You can definitely make friends with these noodle salad recipes. These recipes are light and refreshing but still full of flavour – Tony Tan’s bún chả combines charred pork patties with thin vermicelli and herbs, the prawn, cabbage and soba numbers sings with a sesame-miso dressing, while the dang myun is an all-refreshing dish with chilled noodles, raw tuna and kimchi daikon.
Whether you prefer your noodle salad with a more robust flavour profile; rich with soy sauce and a splash of sesame oil, or you prefer something a bit light with lots of lime juice, fragrant mint and vegetables, there’s a salad for you. And remember, a salad is always customisable. What kind of noodles do you prefer? Thick and chewy udon? Paper-thin, transparent rice noodles? Or nutty and silky soba? Depending on your choice, these salads make excellent sides, or can be eaten as a main.
Whichever of these noodle salad recipes you choose, we’re betting that you’ll come back for seconds.

Salmon with ginger butter, soba noodles and radish

Rice noodle salad with grilled steak, lime and Vietnamese mint

Sesame-crusted bonito and edamame with green-tea soba noodles

Dainty Sichuan’s ma la liang fen (Green bean noodles with chilli oil and Sichuan pepper)

Prawn and soba noodle salad with sesame-ginger dressing

Yum woon sen (Thai glass noodle salad)

Grilled chicken and rice noodle salad

Stir-fried udon noodles with mustard greens, tofu and peanut sauce

Seared soy beef with soba and cucumber

Tony Tan’s chilled tossed noodles

Lemongrass beef with rice noodles

Rice noodles with snow pea sprouts and prawns

Chicken noodle salad with turmeric-lime dressing

Rice noodle bowl with herbs and chilli-lime dressing
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Dang myun with raw tuna and kimchi daikon

Chicken noodle salad with Sichuan peppercorns

Prawn, cabbage and soba noodle salad

Vietnamese-style beef and vermicelli salad

Coconut-poached prawns, rice noodles and Asian herb salad

Bún chả (Hanoi grilled pork with rice vermicelli)

Chicken with chilled noodles, cucumber and Sichuan-vinegar dressing
