Vietnamese Chicken Noodles - Real Recipes from Mums

This is a favourite with our whole family. You may need to make double, as everyone always asks for seconds! You can still make this dish if you don’t have any leftover roast chicken – just buy a cooked chicken from the shop. Too easy!

Ingredients (serves 4)

100 g vermicelli rice noodles
400 g cooked chicken, shredded
1 Lebanese cucumber, julienned
1 carrot, julienned or grated
1 red capsicum, sliced
2 handfuls bean shoots
4 spring onions, thinly sliced
1 handful mint leaves, chopped
1 handful coriander leaves, chopped
1 long red chilli, deseeded, and chopped (optional)
1 handful peanuts, roasted and chopped
DRESSING:
6 tablespoons lime juice
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons fish sauce
2 tablespoons sesame oil
1 - 2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 long red chilli, deseeded, finely chopped (optional)
1 tablespoon honey (optional)

Method

Place noodles in a bowl of boiling water. Allow to soften for 3–5 minutes, then drain and rinse with cold water. Drain thoroughly.
To make dressing, shake ingredients in a jar until combined. Taste and adjust to your liking.
In a large salad bowl, mix chicken, cucumber, carrot, capsicum, bean shoots, spring onion, mint and coriander leaves. Add dressing and toss to coat. Then add softened noodles and gently toss to combine.
Sprinkle with chilli and chopped peanuts.

74 Comments

- - mom265671 said
  - 02 Nov 2020
    11:29 pm
Looks fresh and absolutely delicious. A nice crowd pleaser

- - Jujubear79 said
  - 28 Sep 2019
    7:53 pm
Can’t wait to try and make but will be switching to pork yummy

- - ella12 said
  - 03 Oct 2017
    2:18 pm
I think this would be lovely and tasty and nutritious.

- - mom112217 said
  - 23 Aug 2017
    3:23 pm
This is a recipe l would love to eat,so healthy and delicious,thanks!

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 03 Mar 2017
    8:13 pm
Yum. I can taste this already.

- - Melissa89 said
  - 30 Jul 2016
    5:37 pm
This looks really lovely

- - shelley shelley said
  - 17 Apr 2016
    8:27 am
I used to make something similar but it was an Asian chicken crunchy noodle salad. They taste so good!

- - mom169284 said
  - 12 Feb 2016
    8:15 pm
This recipe looks perfect for my kids rainbow themed lunch box.

- - rachelvk said
  - 31 Jan 2016
    9:47 am
A yummy, fresh meal for a summer evening. Delicious.

- - taynik46 said
  - 28 Dec 2015
    3:31 pm
oh this looks so healthy and this is the type of food my husband likes, so I am printing this to get the ingredients to let him try it

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 01 Dec 2015
    7:12 pm
one of the best recipes I have made from this site – absolutely delish
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- - levismumma said
  - 27 Sep 2015
    7:19 pm
Oh my! This sound delicious and great for the warmer weather coming up

- - Melanie said
  - 23 Sep 2015
    2:09 am
Looks delicious! Thanks for the recipe.

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 18 Sep 2015
    6:11 pm
oh wow I have this book – yahoo must go look it up

- - mom81879 said
  - 11 Sep 2015
    8:40 am
Oh divine. MoMs contributors are so creative

- - Klsmith91 said
  - 03 Sep 2015
    5:15 pm
love this recipe, so tasty

- - bubble6369 said
  - 18 Aug 2015
    12:57 am
this looks and sounds sensational

- - Naomi said
  - 15 Jul 2015
    8:14 pm
Oh my goodness yum! We love salads like this and will definitely use this recipe. Thanks for sharing

- - mom81879 said
  - 28 Jun 2015
    7:06 pm
Written down for our next dinner party. Can’t wait

- - Jazbright said
  - 10 Jun 2015
    11:26 am
This looks just delicious