Thai rice noodle salad
A Thai dinner. Ready in about 49 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 34 minPrep (about)
- 15 minCook (about)
- 49 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- ⅔ bag vermicelli rice noodles
Fresh & other
- 9 oz bean sprouts
- Zest and juice of 2 lime
- 1 ¼ tsp muscovado sugar Shopping tip: Dark brown sugar works (UK: muscovado).
- 1 red onion
- 3 lettuce
- 1.4 lb ground pork Shopping tip: Ground pork (UK: pork mince).
- Knob ginger
- 2 ½ tbsp sesame seeds
- 5 sirloin steaks
- 1 red chile Shopping tip: Fresno or red jalapeño for mild (the recipe takes the seeds out); Thai bird's eye for hot.
Sauces & oils
- 3 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 ¼ tsp sunflower oil
- 1 ¼ tsp oil Shopping tip: Vegetable, canola or peanut oil (good for high heat).
Spices & seasonings (1): cayenne pepper
- Pinch cayenne pepper
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Place your noodles and beansprouts in a heatproof bowl.
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Cover with boiling water.
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Leave for 4 mins, until the noodles are tender.
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Drain.
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Cool under cold running water.
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Drain again.
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Return to the bowl.
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Stir your lime zest plus juice, fish or soy sauce and sugar.
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Mix in your noodles with the red onion and lettuce.
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To make with mince.
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Heat little oil in non-stick frying pan.
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Mix-fry 1.4 lb minced pork, a little knob of grated ginger plus pinch cayenne pepper or chilli powder.
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Keep going for 10 mins, till the mince is browned and cooked through.
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Mix into the noodles, split it between four bowls.
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Serve warm.
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To make using steak, make the rice noodle salad.
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Heat 1 ¼ tsp sunflower oil in frying pan.
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Tip 2 ½ tbsp sesame seeds on a plate.
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Rub 1 ¼ tsp oil in 4 x 8 oz sirloin steaks and press in sesame seeds.
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Fry for 5 mins for medium rare.
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Turn halfway.
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Leave to rest for 5 mins, thinly slice.
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Toss 1 deseeded plus shredded red chilli, plus a handful mint leaves into noodles.
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Top with steak to serve.
On the side: Cucumber salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Thinly slice the cucumbers.
- Toss with the rice vinegar and a pinch of salt. Let it sit a few minutes.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.