Rachel Allens Vietnamese Crab Salad

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 6
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 346.6
  • Total Fat: 11.9 g
  • Cholesterol: 66.7 mg
  • Sodium: 1,515.6 mg
  • Total Carbs: 38.8 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 4.3 g
  • Protein: 23.0 g

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Introduction

This is a recipe from one of my favourite cook books for families... This is a recipe from one of my favourite cook books for families...
Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

    Dressing:
    100g sugar
    100ml fish sauce
    100ml lemon or lime juice (3 limes or 2 lemons)
    2-3 small chillies, deseeded and sliced finely
    4 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
    1 tbsp finely grated ginger
    Salad:
    250g thin or medium rice noodles
    150g peanuts
    450g cooked crab meat
    1 large cucumber
    300g radishes, trimmed and sliced
    4 tbsp roughly chopped fresh coriander (cilantro) leaves and stalks

Tips

For a vegetarian version, replace the crab meat with 100g each of bean sprouts, cress and grated carrot.


Directions

To Make the dressing, mix all the ingredients in a jug. Pu the noodles in a bowl of boiling water or until they have softened. Drain and rinse. Meanwhile, toast the peanuts under a grill preheated to hot. Rub off the skins and roughly chop the nuts. In a bowl, toss together the dressing with the noodles, then add the crabmeat, chopped cucumber and sliced radishes. Sprinkle over the toasted peanuts and the coriander and serve.

Serving Size: makes 8-10 servings as a starter, or less as a main course