Saturday, April 26, 2014

Sprouted Pineapple Shrimp Summer Rolls in Rice Paper

For the dipping sauce:

Combine in blender:

8 cups of store-bought House of Tsang peanut sauce (from most Denver-area grocery stores in the Asian section), or any Indonesian/Malaysian peanut satay sauce with 2 cups of reduced-fat coconut cream (you can get this canned, from Pacific Ocean Market in Denver or Westminster). To make it less spicy, also add 3 cups of organic, creamy peanut butter. Look for the pre-stirred kind with honey and sea salt in the ingredients list. That one tastes better.

While at Pacific Ocean Market, pick up:

5 pkg's of of rice paper wrap, or tapioca starch wrap, largest size available
(3 rice paper wraps per roll)

1 pound of rice noodles, vermicelli
(1 cup per roll)

1 container of fresh pea sprouts in produce aisle
(1/4 cup per roll)

4 large carrots, to peel and finely-shred
(4 tbl per roll)

4 bunches of fresh cilantro, to remove stems, wash, then chopped into 1/2 inch pieces. Add 3 tbl per roll.

4 English cucumbers, to peel, then horizontally slice (thinly) *you may need to go to King Soopers or Albertson's for this*
(4 tbl per roll)

1 pound of medium shrimp, headless, de-shelled, de-veined, and raw (boil it for 15 minutes, drain, cool, then slice horizontally)
Add 4 total shrimps, or 8 slices per roll.

1 pineapple, fresh, soft/ripe/yellow-colored, without much green color to it
Cut all exterior skin and the core out of it.  Then, cut it into thin 4-inch long strips. Grill it for 2 minutes per side, medium heat, depending on thickness/grill.  Cool for 10 minutes before adding it to the summer rolls. Add 4 strips per roll.

To roll everything up like a burrito, soak the rice paper or tapioca starch paper in a deep dish lasagna pan filled with hot water, but not boiling or too hot for your hands. It takes 2 minutes to soften adequately for rolling in there.  It may tear, so use two to three rice paper/tapioca starch paper wraps per roll.

To bring to a pot luck, wrap two summer rolls completely in plastic wrap, so it doesn't dry out.  Then, after wrapping them in pairs of two's, put them in a large Ziploc bag.







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