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Time: 35 minutes. Serve these refreshing rolls for dinner, or cut them into thirds and spear each with a toothpick to turn them into hors d'oeuvres. Ingredients:
3 1/2 ounces thin dried rice noodles (also called rice vermicelli) |
1/4 english cucumber, unpeeled |
1/2 large carrot, peeled |
ten 8 1/2-in. rice-paper wrappers (bánh tráng) |
5 red lettuce leaves, torn in half crosswise |
1/2 granny smith apple, peeled, cored, and very thinly sliced lengthwise |
30 mint leaves (about 1/4 cup) |
40 cilantro leaves (about 1/4 cup) |
about 1/2 cup canned french-fried onions |
sweet and spicy sesame sauce or your favorite peanut sauce |
Directions:
1. Put noodles in a large bowl and cover with just-boiling water. Let noodles sit until tender, 5 to 8 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, cut cucumber and carrot into 4-in. lengths and then into matchsticks, using a mandoline* or other hand-held slicer, to yield 1/2 cup matchsticks of each (or cut cucumber into matchsticks with a knife and coarsely shred carrots).
3. Drain noodles and rinse with cold water. Spread noodles out on a baking sheet lined with a kitchen towel. Pat dry.
4. Divide noodles into 2 long logs, then cut with scissors to total 10 equal portions.
5. Set out all ingredients except the sesame sauce near a work surface. Pour very hot tap water into a large shallow bowl such as a pie plate. Submerge 1 rice-paper wrapper until moistened and softened slightly but not completely pliable (it will continue to soften as you work with it).
6. Lay wrapper on work surface and put 1/2 lettuce leaf in center. Mound 1 portion of noodles on lettuce followed by about one-tenth of the cucumber, carrot, and apple slices; 3 mint leaves; 4 cilantro leaves; and a sprinkling of onions. Arrange ingredients into a rectangle about 4 in. long. Fold paper over short ends of filling, then roll up tightly from a long side. Repeat to make remaining rolls. Serve with sesame sauce.
7. *Find at cookware stores.
8. Note: Nutritional analysis is per serving.
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