Yam Woon Sen (Thai Glass Noodle Salad with Shrimp)
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- Total time
- 26 min
- Level
- Medium
- Servings
- 2 servings
- Ingredients
- 8
About this dish
Lime juice, fish sauce, and palm sugar make a sharp, salty, faintly sweet dressing that soaks into fine mung bean glass noodles, poached shrimp, celery, and red onion.
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Cilantro goes in last and is folded through lightly so the leaves stay bright. The salad is meant to be eaten right after mixing, while the noodles are still springy rather than swollen with dressing. Thick sweet potato noodles used for Korean japchae are not a substitute, since they need different soaking and cooking times.
Ingredients
Instructions
- 1
Use 90 g dried mung bean glass noodles.
Unless the package directs otherwise, soak in room-temperature water for 7 to 10 minutes until pliable. While bringing water to a boil, prepare the red onion, celery, and cilantro.
- 2
Add the soaked mung bean noodles to boiling water and cook for about 2 minutes, following the package timing if it differs.
Taste a strand for a tender center, then drain, rinse under cold water, and drain thoroughly.
- 3
Add 140 g shrimp to the same boiling water and begin checking at about 2 minutes.
Since the time varies with size, remove the shrimp after the centers have turned opaque, then drain them well.
- 4
Thinly slice 50 g red onion and cut 60 g celery on a diagonal for crisp pieces.
Roughly chop 15 g cilantro at the end so the leaves keep their fresh herbal aroma.
- 5
In a mixing bowl, combine 2 tbsp lime juice, 1.5 tbsp fish sauce, and 1 tsp palm sugar.
Stir until the sugar dissolves.
- 6
Add the noodles, shrimp, red onion, and celery to the dressing and toss quickly so everything is coated without crushing the noodles. Fold in the cilantro last, then serve immediately while the noodles are still springy.
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- Yum woon sen: choosing and preparing mung bean noodles
Pailin Chongchitnant, Hot Thai Kitchen · Checked: 2026-09-12
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