Sunday, December 14, 2008

Recipe: Vietnamese Noodles with Grilled Shrimp


Today's "Brunch" was Noodles with grilled shrimp, garnished with celery bits, carrot shreds and peanut sauce. I came up with this idea while staring at the fridge for what to eat .. either something fast and boring or something fast exotic and tasty. I was limited as to what i had in my fridge there's no way i'm going food shopping just to make brunch so at worst i'll eat oatmeal to keep my stomach quiet.

RECIPE: Vietnamese Noodles with Grilled Shrimp
Noodles with grilled shrimp, garnished with celery bits, carrot shreds and peanut sauce. (prep time 10 mins)

1/2 pack of *Instant noodles
1/2 stick of carrots shredded (used potato peeler)
1/3 stick of celery cut in very thin slices
1 thin slice of onion (coulda skipped)
5 pieces of shrimp grilled and sliced in 1/2 (can sub in any meat)
*Soup - add soup and you get soup noodles otherwise it's noodles with sauce.

Cook noodles only until "Al Dente" - firm to the bite. Drain put in your bowl. *shrimp: wash, peel, devein, grill until just cooked. Then add all the other ingredients on top and lastly spoon some peanut sauce & soy sauce on top of it. put as much or little as you wish. Noodles you can use 1 full pack or more depending on how much you can eat. Anything past 1 pack you need to up the ingredients. which is fast.. becareful not to overcook that's what ruins the flavor and texture

RECIPE: Peanut Sauce (from http://www.chow.com)
* 1/2 cup natural-style creamy peanut butter
* 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
* 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
* 1 tablespoon soy sauce
* 1 small garlic clove, mashed to a paste
* 1 teaspoon chile-garlic paste
* 1 tablespoon dark sesame oil
* Juice of 1 lime
* 1/4 cup water

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