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Vietnamese chicken & glass noodle salad

INGREDIENTS

  • 200g dried mung bean thread noodles or vermicelli

  • 2 carrots, peeled and julienned

  • 1 medium (75g) Lebanese cucumber, julienned (fructose)

  • 4 pods (16g) snow peas, thinly sliced (fructan, mannitol, GOS)

  • 1 cup bean sprouts

  • ½ medium (35g) yellow or orange capsicum (fructose)

  • ½ medium (35g) green capsicum (fructan)

  • ½ cup fresh coriander stems

  • 3/4 cup red cabbage, very finely sliced (fructans)

  • 1 long green chilli, sliced

  • Small bunch of Vietnamese mint

  • 500g poached chicken, shredded

  • ½ cup peanuts (optional)

DRESSING

  • 2cm (3/4 inch) piece of ginger, finely grated

  • juice of 1 lime, including zest

  • 2 teaspoons maple syrup

  • 50ml garlic infused oil

  • salt and cayenne pepper