Asian Glass Noodle Ground Beef Salad

Ingredients

• 150 g glass noodles
• 100 g pre-cooked shrimps
• 200 g mixed ground beef
• 3 tbsp Sesame oil
• 1 tbsp fish sauce
• 2 tbsp Soy sauce
• 1 bunch scallions
• 2 red chilies
• 1 bunch cilantro leaves
• 1 pinch sugar
• 2 limes (juice only)
• Salt
• ground pepper
• 1 cucumber
• Chinakohl leaves or pale savoy cabbage leaves

Instructions

1. 1.

   Pour boiling water over the glass noodles in a bowl and let them soak until softened.

2. 2.

   Wash, trim, and slice scallions diagonally into rings. Slice chilies into rings or small cubes. Rinse cilantro and shake dry; set aside some leaves, finely chop the rest. Brown the ground beef in 2 tbsp hot oil until crumbly, then add scallions and chilies for 2-3 minutes, seasoning with fish sauce and soy sauce.

3. 3.

   Drain the noodles in a colander and cut them into smaller pieces with kitchen scissors.

4. 4.

   Sauté shrimps in the remaining oil for 2-3 minutes, remove and set aside. Mix lime juice and sugar; combine with the beef mixture, noodles, and shrimps, then fold in chopped cilantro. Let the salad marinate for about an hour.

5. 5.

   For serving, slice cucumber into rounds. Place 1-2 cabbage leaves on a plate, arrange cucumber slices decoratively, top with the glass noodle salad, and garnish with extra cilantro leaves.