Noodle salad with shrimps
Yummy salad
Last saturday I was all wrapped up in baking the entire day… Yes, the entire day.. I started early in the morning with grocery shopping as I needed some ingredients for this lunch. Then I think I began with making the Daring Bakers challenge for this month (more on that on the 27th!), I made fresh bread for dinner that evening (which would have to be quick since Tom was gonna be playing Dungeons and Dragons with his buddies…. don’t ask!) and I prepared the dough for the buns I wanted to make on sunday morning. With all that baking going on I just think it only makes sense to have a nice and delicious and most importantly savory meal for lunch. Nooo more sweet stuff after all the baking sweetness!
Did I tell you that I looooooove noodles? First of all most of the noodle dishes we make are incredibly easy to put together for weeknights, they tend to be low in calories and very healthy too. The only thing that takes quite some time when we eat noodles is all the cutting that preceeds the actual stirfrying. Not so today; well, that is not entirely true as this little dish did involve some cutting but really not that much. Beansprouts are in no need of cutting, so the only thing left to cut was the cucumber and the springonions. Now how quick is that?
I totally fell in love with this salad and I even ate more then I should have but it was just too good to leave behind. So if you’re in need of a light and delicious lunch, this is it! You can make it even lighter by using light coconutmilk. I didn’t… not a big fan of light stuff as it usually also means less flavor!
Noodle salad with shrimps
Yield: 4
Ingredients:
- 140 gr Udon noodles
- 3 tbsp of crunchy peanutbutter
- 4 tbsp of coconut milk
- 3 tbsp of sweet chili sauce
- 1 cucumber, peeled, halved lengthways, deseeded and sliced
- 3 spring onions, sliced
- 300 gr beansprouts
- 200 gr cooked peeled prawns
Directions:
Cook the noodles as per the packet instructions, then rinse thoroughly under cold water and drain. In a small saucepan melt together the peanut butter, coconut milk and sweet chili sauce, adding 1-2 tbsp of water to make it have the consistency so you can drizzle the sauce over the dish.
Mix the noodles, cucumber and beansprouts in a serving dish. Top with the prawns, drizzle over the peanut sauce and scatter over the spring onions.
Recipe by BBC Good Food
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Sempre deliziose ed invitanti le tue ricette, ciao
un felice giorno
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Simone (junglefrog) — March 16th, 2011 at 12:50
Not entirely sure what you’re saying but thanks Stefania!
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those are the perfect shrimps!
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Simone (junglefrog) — March 16th, 2011 at 12:51
Thanks!
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A beautiful salad! What a perfect combination.
Cheers,
Rosa
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Simone (junglefrog) — March 16th, 2011 at 12:51
Thanks Rosa! It’s also incredibly quick to make!
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Ooooh Simone…I love all of these flavors! Love shrimp and noodles but with the peanut butter, sweet chilli sauce and coconut milk flavors? Wow! Low cal, light and sooo delicious, what a fantastic meal!
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This looks so healthy and appetizing
Love all the ingredients in the list, gotta try this soon! 
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Yum…this sounds like a perfect salad. I need to go out and get some bean sprouts! Fantastic pics!
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This looks so fresh and tasty Simone…i love the peanut butter addition too! So you have a Dungeons and Dragons fan in the house?
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Simone (junglefrog) — March 17th, 2011 at 07:32
Hey Peter! Yes, Tom has been a D&D player forever… I think he started when he was 14 years so it’s been something like 26 years… I guess for a large part it is a good way to stay in touch with his friends, as they play twice a month at our place..
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I loooove noodles too! So versatile, so simple and so yummy!
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I am a salad fan. This seafood looks so inviting!
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I love noodle salads too! It looks delicious and fresh!
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Fresh, light Thai food, It ticks all the right boxed for me. Lovely.
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Beuatiful, juicy prawns and not so much noodles…perfect!
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Oooh, I love your shrimp noodlesso much, much more than my scallion ginger noodles, and of course, the photos are gorgeous. A place I hope to be one day when I get some sunlight. I’m just so frustrated with my dungeon lit abode..lol
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Simone (junglefrog) — March 18th, 2011 at 09:19
Well considerin your dungeon I think you are doing a fine job!
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I love noodle too! I just cooked a simple meal with Korean sweet potato noodle last night.
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The quick peanut sauce sounds so good! I’m planning on making a similar sauce tomorrow night. Nice-looking shrimp and sprouts with the noodles too!
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Simone (junglefrog) — March 18th, 2011 at 09:19
I actually think this must be one of the best and easiest peanut sauces I have ever made… Better then I thought it would be!
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Beautiful salad and pictures!
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Simone (junglefrog) — March 19th, 2011 at 10:33
Thanks Laura!
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What a beautiful, healthy and flavorful salad! Stunning photography!
Mary xo
Delightful Bitefuls
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Simply delicious. Fresh and so spring like. The dressing sounds so good that I could eat some just by itself!
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The shrimp look lush and buttery and tender. I can never get enough shrimp. I love it every way, in every size and in every recipe. This salad looks really flavourful, yet delicate and quiet somehow. The perfect lunch with a good friend to eat and then eat and then nibble at some more.
YUM!
Valerie
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