Vermicelli, chicken and salad

There was a little stand outside of Boulder Mountaineer when I was in grad school that had this awesome vermicelli, chicken, and salad deal for $5 in the late 90’s or early 00’s. What you got was a huge serving of vermicelli, about 1 1/2 chicken thighs, a salad, and the most amazing dressing. I tried to revisit my 20’s tonight and it was a great success. It was also the first spring day to light up the grill. It was a great afternoon of lounging in the backyard while listening to children running amok in the neighborhood. We marinated the chicken, made a dressing and made salad stuff so that everyone could make their own salad. For the marinade:

• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 inch ginger, minced
• good glug of fish sauce
• soy sauce
• olive oil
• mirin
• honey
• rice vinegar

Throw about 1.5 lbs in the marinade for a couple hours. Meanwhile, make a dressing that is similar:

• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 inch ginger, minced
• 1 lime, juiced
• 1 C. water
• 1 Tbsp honey
• 2 Tbsp sugar
• 1 carrot, grated
• 1 Thai chile, diced

Make some vermicelli, slide some veg for a salad:

• 2 carrots, thinly sliced
• 1 cucumber, thinly sliced
• 5 radishes, thinly sliced
• cilantro
• 1 red pepper, diced
• cilantro
• huge green onion, thinly sliced
• Romaine lettuce, thinly sliced

Put in a bowl:

• Vemicelli
• Salad
• Top with chicken
• Serve with dressing

It did what I wanted it to do. I relived grad school from my backyard.