4 asian shrimp and vermicelli salad Recipes

bottled oil and vinegar dressing, fish sauce (nam pla) or soy sauce, chopped fresh basil, minced peeled fresh ginger, cooked peeled shrimp, dried asian noodles (somen) or vermicelli, unpeeled cucumber, seeded , cut into matchstick-size strips

vermicelli, miracle whip, soy sauce, hot pepper sesame oil, snow peas, shredded carrot, bell pepper, water chestnut, baby corn, bamboo shoot, chunks cooked chicken (optional) or cooked shrimp (optional)

green papaya (see cook s note), green string beans, freshly squeezed lime juice, thai fish sauce , nam pla, palm sugar , available in most mexican, latin or asian supermarkets, or substitute brown sugar, or white sugar, carrots (peeled and shredded to the same strip-size as papaya), loosely chopped cilantro leaves, loosely chopped mint, dried thai shrimp , optional, thai chiles also called prik chiles, minced, unsalted peanuts, toasted and lightly crushed, thai grilled shrimp , recipe follows, jasmine sticky rice , or steamed vermicelli rice noodles, optional, as an accompaniment, thai sweet chili and garlic sauce (recommended: mae ploy now available in most grocery stores), hoisin sauce, garlic, finely minced, ponzu sauce , or substitute the juice of 1 lime, soy sauce, splash thai fish sauce , nam pla, sriracha sauce, curry powder, ground ginger, mint, leaves removed and finely chopped , or substitute thai basil, handful cilantro leaves, finely chopped, shrimp