Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, vietnamese noodle salad/bowl. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Vietnamese Noodle salad/bowl is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Vietnamese Noodle salad/bowl is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook vietnamese noodle salad/bowl using 22 ingredients and 23 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Vietnamese Noodle salad/bowl:
- Get Meat
- Make ready 1/4-1/3 pound meat (pork here)
- Make ready 1 Tbl fish sauce
- Take 1 Tbl soy sauce
- Take 2 cloves garlic
- Prepare 1 Tbl lime juice (lemon or vinegar sub.)
- Make ready 2 tsp. sugar
- Prepare 1 Tbl lemon grass
- Take 2-4 tsp. hot sauce (optional)
- Prepare 1 tsp. corn starch (optional)
- Get Sauce
- Take 1/4 cup sugar
- Take 1/2 cup chicken broth (or water)
- Get 2 garlic cloves
- Prepare 5 Tbl fish sauce
- Take 2 Tbl vinegar (rice vinegar if you have it)
- Make ready 1-2 Tbl lime or lemon juice
- Prepare fresh hot chili (optional)
- Take Main
- Take 4 ounces dry noodles
- Take 4 spring rolls
- Make ready 3-5 veggies your choice
Steps to make Vietnamese Noodle salad/bowl:
- Prep the protein
- Pork is a normal meat for this, but chicken, beef, lamb works well. I am trying tofu next time.
- Cut your protein into bite size pieces of your choosing.
- Add lemon grass, this is what I use, since actual lemon grass is not easily available. If you can't find it, leave it out. It will still taste great.
- Add the rest of the meat ingredients, mix well. Cover and let set 30 minutes to an hour.
- Prep the sauce
- If you are using a hot chili, thinly slice.
- Mix all sauce ingredients, set aside.
- Get the cooking steps done
- If you have any that require blanching, do that now, cool immediately. Use water for noodles if using noodles.
- Prepare noodles per package directions, to el dente.
- Drain noodles, wash to cool down, mix a tiny bit of oil in to stop it from sticking, set aside
- Now would be a good time to assemble your spring rolls, this is how I did it 😉
- Cook pork in a skillet/wok/stir-fry
- Set aside to cool
- Cook spring rolls, set aside to cool, I used my air fryer for this
- Assemble
- Julian cucumber, carrot and any other veggies that require it.
- Clean some lettuce (green leaf here, it seems to work the best, really) and place the leafy parts in your bowls.
- Cut your spring rolls, I found the least crumble way is to put the point of the knife in, then cut down. Finish the cut. You still crumble a little, but not as much as just slamming through it.
- Put your noodles or rice in the center of the lettuce. Place all the other things around, pretty easy.
- Pour the sauce in to your liking, mix it all up.
- Veggies; cucumber and carrots seem to always be in this. I used sugar snap peas here, asparagus, avacados, spinach (wilted) just some more options. Thin sliced red onion, green onion, many options to choose from.
Foods That Can Make You Happy
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So you see, you don’t need to stuff your face with junk food when you are wanting to feel better! Try a couple of of these tips instead.
