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Garlic Lime Shrimp Rice Noodles

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Author: Dini K.
Posted: 8/24/2018
Updated: 8/25/2018
Garlic Lime Shrimp Rice Noodles - This rice noodle salad is perfect for lunch or dinner! Fresh, vibrant flavors and easy to make. 

Tangy, spicy, a little sweet, crunchy and refreshing – this Garlic Lime Shrimp Rice Noodles recipe is a flavor-packed lunch or dinner meal that’s also super easy, fast and versatile! 

Garlic Lime Shrimp Rice Noodles - This rice noodle salad is perfect for lunch or dinner! Fresh, vibrant flavors and easy to make. 

Shrimp is such an easy, fast, versatile and delicious option for flavor-packed lunches and dinners. It’s a great seafood canvas on which to build flavors and textures, and this is why I always keep some shrimp in the freezer as a contingency plan.

This Garlic Lime Shrimp Rice Noodles dish is no different. An easy, versatile, flavor-packed lunch/dinner option, I love eating it as a cold shrimp noodle salad in the summer, and eat it warm during the cold winter months.

A close up of the garlic lime shrimp rice noodles in a bowl. With fresh carrot, peanuts and cilantro.

You can make this dish in two different ways.

  1. Marinate the shrimp in the garlic lime marinade and cook the marinated shrimp.
  2. Skip the marinade, and cook the shrimp with just a little salt and toss it in the marinade afterwards.

I prefer to cook the shrimp without marinating, because then the pan fried shrimp can be mixed with other sauces for a variety of recipes and flavors. That’s where the shrimp works its magic as a great culinary canvas!

Ingredients to make the garlic lime sauce. Inspired by nuoc cham dipping sauce.

The garlic and lime sauce is super easy to make too. It’s a simple nuoc cham sauce (a Vietnamese sauce), which I thicken with cornstarch, so it’s great to toss things with. 🙂 Whether it’s shrimp, fish, cooked meat like chicken, beef or pork, or even tofu and other veggie options are great when tossed in this sauce. It’s also a fantastic dipping sauce!

Grilled Shrimp in a bowl with the garlic lime sauce in a jug before mixing them.

I like to make the garlic lime sauce ahead of time and keep it in the fridge. This way I can simply pour it over the shrimp noodle salad when that’s done, or use it on other salads that I make for lunch.

I also like to cook the shrimp ahead of time and portion it out for our meals. Then on the day, I simply toss the shrimp in the garlic lime sauce and rice noodles, and enjoy the dish in all its glory!

The lime garlic sauce shrimp in one bowl, dressing tossed rice noodles in another bowl and chopped spring onions in another bowl. Ready to be assembled for the lunch bowl

While the noodles and shrimp with the garlic lime sauce is just about perfect, I love serving this with shredded lettuce, carrots and cucumber. This is especially delicious when you’re having this as a cold shrimp rice noodles salad. The garlic lime sauce acts as a dressing for the veggies too.

Assembling Garlic Lime Shrimp Rice noodle salad. Add the shredded lettuce first.
Assembling Garlic Lime Shrimp Rice noodle salad. Top the lettuce with the rice noodles.
Assembling Garlic Lime Shrimp Rice noodle salad. Top the noodles with the garlic lime shrimp.
Assembling Garlic Lime Shrimp Rice noodle salad. Add the julienne cucumbers

This shrimp rice noodles dish is perfect as a lunch box meal as well. It’s,

  • tangy
  • spicy
  • a little sweet
  • crunchy
  • filling
  • refreshing
  • and an altogether great pick me up lunch for those busy week days!
Assembling Garlic Lime Shrimp Rice noodle salad. Add the julienne carrots.
Assembling Garlic Lime Shrimp Rice noodle salad. Top it all with spring onions, roasted peanuts and cilantro and extra dressing.

Plus, it’s so versatile. You can customize the meal to your taste. We love adding plenty of spice and heat obviously, with lots of sliced Thai red chili pepper. But you’re welcome to reduce the amount of chili pepper or leave it out completely.

I also sprinkled some chopped roasted peanuts over this shrimp rice noodle salad too. It ties everything together with a nutty flavor and texture that complements the tangy sweetness of the rice noodle salad.

Garlic Lime Shrimp Rice Noodle salad is easy to pack up as a lunch idea as well. It's healthy and filling and very flavorful.

Don’t like shrimp?

Substitute with extra firm tofu, or leftover cooked meat like chicken. Or if you happen to end up with some leftover shrimp from this garlic lime shrimp rice noodles recipe, I’ll be sharing another recipe next week that uses the same pan fried shrimp for another flavor-packed lunch or dinner meal!

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Serve the lime garlic shrimp rice noodles with crunchy cucumbers, peanuts and carrots, along with cilantro and lettuce as well. The lime garlic sauce acts as a dressing to all the vegetables.

