Vietnamese Noodle Salad Recipe

It was time to do grocery shopping and I didn't have much left in the fridge so I made up this salad. First it was going to be chicken salad, then it morphed into Vietnamese chicken salad.


I defrosted some leftover roasted chicken.


Then thinly sliced a red onion.


The only pepper I had was orange, so I sliced it thin and added it to the bowl.


I normally would have used a lime but I had none of them either, so I used an orange. I zested the rind and added the juice. I also added about 2 tablespoons of grated ginger.


Next I added granulated garlic, sesame oil, honey, fish sauce and some soy sauce. The amount depends on how much chicken you are using.


I wanted the finished dish to be creamy so I added a bit of sour cream and mayonnaise.


At this point the sauce was tasting quite good but it needed a little something.


Sriracha makes everything taste better.


Some radishes and celery were left in my vegetable drawer so they joined in.


As I stirred the sauce into the rest of the ingredients, I realized I had half of a cabbage too.


Perfect for this salad.


Then I thought of noodles. Adding Asian noodles would make it even better.


And I added a bit of Chinese mustard to add even more flavor.



I had no cilantro so I used some parsley to top it off. This ended up being one of those salads that is hard to stop eating. And it is a very good way to clean out the fridge!