Prawn & pink grapefruit noodle salad

Dairy-free lunch recipe for 6 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has rice noodle, cherry tomato, fish sauce, lime, palm sugar, red chilli, pink grapefruit, cucumber, carrot, spring onion, prawn, mint and coriander.

Prawn & pink grapefruit noodle salad

Prawn & pink grapefruit noodle salad

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: Dairy-free lunch
Servings

6

servings
Prep time

25 mins

Ingredients

  • Rice Noodle: 200g thin rice noodle (vermicelli)
  • Cherry Tomato: 12 cherry tomatoes, halved
  • Fish Sauce: 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • Lime: juice 1 lime
  • Palm Sugar: 2 tsp palm sugar or soft brown sugar
  • Red Chilli: 1 large red chilli, 1/2 diced, 1/2 sliced
  • Pink Grapefruit: 2 pink grapefruits, segmented
  • Cucumber: 1/2 cucumber, peeled, deseeded and thinly sliced
  • Carrot: 2 carrots, cut into matchsticks
  • Spring Onion: 3 spring onions, thinly sliced
  • Prawn: 400g cooked large prawn
  • Mint: large handful mint, leaves picked
  • Coriander: large handful coriander, leaves picked

Directions

  1. Put the noodles in a bowl, breaking them up a little, and cover with boiling water from the kettle. Leave to soak for 10 mins until tender. Drain, rinse under cold running water, then leave the noodles to drain thoroughly.
  2. In the same bowl, lightly squash the cherry tomatoes - we used the end of a rolling pin. Stir in the fish sauce, lime juice, sugar and diced chilli. Taste for the right balance of sweet, sour and spicy - adjust if necessary (see tip, below).
  3. Toss through the noodles, then add all the remaining ingredients, except the sliced chilli. Season and give everything a good stir, then divide the noodle salad between 6 serving dishes and sprinkle over the chilli before serving.