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Cold rice noodle salad with crunchy veges, tempeh and honey-peanut dressing

Here's a noodle recipe that's light on the sauce and big on flavour. A perfect meal for just two!

  • Time to make: 20 mins
  • Serving: 2 people
Ratings: 4.5
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 90g rice noodles
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1 carrot, peeled in ribbons
  • 1 red capsicum, thinly sliced
  • 1 Lebanese cucumber, peeled in ribbons
  • 1 cup sliced green beans
  • 1 red chilli, finely sliced, reserving some for garnish
  • 1 spring onion, finely sliced
  • 2cm piece ginger, finely sliced
  • 2 tablespoons peanut butter
  • 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • 2 tablespoons hot water
  • spray oil
  • 125g tempeh, in 2cm slices
  • 2 teaspoons reduced-salt soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon roasted peanuts, to garnish
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Cook rice noodles, following packet instructions. Drain and rinse under cold water. Add sesame oil and mix through. Set aside.

    2 In a large bowl, combine next 7 ingredients well. In a small bowl combine peanut butter, vinegar, honey and hot water. Add noodles to vegetables, pour over most of the dressing, reserving a little, and toss to coat.

    3 Spray a pan with oil and set over a medium-high heat. Add tempeh and cook, turning, until browned. Remove from heat. In a cup, combine soy sauce and 1 tablespoon water and add to pan, shaking pan to coat tempeh. Serve salad topped with tempeh, garnished with reserved chilli, peanuts and remaining dressing.

    Variations

    Make it vegan: Replace honey with maple syrup. Check rice noodles and rice wine vinegar are vegan.

    Make it gluten free: Check tempeh and soy sauce are gluten free

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