Peanut Sauce Over Shrimp Skewers and Rice Noodles

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 4 servings
  • Total: 50 min
  • Active: 50 min
Inspired by the flavors of Southeast Asia, GZ makes his take on Vietnamese bun with rice vermicelli, grilled soy-lime shrimp and julienned carrots and daikon. In place of the usual tangy fish sauce dressing, he tops the noodle bowl with a richer peanut sauce. Store-bought peanut butter is a shortcut for the traditional whole roasted peanuts and palm sugar in the satay-style sauce. To add a fragrant citrus note, he adds a dab of lemongrass paste from the tube. This versatile sauce pairs well with chicken and pork, as well as shrimp, and is delicious mixed into the noodles.
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Ingredients

Sauce:

1/2 cup coconut milk

3 tablespoons peanut butter

2 tablespoons sweet chile sauce

2 tablespoons lime juice

2 tablespoons rice vinegar

1 teaspoon lemongrass paste

1 1/2 teaspoons fish sauce

1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Kosher salt

Noodles:

12 (U-10) shrimp, peeled and deveined, tails on

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

2 teaspoons soy sauce

Zest and juice of 1 lime

Extra-virgin olive oil, as needed

8 ounces rice vermicelli, cooked

1 tablespoon sesame oil

2 teaspoons black sesame seeds, plus additional for garnish

2 teaspoons white sesame seeds, plus additional for garnish

1 cup julienned carrots

1 cup fresh cilantro leaves

1 cup seeded and diced, unpeeled English cucumber

1 cup julienned daikon

1/2 cup thinly sliced scallions

Lime wedges, for serving

Directions

Special equipment:
eight 10-inch metal skewers
  1. To make the sauce: Combine the coconut milk, peanut butter, chile sauce, lime juice, vinegar, lemongrass paste, fish sauce and black pepper. Season with a pinch of salt. Add water to thin as needed. Whisk to combine and set aside.
  2. For the noodles: Heat a griddle pan on medium-high heat or preheat a broiler to high. Skewer 3 shrimp with two parallel skewers to make 4 skewers with 3 shrimp each. Sprinkle the shrimp with salt and pepper. In a small bowl, combine the soy with the lime juice and zest; reserve half in a separate small bowl. Brush or drizzle one of the portions of soy-lime over the shrimp. Cook on the griddle until lightly browned, about 3 minutes per side. Brush the shrimp with the remaining soy-lime. Add a touch of olive oil to the shrimp after flipping to avoid sticking.
  3. Toss the noodles in a bowl with the sesame oil and the black and white sesame seeds. Arrange the rice noodles at the bottom of a serving bowl. Drizzle some of the peanut sauce on top. Top with the carrots, cilantro, cucumbers, daikon and scallions. Add the shrimp skewers to the bowl. Serve warm with a lime wedge and extra peanut sauce on the side.

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Diana W.

The shrimp were just about the best shrimp I have ever eaten. I pan fried them in a nonstick, slightly oiled pan and they came out really nice and sort of crispy. Make sure to salt and pepper them really well. I found that eating the noodles and julienned veggies was a bit awkward so will cube all of them next time. The sauce was really tasty. I used lemongrass paste from a recipe at cookingchew.com and it was incredible. Peanut butter in only half of the sauce as my husband doesn't like it. Highly recommend!!!

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