summer vegetable and glass noodle salad

Chicken

Summer Vegetable and Glass Noodle Salad

This noodle salad, based on the Vietnamese vermicelli variety, has a brilliant, surprising flavor, especially for something so simple.

3 tablespoons lime juice
3 tablespoons fish sauce
1 tablespoon light brown sugar or agave nectar
1 small garlic clove, finely grated
1 spicy chile, chopped
8 ounces rice vermicelli noodles, cooked according to package directions
2 cups shredded leftover roasted chicken, either store-bought rotisserie or homemade
2 cups sliced cucumber
1 cup finely grated carrot
1 cup grated golden beets
3 cups mixed herb leaves, like cilantro, basil and mint
1/4 cup chopped roasted peanuts