Spicy cucumber & watermelon salad
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Spicy cucumber & watermelon salad

By Ailsa Burt

Up your salad game with this noodle, cucumber and watermelon salad in a punchy dressing, topped with peanuts. It works as a standalone dish or summer barbecue side

  • Prep:15 mins
    Cook:5 mins
  • Serves 2
  • Easy

Nutrition per serving

  • kcal 424
  • fat 15g
  • saturates 3g
  • carbs 59g
  • sugars 0g
  • fibre 4g
  • protein 11g
  • salt 1.5g

Ingredients

  • 100g dried flat rice noodles
  • 1 lime , juiced
  • 1 shallot , finely chopped
  • 1 small red chilli , deseeded if you prefer less heat and finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • ½ tbsp crispy chilli oil
  • ½ tbsp sesame oil
  • pinch of sugar
  • 1 whole cucumber , cut in half and deseeded
  • ½ small watermelon , skin and seeds removed, 500g flesh cut into chunks
  • small handful of mint , leaves picked and finely chopped
  • 25g roasted peanuts , roughly chopped

Method

  1. Cook the noodles following pack instructions, drain and rinse under cold water so they don’t stick. Mix the lime juice and shallot in a large bowl with a pinch of salt and set aside for 5 mins. Mix in the red chilli, soy sauce, chilli oil, sesame oil and sugar. Set aside for 5 mins.

  2. Roughly slice the cucumber and tip into the bowl along with cooked noodles, watermelon and mint. Toss well to combine and serve with the peanuts scattered over the top.

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