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    Home » Recipes » All Recipes » Rice & Noodles » Instant Noodle Salad (Yum Mama) ยำมาม่า

    Instant Noodle Salad (Yum Mama) ยำมาม่า

    Published: Aug 25, 2017 · Modified: Dec 7, 2020 by Pailin Chongchitnant · This post may contain affiliate links

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    Mama is Thailand's most famous brand of instant noodles, and IMO the BEST instant noodles in the world! Seasoning packets aside, the noodles themselves are so unique and tasty that people love using them in various recipes, and this salad is a super classic Mama recipe! Being "instant" noodles, they're super quick to cook, and the texture holds up well whether it's served, warm, room temp or even cold.

    Mama noodles have become an integral part of Thai cuisine to the point that some noodle soup vendors offer them as a noodle option! You can also eat them dry as a snack, as most Thai kids do, because they are fully cooked, crispy, and totally addictive!

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    A plate of instant noodle salad with shrimp, tomatoes, and Chinese celery

    Instant Noodle Salad (Yum Mama) ยำมาม่า

    ★★★★★ 5 from 4 reviews
    • Author: Pailin Chongchitnant
    • Yield: Serves 4
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    Ingredients

    • 1-3 Thai chilies, to taste
    • 6 sprigs cilantro stems, chopped
    • 1 Tbsp palm sugar, chopped, packed
    • 3 Tbsp lime juice
    • 1 Tbsp fish sauce
    • ½ Tbsp soy sauce
    • Mama chili powder, to taste (comes inside Mama packet)
    • 3 Tbsp thinly sliced lemongrass (bottom half of lemongrass only)
    • 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
    • ¼ sweet onion, julienned
    • 2 packs Mama instant noodles
    • 12 medium shrimp (optional)
    • 2 packet Mama garlic oil (comes inside mama packet)
    • 200g ground pork or chicken
    • 2 stalks Chinese celery or inside celery stalks and leaves, chopped
    • Cilantro leaves

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    Instructions

    Make the dressing: Pound chilies and cilantro stems into a paste. Add palm sugar and pound to dissolve. Add fish sauce, soy sauce, lime juice, lemongrass, and Mama chili powder, stir to mix.

    Bring a medium pot of water to a full boil. Meanwhile, put onions and tomatoes into a large mixing bowl.

    Break Mama block into quarters. Reserve the broken bits at the bottom the bag for sprinkling, or you can just eat them as a snack! Cook mama in boiling water 2 minutes. Scoop the noodles out with a skimmer and place them into a sieve to drain. Add the shrimp to the same pot of water and cook them just until done, 30 seconds or so. Fish them out and add them to the noodles.

    Pour out all the water and place the pot back on the stove. Add the Mama garlic oil packets (this is optional), turn on the heat to medium and add the ground pork or chicken. Cook the meat, breaking up the lumps, until fully cooked. Remove from heat.

    Pour the cooked pork, with all of its liquid, into the bowl of onions and tomatoes. Add noodles and shrimp. Pour dressing over the noodles and toss to combine. Add Chinese celery and cilantro leaves, toss and serve immediately. Enjoy! 

    Note: If you have leftovers, it'll keep in the fridge and you can eat it the next day as a cold noodle salad, or warm it briefly in the microwave just to bring it to room temp.

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    Comments

    1. Edit(h)

      September 15, 2022 at 9:58 am

      Hi Palin, which Mama-soup should I buy? Not all of them have garlic oil.... at least here in Hungary most of them do not.

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      • Pailin Chongchitnant

        September 17, 2022 at 1:22 pm

        Pork and chicken flavour Mama usually come with garlic oil 🙂

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    2. Mimi

      September 02, 2022 at 5:56 pm

      Pailin,
      I've tried many of your recipes and I love them all. This MAMA salad, however, takes the cake. It is so delicious!! I made it as a side dish this time, but next time I'm thinking I'll double up on the recipe and just serve it as the main. My family and I absolutely loved it.
      Thank you so much for all your wonderful recipes and videos. You are the best!

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    3. David

      May 31, 2021 at 4:23 pm

      I love this recipe. I substitute ground turkey and angel hair cabbage and it’s still great.

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    4. Trundle

      May 27, 2021 at 7:52 pm

      I'm a big fan on Korean ramen and like to see the different ways they are used in recipes. Love that this is a thing in Thailand too.

      Reply
    5. Robert

      December 07, 2020 at 6:38 pm

      Wow! This recipe elevates the common instant ramen pack to an impressive dish I've made for friends. The ground meat (I used beef), shrimp, tomatoes, Chinese celery, chilis, garlic oil, lemongrass and lime juice hit a lot of flavor notes. For a simple weeknight dinner I've used only one of the two proteins.

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    6. Tim

      December 07, 2020 at 5:37 pm

      Lovely flavors and textures, and it’s nice and light. I can already imagine ways to adjust it based on ingredients on hand.

      ★★★★★

      Reply

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