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INGREDIENTS
- 150 g glass noodles
- 1/2 carrot, julienned
- 1/3 cucumber, julienned
- Handful of mung bean sprouts
- Handful of chopped coriander
- Handful of chopped spring onion
- Crushed peanuts for garnish
- Sesame for garnish
- 1⁄2 Chili pepper
- Piece of chopped ginger
- Piece of chopped garlic
- 150 g shrimp
- Rice vinegar
DRESSING INGREDIENTS
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons cane sugar
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil
- 1⁄2 Chili pepper
- 1 finely chopped piece of ginger
- 1 finely chopped clove of garlic
INSTRUCTIONS
- 1Cut the carrot and cucumber into julienne strips.
- 2Place the carrot in a bowl and add 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1 tablespoon of rice vinegar, and fish sauce. Let it marinate.
- 3Pour boiling water over the noodles, cover for 3 minutes, and drain. Let them drip dry, then cut the noodles into smaller pieces (approx. 3 – 4 cm long).
- 4Add the noodles, mung bean sprouts, carrot, chopped spring onion, and coriander to a bowl.
- 5Pour the dressing over the salad, which you prepare by mixing all ingredients. Mix thoroughly.
- 6Sauté the shrimp with garlic and ginger, season with fish sauce, salt, and pepper. Serve the shrimp on the salad.
- 7Roast the peanuts, let them cool, then crush them, but leave them in larger pieces.
- 8Sprinkle the peanuts and sesame over the served salad. Season the salad with more salt and pepper to taste.

Marcela Vuong
Vietnamese specialties from Marcela Vuong's kitchen will transport you to the very heart of Asia. Marcela runs a popular cooking school and will teach you how to make the best Vietnamese recipes.
