Garlic Prawn/Chicken In Rice Paper
Ingredients for marinate chicken:
1 Chicken breast
1 tsp Fish sauce
1 tsp Sugar
1/2 tsp Soy sauce
1/2 tsp Ground pepper
Ingredients for prawns roll:
8 Fresh juicy raw king prawn
5 Dry Rice paper
1 clove Garlic – chopped
1 tsp Sugar
1 tsp Fish sauce
2 tbs Water
5 Leaves Roman lettuce
1 Spring Onion – finely sliced lengthways
1/4 Cucumber – finely sliced lengthways
15 Mint leaf (optional)
2 tbs Coconut oil
– Preheat the oven to 200 Celsius and put the kettle on.
– Fry the marinated chicken breast in a medium hot pan approx 1-2 minute on each side.
– Transfer the chicken onto a baking tray to cook in the oven for approx 12-15 minutes.
– Put the chopped garlic in the same pan which you just fried the chicken (no need to wash). Turn the gas hob to a high heat. Then throw in the prawns, fish sauce and sugar. Flash fry until the prawns are “just” cooked. Then take off the heat.
– Pour hot water into a large bowl. Soak the rice paper in the warm water until it softens and turns translucent (usually about 10 seconds) soak and make the rolls one at a time.
– Gently take the rice paper out from the water and lay it on a clean flat surface, then lay a lettuce leaf, spring onion, cucumber, 3 mint leaves and 4 prawns on the rice paper.
– Fold and roll the rice paper to how you like it to be served. You should be able to make 2 prawns rolls.
– Take the chicken out of the oven and slice thinly.
– Repeat the same method as the prawns rolls. You should be able to make 3 chicken rolls from this recipe.
– Again, on the same pan which you just cooked the prawn (no need to wash) in goes 2 tbs of water and heat the leftover. This will be your garlic sauce. It should have a slightly thick consistency. Spoon the sticky garlic sauce on top of the rolls.
– Enjoy the freshness of Garlic Prawns/Chicken In Rice Paper with sweet chilli sauce or soy sauce.
Tips:
You can buy the rice paper in any oriental supermarket near you. It’s likely to be in a Vietnamese food section. Be patient while making the roll as it’s a delicate ingredient.