Lunch

Crab and Rice Noodle Salad with Cucumber and Lime

Name: Crab and Rice Noodle Salad with Cucumber and Lime
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 120 g White crab meat; 120 g Cooked rice noodles; 100 g Cucumber; 40 g Radishes; 20 g Spring onion; 3 g Toasted sesame oil; 1 tsp (5 g) Fish sauce; Juice of a lime Lime juice; Half a chilli, finely chopped Fresh red chilli; A handful Fresh coriander

White crab meat over cold rice noodles with cucumber, radish and spring onion in a lime, fish sauce and chilli dressing. 24 g of protein for 289 kcal.

Calories: 289kcal
Protein: 24g
Fat: 5g
Carbs: 34g

Per serving, makes 1. 10 minutes of work. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

Fish
Crustaceans
Sesame

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Ingredients

White crab meat120 g
A tub of white meat from the chiller. Brown meat is richer and about double the calories. Cooked, as sold.
Cooked rice noodles120 g
Cooked weight, after soaking.
Cucumber100 g
Radishes40 g
Spring onion20 g
Toasted sesame oil3 g
Fish sauce1 tsp (5 g)
Lime juiceJuice of a lime
Fresh red chilliHalf a chilli, finely chopped
Fresh corianderA handful

Method

Whisk the lime juice, fish sauce, sesame oil and chilli.
Cut the cucumber into thin batons, slice the radishes and spring onion thinly, and toss them through the cold noodles with the dressing.
Pile the crab on top without mixing it in, so the lumps stay whole, and finish with the coriander.

Worth knowing

One of the lightest bowls in the set and it still has 24 g of protein, because white crab meat is nearly all protein and almost no fat.
The noodles and crab both eat well cold, so this packs well. Keep the dressing separate until lunch or the cucumber goes limp in the salt.

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