Monday, October 15, 2012

A Favorite Recipe from Class..

My favorite recipe is Vietnamese Crispy Rolls. It is an appetizer made from pork, shrimp, mushroom, crab meat, carrot, and mung bean noodles as the filling then roll with spring roll skin and deep fry the spring rolls. This Vietnamese Crispy Roll is serve with the dipping sauce, Nuoc Cham. Nuoc Cham is made from fish sauce mix with chilies and garlic. Here is the recipe for Vietnamese Crispy Rolls:


Ingredients:
Pork                                   200 gr
Shrimp                               100 gr
 Onion                                  1/2 pcs
 Green Onion                       40 gr
Carrot                                 1/2 pcs
Mung bean Noodles              40 gr
Crab Meat                         100 gr
Dried Black Mushroom         25 gr
Egg, beaten                           1 pcs
                                                       Spring Roll Skin

Seasoning:
                                                       Salt & Pepper
                                                         Sesame Oil
                                                         Fish Sauce

Procedure:
1. Remove the shrimp head, skin, and tail
2. Grated carrot
3. Minced all the ingredients and mix
4. Seasoning
5. Lay a spring roll skin on an angle, place some of the filling at the bottom part of the skin
6. Fold the skin over the filling and roll up; brush the top and the sides of the skin with egg and tuck in the sides to form a perfect even sided roll
7. Deep fry at 180 degrees until golden
8. Serve with the dipping sauce, lettuce, mint leaves, and cilantro leaves
*Roll a spring roll with lettuce and herbs then dip in sauce and eat while warm and crisp

Dipping Sauce:
Fish Sauce                            60 ml
Lime Juice                            25 ml
Sugar                                   3 tbsp
Garlic                                 1 clove
Thai Chilies                       2-3 pcs
Carrot                                  20 gr
Water                                150 ml

Procedure:
1. Finely chop 1 1/2 chilies along with the garlic and sugar to form a paste
2. Add to a bowl and add fish sauce and lime juice. Mix well then add sliced carrot and remaining chili (which has been thinly sliced)
3. Set aside for 30 minutes to develop the flavors
4. Adjust with water as needed

Try this at home...
The taste is delicious :D

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