Thai-style noodle and pork salad with mint and peanuts
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- A little effort
- Serves 4
- vegetable oil
- 3 shallots(Thai if possible) finely chopped
- 3 cloves garlicfinely chopped
- freshly ground white pepper
- 400g pork legor use leftovers
- 1 tbsp sugar
- sesame oil
- 30ml Thai fish sauce
- 200g rice vermicelli noodles
- a small bunch mintchopped
- a small bunch basil(Thai if possible) shredded
- a small bunch corianderchopped
- 50g snake beans or green beanschopped into pieces and blanched
- 50g peanutsroasted and chopped
NOODLE SAUCE
- 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 4 small red chilliesfinely chopped
- 130g caster sugar
- 2 cloves garliccrushed
- 100ml Thai fish sauce
- 3 tbsp lime juice
- 1 small carrotjulienned
- a thumb-sized piece root gingerchopped
- kcal596
- fat15.3g
- saturates2.8g
- carbs86.7g
- fibre1.7g
- protein33.2g
- salt6.58g
Method
step 1
Heat a wok and add 2 tbsp vegetable oil. add the shallots, garlic and ½ tsp white pepper, stir well and then add the pork. Stir-fry for 2-3 minutes then add the sugar and 1 tsp sesame oil. continue to stir over a high heat for another 2 minutes, then transfer to a bowl. Ddd 1 tsp of fish sauce and leave to cool.
step 2
Put the vermicelli noodles in a bowl and pour over a kettle of water. Leave until just tender, drain then rinse under cold water and drain again. To make the sauce heat the vinegar in a small pan, add the chopped chillies, sugar and garlic and stir until the sugar dissolves. Add 100ml water, the fish sauce, lime juice, carrot and ginger. Pour the dressing over the rice vermicelli, toss and leave for 2-3 minutes. Toss through the herbs, beans, pork and toss again. serve sprinkled with chopped nuts.