Vietnamese Noodle Salad With Tofu
By: Mie Kristensen
Published: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 11:03am

Ingredients




200 grams (7 ounces) Tofu
4 tablespoons Soya
3 tablespoons Sesame oil
2 Garlic gloves
Marinade:
1 deciliter (~1/2 cup) Water
5 tablespoons Rice vinegar
3 tablespoons Fish sauce
1 Red chili
4 centimeters (1.5 inches) Ginger
2 Garlic gloves
1 Lime (juice)
50 grams (1/4 cup) Cane sugar
Salad:
200 grams (1 cup) Broccoli florets
1 Carrot
1 Spring onion
1/4 Cucumber
1/2 Red pepper
3 Large Iceberg leaves
1 Large handfull mixed herbs (coriander, mint, thai basil)
50 grams (1/3 cup) Peanuts
100 grams Rice noodles

Preparation

1 The tofu: Slice up the tofu (3/4 cm thick slices) and marinade it over night (or at least for 2 hours) in soya, sesame oil, and sliced garlic gloves. 2 The marinade: Finely chop chili, ginger, and garlic. Add all the ingredients, except lime juice, to a small pot and simmer for 5-10 minutes a low heat. Cool off and ajust with lime juice. 3 The salad: Heat up a large pan and fry the marinated tofu at medium heat untill golden brown. In a dish, pour boiled water over the broccoli florets and leave for 5 minutes before draining off excess water. Prepare the noodles according to the manufacturer. Finely chop the spring onion and remove the inner watery part of the cucumber. Slice up the carrot, cucumber, red pepper, and iceberg into fine screds and roughly chop both herbs and peanuts. 4 Arrange in two large bowls. First iceberg, then noodles, vegetables, tofu, herbs, peanuts and marinade.

About


When I go out to eat it often ends up with Vietnamese, which I love for both their spices and crunchy vegetables, but most of all for their fresh herbs as coriander, mint, and thai basil. Often I miss more of everything when I order a regular noodle salad on a restaurant. Therefore I had to learn the secret behind the sweet'n spicy marinade so that I could make my own homemade Vietnamese noodle salad with extra of all the good stuff: ginger, chili, and fresh herbs. From me to you - this one has it all, and I garantee it will make your tastebuds dance!