Vietnamese Noodle Salad with Grilled Chicken (2024)

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This Vietnamese noodle salad features tender vermicelli noodles with crisp veggies and smoky grilled chicken tossed in a tangy rice vinegar dressing.

Bringing you one of my all-time favorite summer salads today! Featuring tons of noodles, veggie goodness, and protein to boot.

This Vietnamese-style noodle salad is just about as cool and refreshing as your salad game is gonna get this summer.

Bonus: it’s one of those salads that keeps beautifully in the fridge for bomb lunches all week. Trust me, you will want it on hand for that.

This salad is jam-packed with bold flavors and lots of crisp veggies, but it’s also hearty enough to stand alone as a main dish.

The fact that it’s a cold salad is also more than welcome in these hot days of summer!

This Vietnamese Noodle Salad features…

• Tender vermicelli rice noodles.
• Crisp carrot, cucumber, and bean sprouts.
• Flavorful fresh mint, cilantro, and green onions.
• Smoky grilled chicken strips.

Making the Vietnamese Noodle Salad

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Ingredients You Will Need

• Vermicelli rice noodles
• Boneless skinless chicken thighs
• Cucumber
• Carrot
• Green onions
• Bean sprouts
• Mint
• Cilantro
• Rice wine vinegar
• Honey
• Sweet chili sauce
• Hoisin sauce
• Soy sauce
• Olive oil
• Garlic
• Ginger
• Roasted peanuts

Choosing Your Noodles

For an authentic Vietnamese noodle salad, we recommend using vermicelli rice noodles. You can typically find these in the Asian aisle of most grocery stores.

If you don’t have vermicelli noodles on hand, regular angel hair or spaghetti noodles will work totally fine!

Tips for Perfect Vietnamese Noodle Salad

1. Make dressing in food processor or blender – this helps break down the fresh ginger and garlic in the dressing.
2. Rinse rice noodles – cook the rice noodles according to package instructions, then rinse well in cold water until noodles are completely cooled.
3. Grill chicken – grilling the chicken adds a lovely smoky flavor to this salad. If you don’t have a grill, you can easily cook the chicken on the stovetop instead!
4. Cut carrot and cucumber into matchsticks – this makes the salad easier to eat and adds a perfect crunch.
5. Allow salad to sit in dressing – this is one of those salads that tastes better the longer it soaks up all that incredible dressing.

Make Ahead Instructions

This salad can be dressed and stored in the refrigerator up to 4 days. Again, it actually tastes better the day after its made once it’s gotten a chance to marinate in the dressing.

If you plan to serve this salad later, hold off on adding the chopped peanuts until just before serving so they retain their crunchy texture.

Recipe Variations

Try these ideas for a different twist on this recipe!

• Make it vegetarian – you can easily leave out the meat or substitute seared tofu for a vegetarian-friendly salad.
• Swap out veggies – try using sweet pepper, red onion, shredded cabbage, or peas in addition or in place of the suggested vegetables.
• Try a different pasta – glass noodles, regular wheat pasta, or pad thai noodles would all work great in this salad.

This noodle salad is just about the most fresh-tasting and filling summer salad you’ll ever make! The textures from the chicken and crisp veggies are unbelievable, the fresh herbs make it so flavorful, and that perfectly tangy rice wine vinegar dressing just takes everything over the top.

Guarantee you will want to dive face-first into this salad perfection!

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