Vietnamese Noodle salad/bowl

Name: Vietnamese Noodle salad/bowl
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Meat; 1/4-1/3 pound meat (pork here); 1 Tbl fish sauce; 1 Tbl soy sauce; 2 cloves garlic; 1 Tbl lime juice (lemon or vinegar sub.); 2 tsp. sugar; 1 Tbl lemon grass; 2-4 tsp. hot sauce (optional); 1 tsp. corn starch (optional); Sauce; 1/4 cup sugar; 1/2 cup chicken broth (or water); 2 garlic cloves; 5 Tbl fish sauce; 2 Tbl vinegar (rice vinegar if you have it); 1-2 Tbl lime or lemon juice; fresh hot chili (optional); Main; 4 ounces dry noodles; 4 spring rolls; 3-5 veggies your choice

Fo Fa @cook_2813029

My doctor was mad at me because I gained a few pounds, instead of losing a lot of pounds. So I am trying some new, healthy recipes out. A Vietnamese sandwich place had this, only one near us, but it is underwhelming, to say the least. So I decided to try it. Boy am I glad I did.
This is typically served at room temp. This turned out so good, and my blood sugar was good the next morning, a real win in my book. I love the freshness of this, and the flavors. This is more geared to come close to the real thing, but using ingredients easy to find in American stores. I like it spicier, so I did drizzle some hot sauce on my bowl. The wife liked it just this way with only the Vietnamese sauce I made here.
There are a lot of steps, but you will find most only take a few minutes. And if you combine some steps, like blanch your veggies in the boiling water, remove them and then add the noodles, you can save a bunch of time.

Saved

Ingredients

60 minutes

2 servings

Meat
1/4-1/3 poundmeat (pork here)
1 Tblfish sauce
1 Tblsoy sauce
2 clovesgarlic
1 Tbllime juice (lemon or vinegar sub.)
2 tsp.sugar
1 Tbllemon grass
2-4 tsp.hot sauce (optional)
1 tsp.corn starch (optional)
Sauce
1/4 cupsugar
1/2 cupchicken broth (or water)
2garlic cloves
5 Tblfish sauce
2 Tblvinegar (rice vinegar if you have it)
1-2 Tbllime or lemon juice
fresh hot chili (optional)
Main
4 ouncesdry noodles
4spring rolls
3-5veggies your choice

Saved

Steps

60 minutes

1

Prep the protein
2

Pork is a normal meat for this, but chicken, beef, lamb works well. I am trying tofu next time.
3

Cut your protein into bite size pieces of your choosing.
4

Add lemon grass, this is what I use, since actual lemon grass is not easily available. If you can't find it, leave it out. It will still taste great.
5

Add the rest of the meat ingredients, mix well. Cover and let set 30 minutes to an hour.
6

Prep the sauce
7

If you are using a hot chili, thinly slice.
8

Mix all sauce ingredients, set aside.
9

Get the cooking steps done
10

If you have any that require blanching, do that now, cool immediately. Use water for noodles if using noodles.
11

Prepare noodles per package directions, to el dente.
12

Drain noodles, wash to cool down, mix a tiny bit of oil in to stop it from sticking, set aside
13

Now would be a good time to assemble your spring rolls, this is how I did it 😉
14

Cook pork in a skillet/wok/stir-fry
15

Set aside to cool
16

Cook spring rolls, set aside to cool, I used my air fryer for this
17

Assemble
18

Julian cucumber, carrot and any other veggies that require it.
19

Clean some lettuce (green leaf here, it seems to work the best, really) and place the leafy parts in your bowls.
20

Cut your spring rolls, I found the least crumble way is to put the point of the knife in, then cut down. Finish the cut. You still crumble a little, but not as much as just slamming through it.
21

Put your noodles or rice in the center of the lettuce. Place all the other things around, pretty easy.
22

Pour the sauce in to your liking, mix it all up.
23

Veggies; cucumber and carrots seem to always be in this. I used sugar snap peas here, asparagus, avacados, spinach (wilted) just some more options. Thin sliced red onion, green onion, many options to choose from.

Saved

Cooksnaps

Saved

Fo Fa @cook_2813029

on July 18, 2017 18:45

My wife is disabled, she has M.S. And she finds it hard to cook from her wheelchair. I like a variety of foods, but hate tomatoes, so you don't see too many of my recipes with tomatoes on them. Also both of us have type II diabetes, so high carb and sweet is usually not on the menu either. We have one married daughter, and one that now lives in the Seattle area. We live in Texas, USA with our two dogs.Sorry I have not posted in awhile. Been taking chemo and radiation. and it has taken some out of me. Doctor says it seems to be working, so there is that.