Tag Archives: rice noodles

Vietnamese Rice Noodle Salad with Chicken. 6/23/24

Since it was 100F today we decided on a no-cook dinner. John had picked up a rotisserie chicken from Costco earlier in the day and our daughter very kindly offered to de-bone it and shred one of the breasts. I … Continue reading

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Vietnamese chicken salad with rice noodles. 6/6/24

After giving up on cooking Wednesday and ordering take-out, on Thursday we tried a new recipe found by our daughter for an Asian chicken salad. Earlier in the day we had bought a rotisserie chicken at Costco and I had … Continue reading

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Quick Vietnamese Beef Pho. 5/21/24

I have been willing to make pho just with beef broth and its usual accompaniments. But the we saw Jet Tila make a quick pho broth on his show, Ready, Jet, Cook and decided to give it a try. Here’s … Continue reading

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Quick beef pho. 3/2/24

The other night we saw Jet Tila make what he considers a quick beef pho. Pho is a delicious Vietnamese soup but the broth takes two days to make. I guess if you have an entire weekend to work on … Continue reading

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Vegetable rice noodle soup and kung pao pork. 10/4/23

I made a couple of dishes yesterday. One was a vegetable soup with rice noodles. I love a big bowl of vegetables and noodles. Since I have acquired this gluten sensitivity I have been missing noodles. Last week I made … Continue reading

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Vegetarian Pad Thai. 6/4/18

This pad Thai was semi-successful. I used dried tofu in place of the shrimp in the original recipe. That was a mistake. The tofu was so compacted that it did not absorb any of the sauce. Otherwise it was pretty … Continue reading

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“Quick” Vegetarian Pad Thai – 5/20/17

This pad Thai, adapted from a Food and Wine recipe, may be quick to cook but the prep time is not minimal. There is a lot of chopping and sauce making ahead of time. Here is the original recipe http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/quick-shrimp-pad-thaiContinue reading

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Quick pad Thai with shrimp – 11/4/16

I have made this dish 4 or 5 times since I discovered it through an email from Food & Wine. As long as you have the mise en place done, the cooking moves along very quickly. The sauce, instead of … Continue reading

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