Bun @ Vietnamese Vermicelli Cold Salad
Recently, I've been served with this delicious cold vermicelli salad by a Vietnamese whom has been married and stay here for more than a year ago. This is a very simple, appetizing and filling meal I ever had so far. It's best to serve at anytime and fast to prepare. They called this as 'bun' in Vietnamese language. Normally, it is served with pan fried shredded pork but today I'll have to go with chicken fillet.

Ingredients :
500gm dried rice vermicelli, soaked
200-300gm bean sprout, cleaned
1 cucumber, cut in shreds
1 whole chicken breast fillet, cut in shreds
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp light soy sauce
salt & pepper to taste
Ingredients for spicy sauce :
1-1/2 cups water
150gm sugar
6 birds eye/red chilies, thinly sliced
1 tbsp fish sauce
1/2 cup calamansi juice
1 tbsp lime juice
some chopped garlic, optional
Method :
(1) marinade shredded chicken fillet with sesame oil, light soy sauce and salt & pepper. Set aside.
(2) bring a pot of water to boil then place in bean sprouts and let simmer for one minutes. Remove bean sprouts from hot water and soak them in tap water for a few seconds. Then drain and leave aside to cool.
(3) by using the same pot of hot water, boil the soaked vermicelli till cooked, remove them from boiling water once it's done, drain and leave aside to cool.
(4) preheat a frying pan without any cooking oil, stir in marinated chicken fillet and saute till the meat turned brown & dry. Cut the meat into smaller sizes after cooled.
(5) for the sauce, combine water & sugar into a sauce pan and let it boil till sugar is totally dissolved. Off the heat, leave aside to cool completely before adding in other ingredients.
(6) finally put everything together and enjoy.
Ingredients :
500gm dried rice vermicelli, soaked
200-300gm bean sprout, cleaned
1 cucumber, cut in shreds
1 whole chicken breast fillet, cut in shreds
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp light soy sauce
salt & pepper to taste
Ingredients for spicy sauce :
1-1/2 cups water
150gm sugar
6 birds eye/red chilies, thinly sliced
1 tbsp fish sauce
1/2 cup calamansi juice
1 tbsp lime juice
some chopped garlic, optional
Method :
(1) marinade shredded chicken fillet with sesame oil, light soy sauce and salt & pepper. Set aside.
(2) bring a pot of water to boil then place in bean sprouts and let simmer for one minutes. Remove bean sprouts from hot water and soak them in tap water for a few seconds. Then drain and leave aside to cool.
(3) by using the same pot of hot water, boil the soaked vermicelli till cooked, remove them from boiling water once it's done, drain and leave aside to cool.
(4) preheat a frying pan without any cooking oil, stir in marinated chicken fillet and saute till the meat turned brown & dry. Cut the meat into smaller sizes after cooled.
(5) for the sauce, combine water & sugar into a sauce pan and let it boil till sugar is totally dissolved. Off the heat, leave aside to cool completely before adding in other ingredients.
(6) finally put everything together and enjoy.
If you want to enjoy such tasty bean sprout, please spend a little time by removing the roots from the sprouts. Totally worth it! And they look better in this way as well. My Vietnamese friend recommended to use the thick vermicelli (slightly thicker than mine) which taste nicer for this recipe. You have no idea how tasty it is! Hope you guys will love it too! Oh boy, ONE MORE PLEASE.
Yes, I always enjoy this Vietnamese noodles, very light and refreshing.
ReplyDeletethis looks so delicious. i used to have a calamansi tree in my yard in hawaii and the fruit is so tangy. love the flavor and i couldn't agree more, it's worth the little effort to make the bean sprouts look so pretty especially when they're so fresh!
ReplyDeletethx for a great recipe. xo!
Yes please I'll take one! Looks so good with those cleaned sprouts, my vermicelli is very thin like yours. Will you clean my sprouts? Hehe! ;)
ReplyDeleteI could live on that salad. Love every variation - but your (as usual) is prettier.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy these fresh crisp salads. Awesome!
ReplyDeleteCheers.
Velva
I love Vietnamese food! Your salad looks and sounds wonderful!
ReplyDeleteVietnamese food are quite healthy.. not so oily and they take a lot of raw vegetables..
ReplyDeleteThis is a fantastic dish - love Vietnamese noodles
ReplyDeleteI don't think I have tried this noodle dish before. Maybe it has been over-shadowed by the over-popular pho.
ReplyDeleteDelicious salad...
ReplyDeleteThis sounds great. I'm assuming this is rice vermicelli? So nice that you have calamansi there. We used to have a calamansi tree back in the Philippines, but it's not globally very easy to obtain!
ReplyDeletehello Kristy!!!apa khabar?selamat petang.Perut Cm lapar ni ..tambah lapar bila lihat bihun sup seperti ini.Pastinya suami Cm suka menu yang begini....nak cuba juga:)
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ReplyDelete你真厉害:)
Simple, light, healthy and delicious....mmm. I would love a bowl of it now. So cold here....brrrr. Trust you are well and enjoying your day.
ReplyDeleteIt is nice that this noodle dish can be eaten cold. That sauce looks mild but it must be spicy with those chili padi in them!
ReplyDeleteYummy! Looks very healthy and delicious that I always love to eat :)
ReplyDeleteI have yet to try Vietnamese dishes. This looks good. Oneday I shall try this :) Have a blessed day Kristy !
ReplyDeletelime and fish sauce sounds so good in noodles! thanks, kristy for another nice recipe!
ReplyDeleteI would like a bowl of this light and healthy dish to try! I have most of the ingredients-thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI like Vietnamese cuisine too, light with a lot of veggies, something like this, healthy and tasty.
ReplyDeleteThat looks marvelous, Kristy, and very doable. Light and healthy!
ReplyDeleteVery light and refreshing. Healthy too!
ReplyDeleteHi Ladies,
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting and spending your time here with me as usual. Frankly, I was pretty generous with the chilies. I think I would more chilies next time. haha.... Going to blow the heads off for sure! haha....
Mille Paradis, great to see around.
Hope you all are having a great day.
Blessings, Kristy
Love the way you've tossed the ingredients together.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite salad. You temp me here :)
ReplyDeleteIt's light and appetizing. The bean sprouts look extremely fresh and tasty.
ReplyDeleteThis looks great! I bet it's amazing with duck as well.
ReplyDeleteThis looks fabulous. I love those noodles. We don't call them vermicelli here. I think our vermicelli is a little thicker and it is not a white noodle. I bet it would be good with this recipe, though.
ReplyDeleteOh boy, this looks so super delicious. I love Vietnamese food. The noodles look very refreshing.
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