Thai cuisine · Salads & Mezze

Yam Woon Sen

Warm glass noodle salad with shrimp, lime and chili – light, sour-spicy, refreshing.

Ingredients · for 2 servings

• 120 g glass noodles
• 200 g shrimp
• 100 g ground chicken (optional)
• 2 shallots
• 2 stalks celery
• 100 g cherry tomatoes
• 3 tbsp lime juice
• 2.5 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 tbsp palm sugar
• 2–3 Thai chilies
• 1/2 bunch cilantro
• 40 g toasted peanuts

Instructions

1. Soak the glass noodles in hot water for 5 min, then boil for 1 min and drain; roughly shorten with scissors.
2. Cook the shrimp (and ground chicken) in simmering water for 2–3 min and drain.
3. Stir together the lime juice, fish sauce, palm sugar and chopped chilies into a dressing.
4. Mix the shallot rings, celery slices and halved tomatoes with the warm noodles.
5. Add the shrimp and dressing and mix everything thoroughly.
6. Serve warm, sprinkled with cilantro and peanuts – this is how the salad unfolds its full flavor.