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Vietnamese chicken noodle salad recipe
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Created by The Tesco Recipes team
This noodle salad recipe is a brilliant way to use up any leftover vegetables. You can cook and prepare this quick recipe in under 30 minutes, making it the perfect dish for an easy midweek dinner which the whole family will love See method
Ingredients
For the salad
- 125g (4oz) rice noodles
- ½ cucumber
- 150g (5oz) leftover cooked chicken, shredded
- 1 medium carrot, cut into thin matchsticks
- 3 sprigs mint, leaves chopped, plus a few more for garnish
- large handful beansprouts
- 50g (2oz) salted peanuts, roughly chopped, to serve
For the dressing
- ½ lime, zested and juiced
- 2tbsp soft brown sugar
- 2tbsp rice vinegar
- 2tbsp fish sauce
- 1 long red chilli, deseeded, finely chopped (plus sliced extra thin for garnish)
If you haven't got rice noodles, try wholewheat instead
Each serving contains
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Energy
2385kj
574kcal
29%
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Fat
16g
23%
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Saturates
3g
16%
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Sugars
19g
21%
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Salt
1.4g
23%
of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 71.1g
Protein 33.9g
Fibre 5g
Method
- Cook the noodles according to pack instructions, then refresh under cold water and tip into a large bowl.
- Halve the cucumber lengthways, scoop out the seeds with a teaspoon and cut into thin ribbons using a peeler. Blanch the beansprouts for at least 15 seconds in boiling water and allow to cool. Add the ribbons to the noodles and then add the chicken, carrot, mint and beansprouts and mix.
- For the dressing, mix all the ingredients together and then pour over the salad and toss. To serve, tip onto a serving platter and top with the peanuts, extra mint and chilli.
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