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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Southeast Asian >> Vietnamese

• Dietary Style

• Preparation Time

  Cooking Time - 5 minutes, Preparation Time - 30 minutes

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| 1. Soak rice noodles in a large bowl of cold water for 30 minutes. Drain the noodles, and set them aside. | 2. Make the pesto: In a blender or food processor combine the chopped cilantro, basil, garlic cloves, lemongrass, jalapeno peppers, imitation fish sauce or salt, and 2 tablespoons of the peanuts. Whirl just until the herbs and peanuts are coarsely chopped. While the machine is running add the oil in a thin stream. Then add the remaining peanuts and run the machine in short spurts until the peanuts are coarsely chopped. | 3. Place soaked rice noodles into a large skillet with 1/2 cup water over medium-high heat. Stir until most of the water has been absorbed and the noodles are tender. | 4. Add almost all of the pesto, and stir well, adding a few tablespoons of water if the pesto is clumping. | 5. Taste the pasta and add more pesto, lime juice, imitation fish sauce, salt, or pepper if you like. Garnish the pasta with the remaining 2 tablespoons of peanuts, and serve right away. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
rice noodle	1	pound		1659.8438	365.6216	27.1321	2.5536
cilantro	1 1/2	cups	chopped	5.52	0.8808	0.5112	0.1248
thai basil	1/2	cup	sweet	-	-	-	-
garlic	2	cloves halved		8.94	1.9836	0.3816	0.03
lemon grass bulb	1/2	teaspoon	minced	-	-	-	-
jalapeno pepper	1		seeded minced	1.6312	0.3656	0.0512	0.0208
vegetarian fish sauce	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
peanut	4	tablespoons	chopped unsalted dry-roasted	206.955	5.8874	9.417	17.9726
canola oil	7	tablespoons		866.32	0.0	0.0	98.0
lime	1/2		cut	-	-	-	-
salt pepper	to taste			-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.