CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
Grains, Seafood |
Vietnamese |
Vietnamese, Salads, Extras, Rice/grains |
6 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
|
|
Water for boiling |
1/2 |
lb |
Quarter inch rice sticks (imported from Thailand)* |
2 |
c |
Fresh snow peas; trimmed |
16 |
md |
Shrimp; shelled |
1 |
|
Clove garlic; minced |
1 |
|
Shallot; minced |
2/3 |
c |
Fresh lime juice |
1/2 |
c |
Fish sauce* |
1/2 |
c |
Water |
4 |
tb |
Sugar |
1/2 |
ts |
Red pepper flakes |
2 |
|
Bibb lettuce heads; leaves separated, rinsed and patted dry |
3 |
|
Carrots; peeled and grated |
3 |
c |
Fresh mung bean sprouts |
1 |
c |
Diced cucumber |
2 |
|
Scallions; trimmed and thinly sliced |
1 |
c |
Fresh mint leaves |
1/4 |
c |
Fresh cilantro; roughly chopped; 1/4 to 1/2 cup |
INSTRUCTIONS
* Available in Asian grocery stores
Bring one large pot and one medium-size pot of water to a boil. Drop the
snow peas into the medium-size pot and cook for about 10 seconds (they will
turn bright green). Remove them from the pot with a slotted spoon and rinse
under cold water.
When the water in the medium-size pot has returned to a boil, add the
shrimp and cook for 2 minutes, or until opaque. Drain, and rinse shrimp
under cold water. Set aside.
Add the rice noodles to the large pot of boiling water. Boil for 4-5
minutes, drain, and rinse under cold water.
In a small bowl, whisk together the garlic, shallot, lime juice, fish
sauce, 1/2 cup water, sugar, and pepper flakes until the sugar is
dissolved. Divide the dressing into four small bowls.
Pile the lettuce leaf "cups" in the center of a large platter. Surround the
lettuce with separate mounds of carrot, bean sprouts, cucumber, scallion,
mint. cilantro, snow peas, noodles, and shrimp.
Give each person a plate upon which to put a lettuce leaf cup. Fill each
lettuce cup with a tiny bit of ingredient, drizzle with the dressing, and
roll up in the shape of a cylinder.
Serves 4-6. 289 calories per serving; 5% calories from fat; 2g total fat;
1g saturated fat; 35 mg cholesterol; 14g protein; 57g carbohydrates; 805 mg
sodium; 5g fiber.
"MealMasterized" by Mary Ann Young from June 1995 issue of _Walking_ by
food writer Victoria Abbott Riccardi.
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by "Robert Ellis" <rpearson@snowcrest.net> on
Sep 15, 1998
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