mung bean noodles

Shrimp & Glass Noodle – Salad

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Glass noodles are the ideal canvas for pasta salad. They keep their texture even when kept as leftovers for a few days, which is perfect when you live alone and usually cook way too much for one meal, (as I do), even with a dog who will eat it’s fair share of whatever I cook 🙂
I like to prepare glass noodle salad with a dressing of kosher salt, cayenne pepper or sriracha, rice-vinegar, peanut oil, sesame oil, garlic paste, grated ginger, a tiny amount of sugar, cilantro and/or scallions. As for other ingredients, I sometimes add chicken, seafood, beef or duck, as well as any vegetables hanging-out in my fridge.
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Shrimp & Glass Noodle – Salad

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Preparation :
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: season cooked, deveined shrimp with kosher salt, cayenne, garlic paste, lime juice, chopped cilantro and olive oil

: clean, blanch, shock, drain fresh green beans

: cook, shock, drain glass noodles

: add beans, finely shredded red cabbage, carrots and onions

: dress salad with kosher salt, cayenne, garlic paste, rice vinegar and olive oil

: to serve, top noodle salad with the marinated shrimp, sprinkle with chopped salted red radish and chopped cilantro

: Shrimp & Glass Noodle – Salad

: Shrimp & Glass Noodle – Salad

: Shrimp & Glass Noodle – Salad

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Lobster-Balls And Mung Bean-Noodles Soup

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What can you do with two small lobster tails ? Well, you could broil them, saute them, grill them, bake them, or you could chop them up.
Now, if you ask yourself what moron would chop up perfectly good lobster tails into a paste, you probably never had a good lobster ball soup. I guess the reason that we don’t see lobster balls in western cuisine (besides the occasional Lobster Quenelle ) is that we want to see the big bang for the money and lobster balls can’t really compete with the splendor of whole lobster tails strutting their stuff. But the taste and the texture of lobster balls is something else altogether. Silky-smooth in texture, with the pure taste of sweet fresh lobster, it is a delicacy you should not miss! The preparation is super-easy and can be done successfully even if you are not very experienced in the kitchen. So, next time you purchase a couple of lobster tails, you might want to widen your culinary horizon with this superb dish.
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Lobster-Balls And Mung Bean-Noodles Soup

Lobsterballs And Mung Bean-Noodles Soup

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Lobster Balls Recipe:
4 oz lobster meat, shredded
4 oz lobster meat, chopped fine into paste
1 ea egg white
1 tblsp coarse chopped yellow corn or 1 tblsp coarse chopped water chestnuts (for texture)
Salt and pepper to taste
Mix lobster-paste, egg white, chopped corn, salt and pepper until well mixed, then add shredded lobster, mix. Shape into 10 to 15 balls, simmer in soup until done, about 4 minutes. Serve at once.
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For the soup I used vegetable stock. Substitute with chicken stock or seafood stock if you prefer.
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Preparation :
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: cook mung bean noodles (Cellophane noodles) in salted water

: drain noodles, toss with a bit of sesame oil

: simmer lobster balls in soup until done, about 3-4 minutes

: place noodles in serving bowl

: sprinkle generously with chopped cilantro

: add lobster balls and soup, serve with lime wedges

: Lobster-Balls And Mung Bean-Noodles Soup

: Lobster-Balls And Mung Bean-Noodles Soup

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Beef , Shiitake And Mung Bean Noodles In Ginger/Garlic Broth

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Here you have one of these dishes were you can have a meal fit for a king with a minimum effort of labor and a very reasonable cost of ingredients.
Just plan ahead and either cook the beef the day before you want to eat the soup, or, if you want to have it for dinner after work, start the beef and it’s broth as soon as you get up in the morning. Bring it to a simmer, let it cook for as long as you can before you leave the house, then just let the beef cool in the broth until you get home. Also at that point, soak the shiitake in some of the hot broth during the day. From there it will only take another 10 minutes to finish this sexy beauty (the time to cook the noodles) and voilà ! – ready for a soup as good (or better) as you can get in your favorite noodle-house. 🙂

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