03/03/2010
Fresh springrolls

The Ingredients (for approx. 30 rolls)

• 30 rice papers (or more because you might mess up a few ones the first time)
• some lettuce
• fresh mint leaves
• 350g chicken
• ginger
• garlic
• dark soy sauce
• 500g chinese vermicelli noodles
• fresh soya bean sprouts

You can also add carrots, cucumbers, shrimps, beef…
The Recipe
1. Cook the chicken with soy sauce, crushed fresh ginger and garlic. You can also marinate you meat a few hours before with those ingredients and some lemon juice.
2. Cook the noodles in boiling water, and make sure you rince them well with water, in your strainer.
3. In bowl of warm water, dip each rice paper wrapper for about 3-5 seconds. Do not over soak your rice paper wrapper.4. Lay a mint leave on the paper, in the middle. The add the lettuce, some meat and noodles. Don’t put too much in there…You don’t want it to crack.
5. Roll up spring roll about 1/3 way through, then fold in the sides, and continue to roll.6. Serve with hoisin peanut dip