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Vietnamese-Inspired Chicken Rolls
Note/Suggestions: If you do not have an Asian Grocer in your area, you can purchase rice paper through an online import store. I used the pre-shredded cabbage and carrots you find in a bag in the produce section.The trick to these is to wrap them in plastic wrap right after you roll each one so they stay moist and fresh.
Makes 12 rolls or 4 servings.
Ingredients:
- 12 round or square rice paper sheets
- 1 1/2 cups of cooked chicken, shredded
- Asian Slaw
- large shallow bowl filled with boiling water
Asian Slaw:
Ingredients:
- 2 cups shredded cabbage
- 1 cup shredded carrots
- 1/2 red bell pepper cut into match sticks
- 2 Tbsp of chopped fresh basil
- 1 Tbsp of chopped fresh mint
- 1/3 cup of mayonaise
- 2 Tbsp of soy sauce or teriyaki sauce
- ground black pepper
Directions:
- Whisk together the mayo and soy sauce.
- Toss the vegetables together in a bowl with the dressing.
- Season with ground black pepper to taste.
- Set slaw aside to "marry" while setting up the rice papper.
Directions to Wrap:
It takes a little practice, but if you can roll a burrito, then you can do this.- Set yourself up with a clean work surface and create an assembly line system starting with the rice paper and ending with the plastic wrap.
- Pour boiling water in a shallow bowl.
- Dip the rice paper into the water to soften. Get all edges, be careful not to burn yourself.
- Lay the rice paper on your work surface, working quickly put 2 Tbsp of chicken and 2 Tbsp of slaw in the center of the rice paper
- Fold the side closest to your over the top of the mixture.
- Fold the two sides in tightly.
- Now roll the whole thing away from you and towards the final end.
- Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate.
- Three little packets make a nice all round meal.