Vietnamese Noodle salad.

Okay I was getting bored of the same old same old and found this recipe. It totally rocked! Even my kids ate it. It is a nice cool salad for a warm night, and being in Bakersfield you cant escape the heat unless you head to the beach. SO here it goes:

Taken from Fine Cooking:

Vietnamese Noodle Salads: Cool Meals for Warm Summer Nights
Rice noodles, greens, and herbs make a cool bed for sizzling stir-fried toppings of shrimp, pork, or vegetables

1 pkg of rice noodles
1/2 cup very thinly sliced carrot strips
1/2 cup jicama ( Mexican potato)
3 tsp granulated sugar
1 tsp red-wine vinegar
Vietnamese dipping sauce
1 lb ground pork
1 1/2 tsp fish sauce
ground black pepper
6 large leaves of romaine lettuce or a bunch of spinach
1 cup roughly chopped mint
1 cup roughly chopped cilantro ( I skipped this one, not my favorite)

cook noodles and set aside on a platter to cool, add the lettuce,carrots and jicama.

Make the Vietnamese sauce:
3 lrg cloves of minced garlic
1 Serrano pepper
1 cup water
1/2 cup fish sauce
1/2 cup granulated sugar

Make this sauce and set aside.

Mix 1 1/2 tsp of minced garlic and pork and make into patties and cook on the BBQ until it is no longer pink. Add the patties to the sauce and let stand for 5 mins.

Pour the sauce and patties over the noodles and serve family style.
Enjoy!!!

Any questions ask me! You will love this I guarantee it!