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Ingredients

• 2 packs instant noodles (e.g. Mama), seasoning discarded
• 150 g minced pork or chicken
• 100 g small peeled prawns (optional)
• 3 cloves Garlic
• 4 bird’s eye chillies (to taste)
• 3 tbsp lime juice
• 1½ tbsp Fish sauce
• 1 tbsp Sugar
• ½ small onion, thinly sliced
• 1 Tomato, cut into wedges
• 1 stick Chinese celery, sliced (optional)
• 2 Spring onion, sliced
• 1 handful Coriander (cilantro), chopped

Method

1. Pound the garlic and chillies to a rough paste and stir in the lime juice, fish sauce and sugar until dissolved.
2. Bring a pan of water to the boil. Cook the pork in it for 2–3 minutes, stirring to separate, until cooked through, then add the prawns for 1 minute until pink. Lift out with a sieve.
3. Cook the noodles in the same water for 2 minutes until just tender, then drain well.
4. Toss the warm noodles, pork and prawns with the dressing, then add the onion, tomato, celery, spring onion and coriander and toss again.
5. Taste, adding more lime or fish sauce if needed, and eat straight away before the noodles soak everything up.

Tips

• Instant noodles are made from wheat.
• Fish balls or sliced Vietnamese pork roll are classic additions.

Sources

Written in our own words after cross-checking these recipes:

Cooking with Nart Hot Thai Kitchen