VIETNAMESE FRESH SPRING ROLLS ( Goi CUON)
Serves 2
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cooking Time 15 to 20 minutes
60 grams rice stick noodles
2 pieces chicken breast
6 pieces tiger shrimps
4 leaves romaine lettuce
4 sheets rice paper
2 small cucumbers,
peeled and cut into long strips
8 leaves mint leaves
8 leaves cilantro
For the Peanut Sauce (Nuoc Leo)
2 tablespoons peanut oil
4 garlic cloves, minced
2 tablespoons chili paste
4 tablespoons tomato paste
1 cup chicken broth or water
1 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons peanut butter
1/2 cup hoisin sauce
1/2 cup roasted peanuts, ground
2 fresh red chili peppers, seeded and thinly sliced
Ingredient tip: Rice paper is an edible wrapper made of white rice flour, tapioca flour, salt and water.
" Goi Cuon are summer rolls that use soft rice paper as wrapper. Its accompanying peanut sauce is a little more complicated to do than the dip we usually with our lumpia."
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