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 How To Make Prawn Salad with Asian Dressing

With king prawns, noodles, crisp veggies, and a chilli lime vinaigrette, this is an easy Asian prawn salad dish. One of the greatest prawn salad recipes, which you can cook in 15 minutes at home

This salad may be created using common household components that are readily available in shops. It simply takes a few minutes to make and is ideal for hectic days This Asian dressing sauce is a great blend of sweet, sour, spicy, and salty flavors, inspired from Vietnamese and Thai prawn salad recipes.

If you're tired of prawn mango avocado salad or prawn cocktail salad, this refreshing Asian style shrimp salad is for you! What I like most about this recipe is how adaptable it is! You may change up the salad veggies, noodles, and sauce components to your liking!

We need the following ingredients

Prawns For this dish, I use cooked and peeled king prawns, which is really easy and saves time if you don't have time to peel and devein fresh prawns. Any cooked king prawns, tiger prawns, or little prawns may be added.

On the white table lies a package of frozen giant king prawns

• Is it okay if I use fresh prawns? Yes, you certainly can. If using fresh prawns, skin and devein them before blanching them in high boiling water for 1-2 minutes, depending on the size of the prawns Remove from the water and blot dry with a paper towel before adding to your salad.

• Cherry tomatoes, onions, chile pepper, coriander, and mint leaves are added to the salad ingredients in this dish. Salad tomatoes, shredded cucumber, carrots, bean sprouts, and shredded cabbage are other delicious additions Feel free to add whatever salad veggies you want.

• Salad dressing for prawns In general, most Asian salad dressing sauces are pretty similar. Lime juice, vinegar, sugar, minced garlic, lemongrass, and fresh chilies are all used in Thai and Vietnamese prawn salads.

• Chilli, garlic, and lime dressing sauce in a small mixing basin. The sauce was served with a little wooden spoon dipped in it.

This is an oil free dressing made without the use of olive or sesame oil Lime juice, sugar, fish sauce, and garlic are the four main components. For a spicy kick, use fresh finger or birdeye chillies. If you don't like it hot, leave it out or lessen the quantity. Sugar may be replaced with honey, brown sugar, or palm sugar.

Substitute for fish sauce Fish sauce offers a salty, sweet, umami flavor that is perfect for this dish. If you don't have a shellfish or seafood allergy, adding fish sauce is a must. If you don't want to use it, you may replace it with soy sauce or salt, depending on your preference.

How to Make a Prawn Salad in 3 Easy Steps

1.  Soak the glass noodles for 6-8 minutes in boiling water. Drain the water after it has turned soft and translucent In a mixing bowl, combine all of the sauce ingredients and stir well until the sugar is dissolved

2. composite photos of glass noodle and salad dressing sauce preparation Combine the glass noodles, onion, and cherry tomatoes in a mixing bowl Finish with the prawns that have been cooked Toss in the coriander and mint leaves, as well as the salad dressing, to evenly incorporate everything Arrange on a serving platter with toasted peanuts and crispy fried onions as decoration

3. A four image collage demonstrating how to prepare prawn salad You don't have to use the same ingredients; be creative and use shredded chicken, grilled chicken, steak, tofu, or any other protein of your choosing Boiled, blanched, or grilled are all options.

4. It's crucial to avoid overcooking the glass noodles Cooking time and procedure may range significantly depending on the brand and kind of noodles used. You may either soak for 6-8 minutes in hot boiling water, then drain the water. Alternatively, boil for 1-2 minutes in boiling water before rinsing with cold water to avoid overcooking.

5. Make excess dressing sauce and store it in an airtight container in the refrigerator for future use In the fridge, it generally lasts a couple of days Fish sauce doesn't have a strong fishy flavor since the lime juice, garlic, and chilli perfectly balance the flavor The sauce smells and tastes fantastic.

What is the calorie count of prawn salad?

It only has 388 calories per serving This nutrient is estimated and subject to change depending on a variety of conditions.

Is prawn salad good for you?

This is one of the healthiest prawn salads available, since it has no oil or cream, and the glass noodles and prawns are low in calories.

Is it possible to warm it up?

If you want your prawns warm, sauté the minced garlic in a teaspoon of oil for 1-2 minutes before adding the peeled and deveined fresh prawns Then, in a salad dish, combine the prawns, veggies, and salad dressings and mix well. That's how we create warm prawn salad with garlic and chilli most of the time.