Spicy cucumber & watermelon salad
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 2
Ingredients
- 100g dried flat rice noodles
- 1 lime, juiced
- 1 shallot, finely chopped
- 1 small red chilli, deseeded if you prefer less heat and finely chopped
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- ½ tbsp crispy chilli oil
- ½ tbsp sesame oil
- pinch of sugar
- 1 whole cucumber, cut in half and deseeded
- ½ small watermelon, skin and seeds removed, 500g flesh cut into chunks
- small handful of mint, leaves picked and finely chopped
- 25g roasted peanuts, roughly chopped
Method
- STEP 1
Cook the noodles following pack instructions, drain and rinse under cold water so they don’t stick. Mix the lime juice and shallot in a large bowl with a pinch of salt and set aside for 5 mins. Mix in the red chilli, soy sauce, chilli oil, sesame oil and sugar. Set aside for 5 mins.
- STEP 2
Roughly slice the cucumber and tip into the bowl along with cooked noodles, watermelon and mint. Toss well to combine and serve with the peanuts scattered over the top.
