Prawn & noodle salad with crispy shallots

200g Rice Noodles

200g Prawns

1 sliced Red Onions

1 sliced Red Chilli

1 sliced Cucumber

Handful Coriander

Handful Mint

2 tablespoons Roasted Peanut

Juice of 3 Lime

1 tablespoon Brown Sugar

2 tsp Fish Sauce

1 clove peeled crushed Garlic

5 Slices Shallots

For frying Vegetable Oil

Sprinkling Flour

1- step 1 For the crispy shallots, heat 5cm of oil until hot in a wok.

2- You will know the oil is hot enough when one piece of shallot sizzles as soon as it’s dropped in.

3- Toss the shallot slices with flour, shake off excess and fry in the oil until golden.

4- They fry quickly, about 1 min.

5- Drain on kitchen paper, sprinkle with salt and set aside.

6- step 2 To make the dressing, mix the lime juice, sugar, fish sauce and garlic and set aside.

7- In a large mixing bowl, pour boiling water over the noodles.

8- Leave them for 2 mins or until they are just cooked, then rinse under cold water.

9- Drain well, shaking the sieve numerous times to get out the excess water, then place back in the bowl.

10- Add prawns, onion, chilli, cucumber and herbs.

11- Pour the dressing over, mix, then sprinkle with the shallots and peanuts.