These Vietnamese noodles make a perfect weeknight dinner. Add lemongrass chicken and nuoc cham and it’s a full meal. We like to try out different cuisines and this recipe relies heavily on Vietnamese cuisine. Nuoc cham is a popular Vietnamese sauce. The lemongrass chicken with noodles is prepared with more ingredients you’ll find in the Vietnamese kitchen. My son loves noodles and this was a healthy meal he enjoyed, and so did my husband and I.
The list of ingredients may be long, however the marinate and sauce have largely similar ingredients. I simply love chicken thigh fillets, they have more flavor than regular chicken fillets. The chicken thighs are marinated in a mix of garlic powder, lemongrass, fish sauce, lime juice, olive oil, cane sugar and soy sauce. The ingredients needed to prepare the nuoc cham are vinegar, fish sauce, sugar, garlic powder, water, lime juice and a red pepper. This is all served in a bowl with vermicelli noodles, lettuce, bean sprouts, carrots, cucumber, mint, olive oil and cilantro.
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Vietnamese Noodles with Lemongrass Chicken
Allergies: chicken, garlic, lime, gluten, sugar.
Ingredients
600 grams chicken thigh fillets, skinless and boneless
1 stalk lemongrass
Garlic powder
1 tablespoon lime juice
2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 tablespoons cane sugar
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/8 cup fish sauce
2 tablespoons vinegar
1 tablespoon sugar
¼ cup water
Garlic powder
½ red chili pepper
1 tablespoon lime juice
½ tablespoon olive oil
200 grams vermicelli noodles
6 small carrots
2 cucumbers
1 small bag of iceberg lettuce
125 grams bean sprouts
Dried mint leaves
Dried cilantro
Instructions
Bruise the lemongrass and chop it into large pieces. Slice the chicken thigh fillets into pieces. Combine lemongrass, garlic powder, lime juice, fish sauce, soy sauce, cane sugar and olive oil in a bowl into a marinate. Add the chicken thigh fillet pieces to the marinate, mix and place in the fridge for at least an hour.
In a frying pan heat ½ tablespoon of olive oil. Take the chicken thigh pieces from the bowl. Cook the chicken pieces in the frying pan until cooked through.
In a bowl mix fish sauce, vinegar, sugar, water, garlic powder, chili pepper and lime juice into nuoc cham sauce. Make sure the sugar is dissolved and then set aside for 20 minutes.
Chop carrots and cucumbers julienne style. Place vermicelli noodles 5 minutes in boiling water or according to package instructions. Drain and rinse with cold water.
Place vermicelli in a bowl. Top with the vegetables, seasoning, chicken pieces and nuoc cham sauce. Serve and enjoy!
Notes:
- Recipe source is Recipe Tin Eats.
- Enough for 4 persons as dinner.
- Olive oil can be replaced with another vegetable oil.
- Garlic powder can be substituted with 2 finely chopped garlic cloves.
- The dried mint and cilantro can be replaced with fresh mint and cilantro.
