Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Vietnamese cold noodle salad with chilli & mint dresing

Using last night's leftovers, I made a cold Vietnamese salad.  I arranged the rice noodles, bean shoots, torn mint leaves (from our garden) and chopped chicken on a plate, then made a tasty dressing.  Start with 1/4 cup sweet chilli, then 'layer' those typical Vietnamese ingredients until you have the right flavour.  As a general guide, add to the sweet chilli sauce: 2 tsp sugar, 1 spring each chopped mint and coriander, 1 tbs light soy sauce, 2 tsp fish sauce, 1/2 tsp sesame oil, 1 small chopped red (de-seeded) chilli, juice from 2 limes or lemons.  Chopped peanuts would have made this dish, but in lieu of those I sprinkled over some sesame seeds which tasted fine.

19 comments:

Melissa said...

Creative food presentation. I'm curious on how it would taste since it is served cold.

K_Bom said...

It was delicious - the dressing is very "zingy" and overall it was a very refreshing salad. Of course you could heat it up if you prefer it warm and i'm sure it would be great that way too!

Megan said...

I'm curious on how it would taste since it is served cold. thanx for the post.

rock said...

Very Nice! kuttay

Kara said...

love your Blog thanx for the sharing, i must try this.

Samantha said...

The recipe look really delicious, i must try this at home, thanx for the picture.

Kristen said...

I just want to say that the dressing is very "zingy" and overall it was a very refreshing salad. thanx for sharing.

Victoria said...

I just want to say that it was a very refreshing salad, and must try this at home, thanx for posting.

Lynn said...

Wow,good idea on showing this kind of recipe. I might try it later with my mom. Thank you

Jane said...

Nice blog, i am your new follower, keep posting.

Katie said...

hmm.. Its nice to hear thatyou made a recipe from a left over food. You've got a nice idea..And I think that noodle salad really taste good. Keep on posting.

Kayla said...

The sauce is too sweet. I used a vinegar based sauce with the noodle, it tasted much better.

Jillian said...

nice food presented well i never try Vietnamese food but i think its nice and delicious thanks for the recipe..

Jean said...

Wow, it was a very refreshing salad. Of course you could heat it up if you prefer it warm and i'm sure it would be great that way too, thanx for the post.

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Brittany said...

Nice blog. I like the way you have presented the creative food. Very nice!

Becky said...

Love your post, its really interesting, i must try this one.

Sadie said...

This was wonderful! Easy and delicious. My whole family loved it. Only thing I changed because I could not find it was Rice Vinegar instead of Rice Wine Vinegar...

Allison Clark said...

You've got a nice idea..And I think that noodle salad really taste good. Keep on posting.