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Mhhhh, glass noodle salad! The fresh, healthy salad is our absolute favorite in Asia
Glass noodle salad is the new Asian trend. In almost every hip restaurant you can now find it on the menu. No wonder: The combination of limes, coriander and peanuts is just too delicious. And the exotic salad is healthy and low in fat.
Actually, the salad comes from Southeast Asia . Especially in Vietnam, glass noodle salad is a popular dish. But in Berlin you will also find a shop on every corner that offers glass noodle salad.
We have a recipe for you that you can easily and with few ingredients imitate. By the way: Almost every supermarket now manages Asian products. Just ask questions and you will definitely find them all easy.
And this is how the delicious glass noodle salad works:
That's what you need for 4 people:
100 g glass noodles
300 g minced beef or poultry meat or shrimp or tofu (all goes well with a glass noodle salad)
1 bunch of spring onion (s)
1 cucumber
3 carrots
1 stalk of coriander, fresh
1/2 lime (s), the juice (alternatively lemon)
1 tbsp sugar, brown (but can also be white)
1/2 tspspice paste (chilli paste)
1 tablespoon soy sauce, light
1 teaspoon oil (sesame oil)
1 tablespoon fish sauce
4 teaspoons of peanuts (unsalted)
First put the glass noodles in a container and pour boiling water over them and let them steep . After about ten minutes, they are soft. Drain and allow to cool. Then peel the cucumber and carrots and cut as desired and put in a bowl. Also the spring onions and coriander.
While doing so, your meat fillet can already bake in the pan. Fry meat, shrimp or tofu in sesame oil and allow to cool slightly.
Then mix soy sauce, the juice of the limes, the chilli paste, the fish sauce and the sugar with all the other ingredients in a large bowl and let it simmer for a while. Season to taste and sprinkle the peanuts over the salad. Done is the glass noodle salad!
