Seafood • Vietnamese

Prawn & noodle salad with crispy shallots

Name: Prawn & noodle salad with crispy shallots
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 200g Rice Noodles; 200g Prawns; 1 sliced Red Onions; 1 sliced Red Chilli; 1 sliced Cucumber; Handful Coriander; Handful Mint; 2 tablespoons Roasted Peanut; Juice of 3 Lime; 1 tablespoon Brown Sugar; 2 tsp Fish Sauce; 1 clove peeled crushed Garlic; 5 Slices Shallots; For frying Vegetable Oil; Sprinkling Flour

Ingredients

Rice Noodles200g
Prawns200g
sliced Red Onions1
sliced Red Chilli1
sliced Cucumber1
CorianderHandful
MintHandful
Roasted Peanut2 tablespoons
LimeJuice of 3
Brown Sugar1 tablespoon
Fish Sauce2 tsp
clove peeled crushed Garlic1
Shallots5 Slices
Vegetable OilFor frying
FlourSprinkling

Steps

Prepare

🥄step 1
🔥For the crispy shallots, heat 5cm of oil until hot in a wok.

Steps

🔥You will know the oil is hot enough when one piece of shallot sizzles as soon as it’s dropped in.

Prepare

🧂Toss the shallot slices with flour, shake off excess and fry in the oil until golden.

Cook

🍳They fry quickly, about 1 min.

Steps

🫇Drain on kitchen paper, sprinkle with salt and set aside.
🍽️step 2

Prepare

🍽️To make the dressing, mix the lime juice, sugar, fish sauce and garlic and set aside.
🌿In a large mixing bowl, pour boiling water over the noodles.

Cook

🌿Leave them for 2 mins or until they are just cooked, then rinse under cold water.

Steps

✨Drain well, shaking the sieve numerous times to get out the excess water, then place back in the bowl.
🥄Add prawns, onion, chilli, cucumber and herbs.

Prepare

🥄Pour the dressing over, mix, then sprinkle with the shallots and peanuts.

Source: Original recipe