Wun Sen

[Jaffy]

Hi everyone,

I love noodles of all kinds especially cellophane noodles - wun sen.

When in Thailand, I would eat:

Yam Wun Sen - a spicy salad of glass noodles, minced pork, seafood, chillies, lime juice & seasonings

&

Wun Sen Op Kung / Pu - noodles baked in a clay pot with prawns or crab.

Both are delicious and i just love the texture of wun sen noodles & the way they "hold" the flavour of the ingredieants that are cooked with it. However, I haven't seen them being used in many other dishes. I assume that this is due to their texture & the fact that they are really delicate & some more robust methods of cooking may render them unedible. Though I am sure I have seen Pad Wun Sen on some menus.

Does anyone have any suggestions of using them and dishes i may be able to re-create at home. Are there many other dishes that can wun sen can be used for?

Many thanks,

J

[suegha]

Hi Jaffy, have you tried to make the dishes you mention. As I find using ingredients myself gives me inspiration for other dishes. All the Thai dishes I prepare I have modified slightly. And some are purely my own creation.

[BKK90210]

The common thai dishes using "Wun Sen"

Yum wunsen

Kung ob wunsen (as you mentioned above)

Kang wunsen (clear broth soup with ground pork/chicken)

Pad wunsen (stir fried wunsen with egg,pickeled cabbage, tamato, pork)

Sukiyaki (wunsen in clear broth with chinese cabbage, chicken, onion, squid + cured red bean curd sauce)

[BambinA]

wun sen tom yum - add wun sen in tom yum ( same noodle tom yum)

spring roll (deep fried)

wun sen phad thai

Khai jeaw wunsen (thai omlette with wunsen + minced pork)

[The Philosopher]

Wun Sen Bambina

Bambina and Chips

Kao Pat Bambina

Bambina on a stick

Yum - Yum!