Home-made Glass Noodle Salad

 

Today I fixed the recipe of Glass Noodle Salad suggested by my friend V. She is a wonderful cook and willing to show me how to prepare this amazing, quick-prepared meal. Here's to V special thanks to recommend me a great food that I'm so satisfied while cooking and enjoying my lunch today. Let's get this served for your family as well. Come on. You can do it.

Serves: 4 (Medium Hot)

Preparation Time : 15 Mins

Cooking Time: 3-5 mins

Ingredients:

100g minced pork (about 1/3 cup) and/or seafood like shrimps, cover removed.

2 small bundles of glass noodle, soaked in water about 15 mins, drained and cut about 5 inches long

1 cup of water

Condiments:

1 medium sized tomato, halved and sliced

1/2 onion, halved and sliced

1/2 green bell pepper, cored, seeded and chopped or sliced

1/2 cup of roasted peanut (to be added just before serving)

 

Seasoning:

1 teaspoons light brown sugar

2 tablespoons sweet chili dipping sauce, hot

2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

2,5 tablespoons fish sauce or soy sauce for vegeterians

1/2 teaspoon of salt

1 teaspoon of crushed dried chilies

2 garlic cloves, crushed

1 tablespoon of sesame oil (optional but I love this sesame favor so I did add it)

Cilantro springs and spring onions for garnish

Put all ingredients into a bowl and stir with a whisk

Cooking:

- Place all the sliced vegetables into a salad bowl and set aside

- Add cooking oil in the hot pan. Add sliced onion into the hot cooking oil. When nion turns into yellow brown, add the pork mince and shrimp, cook for 3 mins

- In the meantime, heat the water over high heat. When the water is boiling, add glass noodle. Cook noodles for 2-3 mins. Drain everything into a strainer and immediately hold under cold running water and shake back and forth to cool. This is important as the cold water will stop the cooking process and prevent overcooking. 
- Add the cooked noodles, minced pork and shrimp together in the pan. Turn down the heat and simmer for 3 mins so that sauce from minced pork and well-done shrimp can be absorbed into the noodles.
- Add the mixture of noodles, pork and shrimp, dressing to the salad bowl and mix thoroughly for 2 mins. Add the roasted peanuts and garnish with cilantro, spring onions.

Now the glass noodle salad is ready to serve. Hope you enjoy as much as I do. What a great meal in hot weather like summer.