Recipe # 19: Fresh Asian Noodle Salad

By Jamie Oliver:

• 300g/10½oz cellophane noodles or beanthread noodles
• 200g/7oz minced beef
• 2 teaspoons five-spice
• 5 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and grated
• 2 heaped teaspoons of grated fresh ginger
• 100g/5½oz cooked peeled prawns
• 3 teaspoons sugar
• 1 bunch of spring onions, finely sliced
• 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 2 fresh red chillies, deseeded and finely sliced
• 1 handful of fresh coriander, chopped

• 1 handful of fresh mint, chopped
• 2 handfuls of roasted peanuts
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

By Andrew Fernandez:

OK the instructions only mentioned soaking the noodles. However, you actually need to "cook" it in order for them to become translucent! Its a very refreshing dish and great served cold on a hot day! Don't skip on the mint, coriander or ginger. They do the entire job and bring the dish to life.

By the way, this dish doesn't really exist in Asia. I know, but YUM!