Vietnamese Noodle Salad with Shrimp (Prawn)

Ingredients

• 15 medium shrimp prawns, shelled and deveined, about 5 - 7 oz / 150 - 200g, excluding shells
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves minced
• 1 pinch salt and pepper
• 1/4 cup lime juice
• 1/4 cup fish sauce
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 1 tablespoon caster sugar
• 1 large garlic clove very finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon red chili very finely chopped, adjust to taste, I use birds eye which is spicy
• 2 1/2 ounces rice vermicelli noodles dried, Note 1
• 3 cups iceberg lettuce shredded
• 1 cup carrot cut into fine matchsticks
• 1 1/2 cups cucumber cut into matchsticks
• 1 1/2 cups beansprouts
• 1/4 cup coriander leaves lightly packed
• 1/4 cup mint leaves ordinary or Vietnamese, lightly packed

Nutrition

• Calories : 220 calories
• Carbohydrate : 34 grams
• Cholesterol : 45 milligrams
• Fat : 5 grams
• Fiber : 3 grams
• Protein : 10 grams
• SaturatedFat : 0.5 grams
• Sodium : 2080 milligrams
• Sugar : 8 grams