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Fresh Spring Rolls with Homemade Peanut Sauce

Servings: 4

Ingredients

  • Note: Add or delete ingredients according to your taste. Some people prefer pork cucumber, noodles etc.
  • 1 chicken breast cooked, cooled and thinly sliced
  • 1 dozen prawns cleaned, deveined, cooked and thinly sliced
  • 8 lettuce leaves cleaned and torn in large pieces (I prefer green leaf lettuce)
  • 1 bunch cilantro stemmed
  • 1 bunchThai basil stemmed
  • 1 bunch fresh mint stemmed
  • Rice paper can be found at most Asian stores, see photo below
  • Peanut Sauce
  • Note: there are so many variations of this sauce but this one is simple and tasty.
  • 1/4 cup roasted peanuts roughly ground or crushed
  • 1 cup Hoisin Sauce
  • 3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
  • a little water

Instructions

  • Clean and prepare fresh ingredients; arrange on a large plate so everything is easy to access for rolling.
  • Cook the chicken and the prawns using your favorite method. I oven-roasted the chicken and quickly steamed the prawns.
  • To assemble, dip the rice paper in warm water for a few seconds and place on dry, clean surface. The paper will quickly become soft and pliable. Place a couple slices of the prawns and chicken in the center, and then lightly layer the other ingredients on top. Avoid adding too much; just a lettuce leaf or two, a few leaves of the herbs, a sprinke of carrots, and so on.
  • Now roll your little package up like a little burritto.
  • For the peanut sauce, combine all ingredients (except crushed peanuts) in small saucepan and bring to light boil, turn off heat and stir for a minute or so. Place in small dipping bowl and garnish with crushed peanuts.