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Garlic Lime Shrimp Rice Noodles - This rice noodle salad is perfect for lunch or dinner! Fresh, vibrant flavors and easy to make. 
5 from 6 votes

Lime Garlic Shrimp Noodles

Author: Dini K.
Cuisine: South Asian, Vietnamese
This rice noodle salad is perfect for lunch or dinner. Fresh, vibrant flavors and easy to make.
Makes 2 generous portions, or 3 standard portions.
Prep: 20 minutes
Chill time: 30 minutes
Cook: 20 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 3 servings
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Ingredients:

Shrimp

  • 1 lb large shrimps peeled, de-veined (see recipe notes)
  • Generous pinch of salt
  • 1 tbsp lime juice

Garlic Lime Sauce (Nuoc Cham Sauce)

  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 3 tbsp lime juice
  • 3 tbsp brown sugar
  • ¼ cup water
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 tbsp water
  • 2 tsp cornstarch
  • 2 - 3 Thai red chili peppers, sliced deseeded OR 1 tsp sambal oelek

Noodle Salad

  • 7 oz dry rice noodles flat rice noodles or thin noodles
  • 4 spring onions sliced thin
  • 1 - 2 cups shredded lettuce
  • 1 large carrot julienned
  • ½ cucumber julienned
  • cilantro
  • Roasted peanuts chopped
US Customary - Metric

Instructions:

Shrimp

  • Pat dry the shrimp to remove any moisture. Mix the shrimp with the salt, and set aside.
  • Heat a large pan with 2 - 3 tbsp of oil on medium-high heat. When the oil it hot, pan fry the shrimp. Cook each side for about 2 - 3 minutes, until there's some caramelization on each side. Cook in two batches to avoid over-crowding the pan.
  • Toss the cooked shrimp with the fresh lime juice in a bowl. Then keep it in the fridge until needed, OR cover the bowl with plastic wrap and store in the fridge for up to 3 days.

Garlic Lime Sauce

  • Mix the 1 tbsp water with the cornstarch. Mix it into a slurry and set aside.
  • Place all the ingredients in a saucepan, EXCEPT for the cornstarch slurry and the sliced red chili peppers. Heat over medium heat and stir to dissolve the sugar. Bring the sauce to a boil.
  • Whisk in the cornstarch slurry and add the red chili peppers as well.
  • Cook the sauce for another 1 - 2 minutes, until it reaches a thick, sauce-like consistency. Taste and season with extra salt or fish sauce if needed.
  • Set aside to cool down.

Noodle Salad

  • Cook the noodles according to package instructions. Rinse and keep it in the fridge to chill.
  • When you're ready to serve the salad, wash and prepare the vegetables.
  • Add one half of the garlic lime sauce to the shrimp and toss to combine. Set aside the rest of the sauce. 
  • Divide the shredded lettuce into three bowls or lunch boxes.
  • Top with rice noodles, and drizzle the remaining garlic lime sauce over the rice noodles in the three bowls. Divide the shrimp between the three bowls as well.
  • Add the cucumber, carrots and cilantro. Sprinkle with spring onions and chopped peanuts. Serve.

Tips & Tricks

Note on shrimp - we prefer shrimp with the tail on. But you're welcome to remove the tails if you prefer.
Note on spice level - de-seed the Thai red chili peppers to reduce the heat. Sambal oelek is less spicy than Thai red chili. You can leave it out altogether if you prefer it mild.
You can serve this recipe cold or warm. If you like it warm, gently warm the shrimp with the garlic lime sauce and serve with freshly cooked rice noodles.

Nutrition Information:

Calories: 475kcal (24%)Carbohydrates: 75g (25%)Protein: 34g (68%)Fat: 2g (3%)Cholesterol: 381mg (127%)Sodium: 1789mg (78%)Potassium: 384mg (11%)Fiber: 2g (8%)Sugar: 14g (16%)Vitamin A: 3590IU (72%)Vitamin C: 19.2mg (23%)Calcium: 274mg (27%)Iron: 4.2mg (23%)

“This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.”

Course:Brunch, Dinner, Lunch
Cuisine:South Asian, Vietnamese
Keyword:Lunch bowl, Noodles, Shrimp recipes
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  1. Jill says

    January 28, 2021 at 06:14

    5 stars
    Fabulous dish. Whole family loved it. I made mine with soba noodles and it was just as good!

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  2. Vicki Luckey says

    October 7, 2020 at 04:47

    Im thankful for the post.Really thank you! Really Great.

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  3. James Watson says

    August 27, 2020 at 10:11

    5 stars
    Best homemade Thai dish I have ever had or made. I did substitute the sauce with my own concoction to include jar peanut sauce from the store.

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  4. Kristina J Smith says

    May 12, 2020 at 19:41

    5 stars
    Looking for something different and gluten free to do with shrimp and came across this. Everyone in the family loves it. So flavorful!

    Reply
  5. Nancy Perine says

    May 17, 2019 at 06:01

    5 stars
    In wandering through your blog site, your Garlic Lime Shrimp Rich Noodles caught my eye. I fried the shrimp in my cast iron fraying pan … and I followed your recipe exactly. It turned out great and was delicious. Was enjoyed by all! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  6. Lawrence says

    May 6, 2019 at 09:37

    My darling yelled once I share her this garlic lime shrimp rice noodles because she loves shrimp so so much. She in dash diet routine but her mouth full the water with gluten, so your recipe will help she get out of craving starch but still keep fit :P.

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  7. Nellie Tracy says

    January 19, 2019 at 22:02

    5 stars
    I love recipes like this one that are healthy without taking away from the deliciousness!

    Reply
  8. Holly says

    January 19, 2019 at 21:01

    5 stars
    OMG, I can’t wait to try this. Sounds perfect for lunch or dinner!

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