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Shan noodles
Rice noodles with a tomato and chicken sauce, pickled greens and ground peanuts.
4 servings · 70 minutes (estimated)

Ingredients
Quantities for 4 servings.
- 400 g Rice noodles
- 500 g Minced chicken
- 600 g Tomatoes
- 5 piece Shallots
- 6 clove Garlic
- 1 tbsp Paprika
- 1 tsp Turmeric
- 3 tbsp Fish sauce
- 150 g Pickled mustard greens
- 80 g Roasted peanuts
- 4 piece Spring onions
- 30 g Coriander
- 80 ml Vegetable oil
- 2 piece Limes
- to taste Salt
Method
- Fry the sliced shallot in oil until deep gold and set half aside for serving.
- Add the garlic, paprika and turmeric and warm them a minute, until fragrant.
- Add the minced chicken and fry it, breaking up lumps, until it whitens.
- Add the chopped tomatoes and fish sauce and stew twenty-five minutes to a thick paste.
- Grind the peanuts to a coarse crumb, keeping a few whole.
- Boil the rice noodles, rinse them and divide them between bowls.
- Spoon the sauce over the noodles and top with peanuts, fried shallot, pickled greens and coriander.
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