{"id":2973,"date":"2014-05-14T11:06:16","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T15:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/?p=2973"},"modified":"2014-05-14T11:06:16","modified_gmt":"2014-05-14T15:06:16","slug":"vietnamese-rice-noodle-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/14\/vietnamese-rice-noodle-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnamese Rice Noodle Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FOR THE SALAD
\n8 ounces dried rice noodles (pad Thai\/linguine width)
\nHandful mixed fresh herbs, such as basil, cilantro and mint
\n6 to 8 ounces cooked meat, use seitan chicken
\n2 ounces shredded\/matchstick-cut carrot (see headnote; may substitute 1 medium carrot, scrubbed and shredded)
\n2 cups shredded cabbage, preferably Napa (see headnote; may substitute 3 or 4 Napa cabbage leaves, very thinly sliced)
\n4 ounces sliced cucumber (see headnote; may substitute 1\/2 cucumber, seeded and thinly sliced)
\n1\/2 cup roasted, salted peanuts, for garnish<\/p>\n

FOR THE DRESSING
\n1 or 2 limes
\n1 medium clove garlic
\n3 tablespoons fish sauce
\n2 to 3 tablespoons light brown sugar
\n6 to 8 tablespoons water
\nPinch crushed red pepper flakes<\/p>\n

For the salad: Lay a clean dish towel on the counter.<\/p>\n

Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil over high heat. Add the noodles and wait for 1 minute before stirring to separate them. Cook for about 3 minutes; the noodles need to be just tender but not mushy. Drain in a colander, then immediately dump the noodles onto the dish towel, separating them from each other as much as possible<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, make the dressing: Squeeze the juice of the lime(s) — enough to yield 3 tablespoons — into a small bowl. Mince the garlic and add it to the bowl, along with the fish sauce, brown sugar (to taste), water (as needed) and crushed red pepper flakes.<\/p>\n

Coarsely chop or tear the herb leaves. Tear the cooked meat into bite-size pieces and arrange on a platter, along with the herbs, carrot, cabbage and cucumber. Arrange the noodles on the platter; drizzle with a few spoonfuls of the dressing.<\/p>\n

Coarsely chop the peanuts, then scatter them over the salad components.<\/p>\n

Seat the bowl of dressing in or alongside the platter. Let everyone at the table help themselves. 2-3 servings<\/p>\n

Adapted from Wizenberg\u2019s \u201cDelancey: A Man, a Woman, a Restaurant, a Marriage\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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