Recipes — March 13, 2020

Vietnamese Noodle Salad with Lemongrass Chicken

Recipes — March 13, 2020

Vietnamese Noodle Salad with Lemongrass Chicken

Bun Ga Nuong

This Vietnamese noodle salad recipe, or bun ga nuong in Vietnam, is seriously a wonder dish. We have a number of dietary restrictions and food allergies amongst the team, but this was one delicious meal that we were all able to enjoy! It is light and refreshing, and you can easily leave out the peanuts for a nut-free option. We used tamari to make this gluten free, but of course you can use soy sauce instead. Because this dish is generally served cold, we love it as a healthy lunch that you can pack and take on the go. Plus, it is surprisingly easy to throw all of these ingredients together for a quick dinner during the week!

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29 Comments

Lane August 1, 2025 at 2:01pm

Yum

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1. Lia August 4, 2025 at 10:00am
  
  @Lane
  
  Yes! Yum.
  
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Andrew July 7, 2022 at 4:32pm

This is our new weeknight go to meal. Even great with shrimp pork or tofu. The marinade is perfectly balanced

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1. Lia July 8, 2022 at 9:36am
  
  @Andrew
  
  I love this one too.
  
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Romeo July 16, 2021 at 4:08pm

I make a veganized version of this. Since I don’t have meat to flavor I use the dressing for the meat for the salad instead, I add some of the flavors from the salad dressing as well. I don’t use fish sauce of course, but I’ll use a little extra tamari instead with some water. It’s delicious, fresh and filling. I will probably will add baked tofu to this for protein. Thanks

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1. Lia July 17, 2021 at 7:28am
  
  @Romeo
  
  That sounds delicious! Thank you for sharing.
  
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Beverly July 8, 2021 at 5:30am

Great presentation! I loved all the pictures and ingredient layout. Well done!

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1. Lia July 8, 2021 at 7:01am
  
  @Beverly
  
  Thank you Beverly!
  
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Denver May 19, 2021 at 7:33am

Me and my wife will have a dinner date tomorrow and this one will be an addition to our table. Thank you so much for sharing the guide!

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1. Lia May 19, 2021 at 9:19am
  
  @Denver
  
  I hope you enjoy it!
  
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Michelle December 26, 2020 at 6:56pm

Looks delicious. I have heard you need to soak the noodles first then boil so they don’t stick. Do you do that ?

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1. Lia December 28, 2020 at 8:32am
  
  @Michelle
  
  No we didn’t soak the noodles first, but will have to try next time!
  
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Kathy-Sue May 20, 2020 at 10:21am

Delicious!! Could I ask where you got those lovely serving bowls pictured?

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1. Lia May 20, 2020 at 2:28pm
  
  @Kathy-Sue
  
  The wood bowls were from Ikea.
  
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Eline April 3, 2020 at 2:07pm

Your Vietnamese noodle salad recipe has found its way to The Netherlands ☺️ I absolutely loved the salad, such a good recipe! The pictures are beautiful and very helpful. Thank you for sharing! Love from Rotterdam

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Angela February 23, 2019 at 7:49am

This is one of my favorite Vietnamese dishes, cant wait to try creating at home! My question here is, where do you find the vermicelli noodles? The grocery store, ethnic section, typically has the rice noodles. To find vermicelli rice noodles are these found in specialty store? Second question, which brand are you using for Fish Sauce? Fish sauce is a dark thick sauce correct?

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1. Lia February 26, 2019 at 11:09am
  
  @Angela
  
  This one is SO tasty! I found vermicelli noodles at my local grocery store (Taste of Thai brand, I believe?) And I use Red Boat fish sauce 🙂
  
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Kimberly May 31, 2018 at 6:20am

I order thisversion withegg rolls instead of chicken all the time at our local Vietnamese restaurant because it’s so delicious. I’ve been wanting to make this but never knew what was in the dressing. I’m making this for lunch since it’s going to be another hot day in Oklahoma in May!

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1. Lia May 31, 2018 at 2:22pm
  
  @Kimberly
  
  I hope you love it! Perfect for a hot day 🙂
  
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Gina May 26, 2018 at 4:45am

Tried this recipe Vietnamese Noodle Salad w Lemongrass chicken. Taste wonderful.
Thank you

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1. Lia May 29, 2018 at 10:38am
  
  @Gina
  
  So glad you liked this! It’s one of my favorites 🙂
  
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Melissa September 25, 2017 at 5:57pm

This was excellent! I live Vietnamese food and this came really close to the local noodle house.
The only things I changed were: used a bit of lemon powder instead of lemon grass and added some ginger to the marinade.

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1. Lia September 26, 2017 at 1:59pm
  
  @Melissa
  
  I’m so glad you liked this! It’s definitely one of my favorites. I’ll have to add ginger to the marinade next time.
  
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Heather July 11, 2017 at 11:44am

I made it this week without garlic, except what was in the sweet chilli sauce, adding some chopped bell peppers. It turned out great! If you aren’t into cilantro as much as I am, maybe use less and try using a blender to mix it into the dressing instead of on top. The chicken as so good, that i made extra and made Thai pizza with it. I will be using it as my go to Thai marinade from now on!

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1. Lia July 11, 2017 at 12:27pm
  
  @Heather
  
  This is great feedback, thank you Heather! The pizza sounds SO good.
  
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Heather June 21, 2017 at 6:21pm

Has anyone tried making this without the garlic? How could I adjust this for a garlic intolerant relative? Maybe more tamari?

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1. Lia June 22, 2017 at 8:13am
  
  @Heather
  
  I haven’t tried without garlic. Shallots would be a good replacement if that’s not an issue, or onion. And you could try more tamari, I can’t imagine a bit more would hurt 🙂
  
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C June 11, 2017 at 10:21am

I’m having a large group over (approx 20) and am wondering how many this recipe was originally intended to serve so that I can plan from there….thx!

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1. Lia June 12, 2017 at 8:49am
  
  @C
  
  It serves 4-6 depending on portion size 🙂
  
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