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Glass Noodles Salad

07/08/2007, tags: entree, thai food, glass noodle, cellophane noodle, vermicelli, salad

My search for this recipe started about 5 years ago when I had a similar dish at my friend's place. I meant to ask her for the recipe but forgot about it by the end of the evening. Then one day I stumbled upon this recipe by accident : I do not know if it is exactly the same as my friend's but when I did it, it had a similar taste and fragrance.:-) I hadn't made this for 3 years but after my green Thai curry, I had a sudden craving for Thai food and since Pierre didn't recall ever having it, I decided to have another go at it:-)

Glass Noodles Salad

Preparation: 15 minutes
Cooking: 5 minutes
Makes: 4

Ingredients
  • 80 g glass noodles (soaked in water to soften)
  • 60 g chicken (finely minced)
  • 20 g black fungus/wood ear (cut into fine strips)
  • ½ medium onion (sliced)
  • 1 tbsp Chinese celery (chopped)
  • 1 tsp Chinese parsley/coriander (chopped)
  • 12 fresh prawns (shelled and devined)
  • 1 tsp chili oil

Sauce

  • 3 red and green Bird's eye chili (seeded and chopped)
  • 1 clove garlic (finely chopped)
  • 4 tbsp fish sauce
  • 4 tbsp fresh lime juice
  • 1½ tbsp sugar
Directions
  1. Boil the glass noodles in a pot of boiling water for about 1 minute.
  2. Add in black fungus, minced chicken and prawns and boil it for another minute, stirring it often. Then drain well.
  3. Pour the sauce and chili oil over glass noodle salad together with the sliced onions and toss it well.
  4. Serve it with some chopped celery and parsley.
Glass Noodle Salad ingredients
The verdict

This salad is very refreshing and aromatic. I love the aroma of freshly squeezed lime juice mixed with fish sauce with a tint of spicy sourness. The coriander and the onions enhance the taste of this salad further. Pierre likes it almost cold, so I ran it through cold tap water after step 2, before adding the sauce to cool it down.

For the vegetarians, I think this dish would be wonderful also with tofu, enoki (Japanese mushrooms) and bean sprouts - that's all I can think of at the moment.

Note

Bird's eye chili are very hot, hotter than fresh cayenne pepper. So if you are not used to that amount of spiciness, substitute it with cayenne chili or some other chili that is milder. Also dried chillies are hotter than fresh ones.

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28 comments.
#1, by Dianne (07/08/2007)

This looks fantastic!

#2, by Kelly Mahoney (07/08/2007)

I love glass noodles. They looks so great on the plate and don't taint the flavor of the sauces or proteins.

#3, by The Cooking Ninja (07/08/2007)

@Kelly: Aren't they great and versatile.;-)

#4, by indosungod (07/08/2007)

Pamela, like your Thai food cravings I get Chinese food cravings but my taste buds can't really tell apart between Thai and Chines and they get satiated by either. This noodles looks fab and with those red spicy chillies I should be one happy customer.

#5, by tigerfish (07/09/2007)

Can you get lemongrass over there? THis will make it more Thai and aromatic. You will like it.
You can add some Tom Yum paste too.

#6, by Cynthia (07/09/2007)

I can eat this everyday and never get tired of it. Really fantastic dish.

#7, by The Cooking Ninja (07/09/2007)

@tigerfish: Thanks for the tip. I will add some sliced lemongrass next time.:-) ooh...I'll try out with the Tom Yum paste for myself.:-)

#8, by Isha (07/09/2007)

its really refreshing:-)

#9, by Jackson (07/09/2007)

oo... it was a good appertizer!!!

#10, by Jann (07/09/2007)

Thank you so much for the bok choy recipe~that is a simple and delicious one I will be eager to try.I will be away for a month, but will visit your sight again when i have a more time. From what I have just seen, on this page, you have some wonderful dishes prepared~this is exciting ! thanks again!

#11, by gulali manis (07/09/2007)

I love thai food, you make me hungry now:-)

#12, by Lori (07/09/2007)

Wow that looks yummy - and it doesn't sound too hard to prepare. That's a great dish for a summer day. I've never heard of bird's eye chili before. I'll have to look for it.

#13 (07/09/2007)

Glass noodles as tung hoon? I might give it a try.

#14, by wokandspoon (07/09/2007)

That looks lovely! I love glass noodles - something to prepare once the sun comes back;-)

#15, by Little Corner of Mine (07/09/2007)

How's refreshing especially in this warm weather!

#16, by Amy (07/09/2007)

Mm this looks like a delicious meal for a hot summer day. We're about to get hit with a heat wave so I know just what to make, thanks!

#17, by Khun Ying (07/10/2007)

Ninja,
I love this salad. My best friend who is a really good cook used to cook this for me on the weekend in Thailand. I always asked what she put in there that it made its sooo good. She always said love. Good one.

#18, by Nora (07/10/2007)

That looks nice & spicy, just the way I like it.:-)
p/s: I tagged you for the 7 random facts meme (have a look on my blog). I don't know if you've done this before. Of course, you are not obliged to participate.

#19, by Tummythoz (07/10/2007)

An appetising dish. Can add any ingredients too. I included fishballs & quail eggs before.

#20, by IronEaters (07/10/2007)

oo.. I like glass noodle,esp when my mum cooks them in soup or with crab. Like the noise they make when we suck them up~ "su..su.." from soup =D

#21, by Carol (07/10/2007)

Hey Ninja, Glass Noodle Salad is my favourite Thai Salad, makes my mouth water just thinking about it! Great job!

#22, by Little Corner of Mine (07/10/2007)

Hi Cooking Ninja,
You got tagged! Visit my blog for more info.

#23, by Caffienated Cowgirl (07/11/2007)

This looks lovely...I adore glass noodles...will have to try this one! And thanks for visiting my blog - now I've discovered yours too!

#24, by keropokman (07/15/2007)

I suddenly feel like eating mum's version of it.
hmmm

Looking at the black fungus, it's still in my fridge untouched!
sigh...

#25, by MeltiingWok (07/15/2007)

Perfect noodle salad, especially with the added crunchy wood ear fungus:-))

#26, by Chris (07/20/2007)

Hey, we've made something similar -- looks delicious!
I love the way you include the pictures of the ingredients before assembly.
Here's the one we made:
http://weheartfood.blogspot.com/2007/06/cellophane-noodle-salad.html

#27, by harkin (01/27/2008)

Add chopped scrambled egg and remove the shrimp and you have a close proximity to pad woon sen, one of my fave thai lunch plates.

#28, by Chouchee Yang (06/14/2008)

WOW, that looks delicious! My mom is an expert at making a similar plate to that!! It's VERY good for the hot summers!!

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