Craving-Vietnamese Salad

If you're craving Vietnamese, this rice noodle salad bowl with pork, shrimp, and fresh vegetables in sriracha dressing will hit the spot.

• Preparation Time: 45 mins
• Cooking Time: 5 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 478 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1 pound cooked and peeled shrimp
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1 bunch scallions, thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon sriracha sauce, or more to taste
• 1 bunch cilantro, stems discarded
• 1 pound thin-cut boneless pork chops, sliced very thinly
• 1 (8 ounce) package rice vermicelli noodles
• 1 head red leaf lettuce, coarsely shredded
• 1 cucumber - peeled, seeded, and cut into 1-inch matchsticks
• 0.25 cup fish sauce
• 0.25 cup mirin (Japanese sweet wine)
• 1.5 cups matchstick-cut carrots
• 0.33333334326744 cup mirin (Japanese sweet wine)
• 0.5 red bell pepper, cut into 1-inch matchsticks
• 0.5 cup bottled Asian sesame dressing
• 0.75 cup salted peanuts

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Combine 1/4 cup mirin, soy sauce, 3 tablespoons fish sauce, 1 tablespoon sriracha sauce, brown sugar, and garlic in a bowl. Stir in pork. Let marinate in the refrigerator, 1 to 4 hours.

Step 2

Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add pork, discarding marinade; cook and stir until lightly browned, 5 to 10 minutes. Drain excess juices and allow to cool to room temperature, about 15 minutes.

Step 3

Place noodles in a large bowl and cover with boiling water. Let soak until softened, about 5 minutes. Drain and cut into short lengths.

Step 4

Combine drained noodles, shrimp, scallions, lettuce, carrots, cucumber, red bell pepper, and cilantro in a large bowl to make salad. Stir in pork.

Step 5

Mix sesame dressing, 1/3 cup mirin, 1/4 cup fish sauce, and 1 tablespoon sriracha sauce in a bowl to make dressing. Pour over salad and toss until well-mixed.

Step 6

Grind peanuts coarsely in a food processor. Sprinkle on top of the salad.