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Chicken, Dairy-Free, Dinner, Healthy, Lunch, Noodles, One pot, Pan Fry, Rice & Noodles, Salads, Uncategorised, Under 30 minutes · 20 August 2021

Vietnamese Chicken Rice Noodle Salad

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This is so easy to make and super healthy for you! The dressing here is Nuoc Cham which you’ll find in many of your favourite Vietnamese dishes.

I highly recommend including pickled carrots in your salad (as pictured below). Ideally, prepare this and the chicken the night before and leave it in the fridge to marinate/pickle overnight. If you can’t, 30 minutes of pickling/marinating the chicken should be fine too. It’s not short on flavour!

WATCH VIDEO: if you’re a visual learner, watch me make it here!

Vietnamese Chicken Rice Noodle Salad

5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 30 mins
Cook Time 5 mins
Course Dinner, Lunch
Cuisine South East Asian, Vietnamese
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

Chicken

  • 4 pieces of Chicken thighs (skinless, boneless)
  • A thumbs worth Tumeric fresh/frozen whole preferred (vs. the spice)
  • 2 stalks of Lemongrass white part (bottom of lemongrass)
  • 1½ tablespoons Lime juice
  • 2 tablespoons Brown, coconut or palm sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Light soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons Fish sauce
  • 2 cloves Garlic (minced)
  • A pinch Salt
  • 1 Chilli
  • 2 Kaffir lime leaves

Rice Noodle Salad

  • Lettuce and/or any mixed green salad
  • Cucumber
  • Carrots (pickled carrots highly recommended)
  • Cabbage (pickled cabbage highly recommended)
  • Bean sprouts
  • Mint (Vietnamese mint if you can find it)
  • Coriander
  • Roasted peanuts for garnish
  • Fried shallots for garnish

Vietnamese Dressing (Nuoc Cham)

  • ¼ cup fish sauce
  • 4 tablespoon white vinegar (or rice vinegar)
  • ½ cup water
  • 2 garlic cloves (finely diced)
  • 3 lime juice
  • 1 chilli (optional, finely sliced)
  • ½ shallots (optional, for the aromatics)
  • 1 tablespoon Sugar

Instructions
 

Overnight

  • Make pickled vegetables and marinate the chicken at least an hour before cooking or overnight. To marinate the chicken, chop all vegetables finely and add to a blender (or pound using morter & pestle) until it becomes a paste like consistency. Then rub all over the chicken.

Prepare dressing and rice noodle salad

  • To make your Nuoc Cham dressing, add all the ingredients together in a jar or bowl and set aside for later.
  • Cook your rice noodles. Follow package instructions or cook by adding to a pot of boiling water for 2-5 minutes. Keep an eye on it – once it goes soft, remove immediately to prevent overcooking.
  • Chop up your vegetables to make your salad. Set aside.

Cook chicken

  • In a pan on medium heat, add oil. Add chicken. Cook one side until golden brown, and then flip to cook the other side too. This should take 5-10 minutes (depending on how big your chicken bits are). To test if your chicken is cooked, cut through a piece to have a look.
  • When done cooking, remove from heat and set aside for a few minutes. Then slice into thin pieces.

Assemble

  • In a bowl, add your rice noodles, salad, pickled carrots and chicken. I prefer to serve the sauce on the side! Garnish with roasted peanuts and fried shallots. Enjoy!
Keyword Fish sauce, Healthy, Noodles, Salad, Vietnamese

Posted In: Chicken, Dairy-Free, Dinner, Healthy, Lunch, Noodles, One pot, Pan Fry, Rice & Noodles, Salads, Uncategorised, Under 30 minutes

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Comments

  1. Gabi says

    2 September 2021 at 6:43 pm

    5 stars
    My favourite dish…made this tonight and it was sensational! So glad I found you!

    Reply
    • Jenny says

      4 September 2021 at 11:30 am

      Thank you sooo much! I’m glad you enjoyed it. Much love.

      Reply
  2. Kylie says

    16 September 2021 at 11:41 am

    5 stars
    I just found you on TikTok.
    Made this last night and it was soo delish!
    Thank you and love all your videos ❤️❤️

    Reply
  3. Just discovered you today and I am adding many of your recipes to my Pinterest! Your style of recipes and ingredients speak to me! says

    7 March 2022 at 1:41 am

    Are you loyal to a particular brand of fish sauce and soy sauce? I’ve heard red boat is very good for soy but have not purchased yet. Please advise. Just discovered you today and I am adding many of your recipes to my Pinterest! Your style of recipes and ingredients speak to me!

    Reply

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