Prawn & noodle salad with crispy shallots

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Prawn & noodle salad with crispy shallots

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Seafood

Ingredients

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Rice Noodles — 200 g

Prawns — 200 g

Red Onions — 1

Red Chilli — 1

Cucumber — 1

Coriander — Handful

Mint — Handful

Roasted Peanut — 2 tbsp

Lime — Juice of 3

Brown Sugar — 1 tbsp

Fish Sauce — 2 tsp

Garlic — 1 clove

Shallots — 5 slice

Vegetable Oil — For frying

Flour — Sprinkling

Method

step 1

For the crispy shallots, heat 5cm of oil until hot in a wok. You will know the oil is hot enough when one piece of shallot sizzles as soon as it’s dropped in. Toss the shallot slices with flour, shake off excess and fry in the oil until golden. They fry quickly, about 1 min. Drain on kitchen paper, sprinkle with salt and set aside.

step 2

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Unknown · Jun 21, 2026 · current

To make the dressing, mix the lime juice, sugar, fish sauce and garlic and set aside. In a large mixing bowl, pour boiling water over the noodles. Leave them for 2 mins or until they are just cooked, then rinse under cold water. Drain well, shaking the sieve numerous times to get out the excess water, then place back in the bowl. Add prawns, onion, chilli, cucumber and herbs. Pour the dressing over, mix, then sprinkle with the shallots and peanuts.