Ingredients: |
Ingredients: 1 heaping tablespoon each: minced fresh ginger and garlic
1 tablespoon each: sugar and Vietnamese fish sauce
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Ground black pepper
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken thighs
1 head green leaf lettuce, separated into leaves, ribs mostly removed
1 seedless cucumber, cut crosswise into thirds and then into thin strips
3 peeled and shredded carrots
1 large red bell pepper, cut into thin strips
1 handful fresh cilantro sprigs
1 handful fresh mint leaves
12 to 14 large sheets rice paper
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Directions: |
Directions:Mix ginger, garlic, sugar, fish sauce, oil and several grinds of pepper n a medium bowl. Add chicken; toss to coat. Heat a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat until wisps of smoke start to rise from the pan. Add chicken; cook until cooked through and well browned, about 5 minutes. Cool and then cut into thin strips.
Prepare lettuce, cucumber, carrots, pepper, cilantro and mint for assembly. Fill a medium bowl with hot tap water.
Working one at a time, lay a couple of lettuce leaves on a work surface. Top with a few pieces of chicken, followed by a couple of strips each of cucumber and red pepper, and a bit of shredded carrot (there are no exact proportions here). Top with a few cilantro sprigs and a few mint leaves.
Dip a sheet of rice paper in the warm water for about 5 seconds. Lay on work surface, and then transfer topped lettuce to lower third of the softened rice paper. Lift bottom of rice paper over filling and roll tightly to form a taut tube. If spring roll is not rolled as tightly as you like, roll it in a second soaked rice paper.
Repeat with the remaining rice paper and ingredients. (Rolls can be covered with vegetable spray-coated plastic wrap and refrigerated for several hours.) When ready to serve, trim off each spring roll end on the diagonal, ten cut in thirds on the diagonal. Serve with one or both of the following sauces.
Hoisin-Peanut Sauce: Mix ½ cup hoisin sauce with 1 tablespoon sesame oil and 2 tablespoons peanut butter.
Lime-Ginger Dipping Sauce: Mix 2 tablespoons each of Vietnamese fish sauce and lime juice, ½ teaspoon each of ground ginger and red pepper flakes, and 1 tablespoon each of sugar and water. |
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