Name: Prawn & pink grapefruit noodle salad
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 200g thin rice noodle (vermicelli); 12 cherry tomatoes halved; 1 tbsp fish sauce; juice 1 lime; 2 tsp palm sugar or soft brown sugar; 1 large red chilli ½ diced, ½ sliced; 2 pink grapefruits segmented; ½ cucumber peeled, deseeded and thinly sliced; 2 carrots cut into matchsticks; 3 spring onions thinly sliced; 400g cooked large prawn; large handful mint leaves picked; large handful coriander leaves picked

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Prawn & pink grapefruit noodle salad

Prawn & pink grapefruit noodle salad

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Serves 6

Easy

Prep: 25 mins

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Take a healthy Vietnamese approach to salads by using cold vermicelli noodles with a sweet dressing, shellfish, coriander and mint

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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200g thin rice noodle

(vermicelli)
12 cherry tomatoes

halved
1 tbsp fish sauce
juice 1 lime
2 tsp palm sugar

or soft brown sugar
1 large red chilli

½ diced, ½ sliced
2 pink grapefruits

segmented
½ cucumber

peeled, deseeded and thinly sliced
2 carrots

cut into matchsticks
3 spring onions

thinly sliced
400g cooked large prawn
large handful mint

leaves picked
large handful coriander

leaves picked

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal228

low
fat1g

low
saturates0g
carbs38g
sugars6g
fibre2g
protein13g
salt1.6g

Method

step 1

Put the noodles in a bowl, breaking them up a little, and cover with boiling water from the kettle. Leave to soak for 10 mins until tender. Drain, rinse under cold running water, then leave the noodles to drain thoroughly.
step 2

In the same bowl, lightly squash the cherry tomatoes – we used the end of a rolling pin. Stir in the fish sauce, lime juice, sugar and diced chilli. Taste for the right balance of sweet, sour and spicy – adjust if necessary (see tip, below).
step 3

Toss through the noodles, then add all the remaining ingredients, except the sliced chilli. Season and give everything a good stir, then divide the noodle salad between 6 serving dishes and sprinkle over the chilli before serving.

RECIPE TIPS

PERFECT YOUR DRESSING

Give the dressing a taste before you toss through the noodles. Try adding a bit of extra grapefruit juice, if you think it needs it, or a little more fish sauce or sugar.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2012

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