Thai Glass Noodle Salad

Thai people prefer hot & spicy food, like the Thai glass noodle salad. The hot & spicy Thai glass noodle salad, in Thai called “Yum Woon Sen”, is a well-liked companion to Thai whiskey or beer. If Thai people come together to enjoy the evening with some alcoholic beverages, there has to be food on the table as well.
Most liked are Thai salads, called Yum, means mixed together and there is a large selection of Yum salads around in Thailand. A real Thai Yum is hot & sour and accompanied by fresh herbs, like coriander leaves (cilantro), spring onions or celery leaves.

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Image: Thai Glass Noodle Salad (Yum Woon Sen)

Recipe: Thai Glass Noodle Salad (Yum Woon Sen)
Ingredients:
1 small package glass noodles (100 g)
100 g fresh shrimps/prawns
100 g minced meat (pork or chicken)
2-3 tablespoons dried shrimps
2-3 tablespoons peeled, roasted peanuts
3 red Thai onions or shallots
optional: fine stripes of a carrot
5-6 red Thai chilies “Prik Kee Noo”
1-2 spring onions
juice from 2-3 limes
1 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce
1-2 teaspoons golden syrup
1/2 teaspoon Umami MSG (Monosodiumglutamat)

Preperation:
Soak glass noodles in hot water about 5 min and transfer them to a bowl. Boil about 1/2 liter water and cook the shrimps and the minced meat in it until done, then pour the water away. Add shrimps and minced meat to the glass noodles. Add peanuts, dried shrimps, minced Thai chilies, spring onions and red onions in fine rings,carrot stripes, fish sauce, golden syrup, Umami Msg and lime juice and mix well. Season with fish sauce (salty), golden syrup (sweet) and lime juice (sour) and serve lukewarm.