Smoked Turkey and Rice Noodle Salad
A Vietnamese-style, salad meal
Ingredients
- 300 g Thai rice noodles
- 300 g smoked turkey thigh or breast
- 1 large cucumber halved and sliced into 1/2 mm-thick semi circles
- 2 medium
- 1 cup fresh coriander chopped
- 1 fat garlic clove roughly chopped
- 2 spring onions finely chopped
- 2 fresh red chillies chopped
- 2 tbsps fresh lemon juice
- 11/2 tbsps Thai fish sauce
- 2 tsps til or gingelly oil (not toasted sesame oil used in Asian cuisine)
- 11/2 tsp sugar
Instructions
- Soak the noodles in warm water for 7-10 minutes, rinse in cold water and drain thoroughly.
- In a pestle, grind together the garlic and chillies into a coarse paste and mix in the sugar, fish sauce, sesame oil and lemon juice.
- Place the noodles, turkey and vegetables in a large bowl and pour the chilli-garlic dressing over. Toss lightly. Sprinkle the coriander and spring onions on top and using your fingers toss again with a light touch. Serve.