{"id":849,"date":"2011-10-05T20:55:09","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T03:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/?p=849"},"modified":"2021-09-28T20:59:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T03:59:57","slug":"thai-noodle-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/2011\/10\/05\/thai-noodle-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai Noodle Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It got really cold in Eugene this week &#8211; so sad to see summer go, especially since it was late in arriving. But I still have a pile of farmer&#8217;s market tomatoes on my counter, so I made this salad for dinner tonight, for the 3rd time in 2 weeks. It would make a great dinner for those really hot nights of summer. So make a mental note, OK? When tomato season rolls around again, you&#8217;ll be ready.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 411px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/images\/ThaiSalad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"      \" title=\"Thai Salad\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/images\/ThaiSalad.jpg\" alt=\"Thai Noodle Salad\" width=\"411\" height=\"308\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thai Noodle Salad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Thai Tomato-Cucumber Salad with Glass Noodles and Egg<\/strong><br \/>\nServes 2<\/p>\n<p>2 oz Bean thread noodles &#8211; also known as glass noodles or cellophane noodles. I found them at my Asian market.<br \/>\n2 eggs<br \/>\n1 T vegetable oil<br \/>\n1\/3 c. roasted peanuts, chopped<\/p>\n<p>1 T vegetable oil<br \/>\n1 tsp. toasted sesame oil<br \/>\nJuice of 1 lime<br \/>\n1 T rice vinegar<br \/>\n1 T honey or brown sugar<br \/>\n1 T fish sauce<br \/>\n1 T soy sauce<br \/>\n1\/2 &#8211; 1 tsp Sriracha hot chili sauce<br \/>\n1 clove garlic, crushed<br \/>\nSalt and pepper to taste<\/p>\n<p>1 small or 1\/2 a large cucumber, sliced<br \/>\n2 medium or 3 small top-quality tomatoes, chopped, and\/or a generous handful of cherry tomatoes&#8230; Basically as many tomatoes as you can handle. Go crazy!<br \/>\n2 small or 1 large carrot, grated or sliced<br \/>\n2 green onions, sliced<br \/>\nA generous handful of any or all of the following herbs, sliced: Cilantro, mint, basil, Thai basil<\/p>\n<p>Put the noodles in a heat-proof bowl and pour boiling water over them until fully submerged. Let stand 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Heat 1 T oil in a skillet and fry the eggs to desired doneness. (I don&#8217;t really do runny eggs, so I fried mine crispy, but I imagine that poached would also be a good way to go for this.) Remove from the pan, and slice up the egg into bite-size pieces.<\/p>\n<p>Mix up the dressing ingredients in a small glass jar with a tight fitting lid so you can shake it well before applying to the salad.<\/p>\n<p>Divide your prepped veggies between two bowls. When the noodles are done, drain them and put a portion in each bowl. (Now that they are soft you might want to cut them up with scissors into shorter pieces.) Top with egg, peanuts, and dressing. Take a moment to admire how pretty it looks, then stir well and eat!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It got really cold in Eugene this week &#8211; so sad to see summer go, especially since it was late <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1149,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849\/revisions\/1149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}