onion
Crushed peanuts for garnish
Sesame for garnish
1⁄2 Chilli pepper
A piece of chopped ginger
A piece of chopped garlic
150 g shrimp
Rice vinegar

DRESSING INGREDIENTS

3 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon fish sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons sesame oil
1⁄2 Chilli pepper
1 finely chopped piece of ginger
1 finely chopped clove of garlic

INSTRUCTIONS

1
Cut the carrot and cucumber into strips.
2
Place the carrot in a bowl and add 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1 tablespoon of rice vinegar, and fish sauce. Let it marinate.
3
Pour boiling water over the noodles, cover for 3 minutes, and then drain. Let them drip dry, then cut the noodles into smaller pieces (about 3 – 4 cm long).
4
Add the noodles, mung bean sprouts, carrot, chopped spring onion, and coriander to a bowl.
5
Pour the dressing over the salad, which you prepare by mixing all the ingredients. Mix well.
6
Sauté the shrimp with garlic and ginger, season with fish sauce, salt, and pepper. Serve the shrimp on the salad.
7
Roast the peanuts, let them cool, and then crush them, but leave them in larger pieces.
8
Sprinkle the served salad with peanuts and sesame seeds. Salt and pepper the salad to taste.

Marcela Vuong

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