Chicken And Kumquat Spring Rolls With Hoisin Chili Sauce Recipes

THAI CHICKEN SPRING ROLLS

Steps:

• Combine 1 cup peanut sauce, ginger, garlic, and 1 teaspoon soy sauce in a bowl. Add the chicken and mix until the chicken is coated. Place in refrigerator to marinate for 30 minutes.
• Heat 1 teaspoon peanut oil in a wok or skillet over medium heat. Cook the snow peas, bean sprouts and green onion in the oil until heated but still crisp, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl. Mix in the watercress and cilantro. Use a vegetable peeler to have long slices of carrot into the watercress mixture. Drizzle 1 teaspoon soy sauce into the watercress mixture; toss to coat.
• Heat 1 teaspoon of oil to the wok or skillet. Cook the marinated chicken until no longer pink inside, about 10 minutes.
• Fill a large bowl with hot water. Dip wrappers one at a time into the water for about 2 seconds each. As wrappers are removed from the water, fill each with 2 large spoonfuls of the chicken and a small handful of the watercress mixture. Fold in two opposite ends of the wrapper to meet the filling. Then fold the bottom of the wrapper over the top of the filling and roll. Serve with 1/2 cup peanut sauce for dipping.

CHICKEN SPRING ROLLS WITH HOISIN SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook rice in water as directed on package. Meanwhile, in small bowl, mix hoisin sauce, soy sauce, oil, vinegar, garlic and gingerroot. In medium bowl, mix chicken, coleslaw, carrots and onions; set aside.
• Fill pie plate with water. Place 1 spring roll wrapper in water 45 to 60 seconds or until pliable but not completely softened. Gently remove wrapper from water, shaking to drain excess water; place on damp paper towel. Place 1 cilantro leaf in center of wrapper. Spoon about 2 tablespoons cooked rice in a row about 4 inches long over cilantro leaf. Spoon about 1/3 cup chicken mixture on rice; press into log shape. Pull wrapper over filling; bring up the 2 ends and roll up, tucking in loose ends. Repeat.
• Serve immediately with hoisin sauce mixture.

CHICKEN AND KUMQUAT SPRING ROLLS WITH HOISIN-CHILI SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat sesame oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Add chicken and onion to skillet and sauté 3 minutes. Stir in kumquats. Remove from heat. Cool. Stir in bean sprouts.
• Toss basil and mint in small bowl to combine. Dip 1 rice paper round into bowl of warm water until soft, about 10 seconds. Place on clean, moist kitchen towel to drain 1 minute. Repeat with another rice paper round. Place second round atop first round for double thickness. Top with a lettuce leaf, then place 1/8 of chicken-bean sprout mixture near lower edge of round. Sprinkle with 1/8 of herb mixture. Fold in sides of round, then roll up, starting near filling. Repeat with remaining rounds, lettuce leaves, chicken-bean sprout mixture, and herb mixture. (Can be made 3 hours ahead. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate.)
• Whisk hoisin sauce and chili-garlic paste in medium bowl to blend. Slice each roll diagonally into 4 pieces, for a total of 32 pieces. Pour sauce into individual shallow bowls and place in center of each of 8 plates; surround with spring rolls and serve.
• *Available at Asian markets, specialty foods stores and some supermarkets.
• **Thin Vietnamese or Thai wrappers made from rice flour and known as banh trang. Available at Asian markets.

HOISIN CHILI SAUCE

Steps:

• Whisk together the sauces until smooth.
• Thin with water if the mixture seems too thick, then taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary (add more hoisin if too fiery, more chili sauce if too mild). Serve or store in the refrigerator (it will keep for more than a week).

SHRIMP SPRING ROLLS WITH HOISIN DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix first 4 ingredients together in small bowl.
• Pour sauce into ramekin.
• Submerge 1 rice paper round in large bowl filled with room-temperature water.
• Let stand until soft and pliable but not limp, lifting occasionally to determine if soft, about 1 minute.
• Place softened round on work surface.
• Mound 2/3 cup coleslaw mix at end of round closest to you; sprinkle with 1 tablespoon cilantro and 2 teaspoons mint.
• Top with 4 shrimp halves, cut side down, in single layer.
• Fold in ends of round; roll up tightly into cylinder.
• Repeat with remaining ingredients to form 3 more rolls.
• Cut rolls diagonally in half; arrange on plate and serve with sauce.

CHICKEN SPRING ROLLS WITH GARLIC SOY DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients for the dipping sauce and set aside.
• Heat oil in skillet or wok over high heat. Add the garlic, ginger, cabbage, carrot, scallions and bean sprouts. Cook for 2 minutes or until the cabbage is just limp.
• Add the noodles and chicken; continue to cook until heated through.
• Stir in the hoisin and oyster sauces; toss to coat the mixture. The filling should be moist, but not wet. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Toss in chopped cilantro.
• Place a Vietnamese spring roll wrapper in a pan of hot (not boiling) water for about 15 seconds. Remove and place on plate. If using square wrappers, position one corner toward yourself. If round, it doesn't matter. :o).
• Spoon 2 tablespoons of the filling near the bottom (or corner near you) of the wrapper and fold up to enclose the filling. Fold in the left and right sides, then roll up the remainder of the way.
• Serve with Garlic-Soy Dipping Sauce.