Cucumber Noodle Prawn and Mango Salad (Gluten Free)
on Apr 20, 2016, Updated Apr 05, 2024
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This Cucumber Noodle Prawn and Mango Salad is gluten free and makes clean eating look so easy! It is inspired by Thai flavors and tastes like the perfect thing to have this mango season. Serve cold and binge on!
This delicious cucumber noodle prawn and mango salad is summer in a bowl! Inspired by Thai flavors, this one’s fresh, colorful, spicy, sour and so delicious! Plus, the addition of mangoes adds a dash of sweetness to every bite, taking this salad several notches higher! Plus, all the veggies and prawns make this into a complete meal.
Quick Walk Through: Cucumber Noodle Mango Salad
Reasons Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- A refreshing salad that’s better cold, making it perfect for summers
- An excellent way to use up any excess mangoes
- A no-carb recipe that takes the healthy quotient a notch higher
- 100% gluten-free and can be easily made vegetarian
How To Make Veggie Noodles
I have cut these veggies using one of my favorites and most-used kitchen tools – Spiralizer. It’s so quick and easy to use, and let’s me make the most beautiful vegetables noodles in the world. Yes, noodles from vegetables. I often use to it make zucchini noodles, cucumber spirals, apple noodles, curly fries, and it’s a total hit every single time. I use them in everything! Salads, soups, rolls, curries; sometimes replacing noodles entirely like in this salad.
In case you’re curious, this is the spiralizer I use.
Frequently Asked Questions
It’s totally cool if you don’t have a spiralizer; you can still make this salad! Simply slice the onions and cucumbers as thin as possible, and you’re good to go. It’s going to taste exactly the same, just a little less fun to eat
You can use any sweet, fully ripe mango variety available to you. I have used Alphonso mangoes, but you can use kesar, langra, totapuri, dasheri, etc.
Top Tips To Make The Best Salad
- To make this salad vegetarian, simply the prawns with a vegetarian protein such as paneer or tofu. You can add more veggies like broccoli, red and yellow bell peppers, etc. if you like.
- You can even replace the prawns with boiled and shredded chicken if that’s more easily available to you. The flavors might change a little, but it will still taste amazing.
- You can make this salad ahead, but remember to mix in the dressing just before you’re ready to serve. This will prevent the salad from becoming soggy.
- Simply double the recipe if you’re making this for a large crowd.
- The cook time of your prawns will depend on their size. The time mentioned below is for tiger prawns, but if you’re using a smaller variety, then reduce the cook time accordingly.
This is one of those salads that once you try, you simply cannot have enough of. Serve it with a generous garnish of mint leaves for a salad you’ll definitely be making on repeat this mango season!
Cucumber Noodle Prawn and Mango Salad (Gluten Free)
Ingredients
- 400 grams Tiger Prawns or any other prawns of your choice, cleaned and deveined
- 2 Mangoes, cored, peeled and sliced
- 3 Cucumbers, spiralized
- 1 Red Onion, spiralized
- 2 teaspoons Olive Oil
- 2 tablespoons Chilli, Thai Sweet Sauce
- 1 teaspoon Fish Sauce
- 1 tablespoon Rice Wine Vinegar
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- Mint Leaves, Chopped for topping
Instructions
- Heat a teaspoon of oil in a pan.
- Sprinkle salt and pepper on the prawns and slide them into the pan. Pan roast them for 3-4 minutes on each side till they are cooked. For smaller prawns, the cooking time will vary. Alternatively you can also blanch the prawns in hot water to flash cook them.
- Whisk together the remaining oil, sweet chilli sauce, fish sauce, vinegar and salt to make the salad dressing.
- Add prawns, mangoes, cucumbers and onions into a bowl and drizzle with salad dressing. Toss to combine. Top with freshly chopped mint leaves.
I made this years ago and it was superb. Cucumber noodles were a pain if you don’t have a good spiralizer but it is so pretty.
Yaaay! that’s awesome Thuy. Thanks.
Thanks for trying it out Gauri and I’m so glad you liked it 🙂
I tried this out and it was fantastic – and so easy to boot – definitely going to be added to my summer favourites
This is so beautiful, I need to get a Spiralizer so I can make this salad!! Pinned and definitely sharing this one!